IUSS Working Group on Proximal Soil Sensing

Some of our pages are still under construction but you can read about how the WG-PSS was formed in 'About us'.

Dates: 26-29 May 2013

Location: Potsdam, Germany

Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2013

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First Announcement: Third Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing

Dates: May 26-29, 2013

Location: Potsdam Germany

Format: Similar to the First Global Workshop on High Resolution Digital Soil Sensing and Mapping

Focus: Proximal soil sensors, multi sensor systems, sensor data fusion, signal processing, inference systems, (geo)statistical analyses.

Local organisers: R. Gebbers, J. Rühlmann and E. Lück

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The Call-for-Abstracts program of the Eurosoil 2012 (Bari, Italy, 02-06 July 2012) is now open.

On behalf of the Program Committee, we cordially invite you to submit abstracts to the session 4.1 Advanced Techniques and Modeling S4.1. Title: Application of proximal soil sensing (PSS) in soil science

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is October 30, 2011.

The description of the session can be found at: http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/d/34/4.Advanced_Techniques_and_Modeling/

S4.1. Title: Application of proximal soil sensing (PSS) in soil science
Convener: Castrignanò Annamaria – CRA – Italy
Co-Conveners: Colombo Claudio – University of Molise – Italy
Viscarra Rossel Raphael – CSIRO – Australia

Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) has become a multidisciplinary area of study that aims to develop field-based techniques for collecting information on the soil from close by, or within, the soil. PSS involves the use of optical, geophysical, electrochemical, mathematical and statistical methods. PPS have many applications such as precision agriculture, soil fertility, soil contamination, archaeology, peri-urban design and high land-value applications, where there is a particular need for high spatial resolution information. The Symposium will be dedicated to soil sensor sampling, proximal soil sensor development and use, sensor calibrations, spatial prediction methods, applications of proximal soil sensing, and fine-resolution digital soil mapping.

We hope that we can stimulate your interest in Session S4.1 , and we look forward to receiving your contribution.

Kind regards,
Castrignanò Annamaria – CRA – Italy
Colombo Claudio – University of Molise – Italy
Viscarra Rossel Raphael – CSIRO – Australia

Proximal Soil Sensing

Published by Springer as part of the Progress in Soil Science series.

Viscarra Rossel, Raphael A.; McBratney, Alex; Minasny, Budiman (Eds.), 2010

This book reports on developments in Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) and high resolution digital soil mapping. PSS has become a multidisciplinary area of study that aims to develop field-based techniques for collecting information on the soil from close by, or within, the soil. Amongst others, PSS involves the use of optical, geophysical, electrochemical, mathematical and statistical methods. This volume, suitable for undergraduate course material and postgraduate research, brings together ideas and examples from those developing and using proximal sensors and high resolution digital soil maps for applications such as precision agriculture, soil contamination, archaeology, peri-urban design and high land-value applications, where there is a particular need for high spatial resolution information. The book in particular covers soil sensor sampling, proximal soil sensor development and use, sensor calibrations, prediction methods for large data sets, applications of proximal soil sensing, and high-resolution digital soil mapping.