Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-525-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-525-2021
Original research article
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18 Aug 2021
Original research article |  | 18 Aug 2021

Developing the Swiss mid-infrared soil spectral library for local estimation and monitoring

Philipp Baumann, Anatol Helfenstein, Andreas Gubler, Armin Keller, Reto Giulio Meuli, Daniel Wächter, Juhwan Lee, Raphael Viscarra Rossel, and Johan Six

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on soil-2020-105', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Apr 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC1', Philipp Baumann, 12 Jun 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on soil-2020-105', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Apr 2021
    • AC4: 'Reply on RC2', Philipp Baumann, 12 Jun 2021
  • EC1: 'Comment on soil-2020-105', Bas van Wesemael, 02 Jun 2021
    • AC5: 'Reply on EC1', Philipp Baumann, 12 Jun 2021
  • EC2: 'Comment on soil-2020-105', Bas van Wesemael, 18 Jun 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Revision (18 Jun 2021) by Bas van Wesemael
AR by Philipp Baumann on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (05 Jul 2021) by Bas van Wesemael
ED: Publish as is (08 Jul 2021) by John Quinton (Executive editor)
AR by Philipp Baumann on behalf of the Authors (15 Jul 2021)
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Short summary
We developed the Swiss mid-infrared spectral library and a statistical model collection across 4374 soil samples with reference measurements of 16 properties. Our library incorporates soil from 1094 grid locations and 71 long-term monitoring sites. This work confirms once again that nationwide spectral libraries with diverse soils can reliably feed information to a fast chemical diagnosis. Our data-driven reduction of the library has the potential to accurately monitor carbon at the plot scale.