Agrogeophysics: illuminating soil's hidden dimensions
Agrogeophysics: illuminating soil's hidden dimensions
Editor(s): David O Leary (Teagasc, Ireland), Alejandro Romero-Ruiz (AgroScope, Switzerland), Dongxue Zhao (The University of Queensland, Australia), Sarah Garré (ILVO, Belgium), and Yuxin Wu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)

SOIL invites submissions for a special issue (SI) on Agrogeophysics: illuminating soil's hidden dimensions. This SI aims to explore the interdisciplinary field of agrogeophysics, which is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the noninvasive mapping of soil properties; monitoring soil–plant–atmosphere processes as well as their interactions with crop growth and their responses to management practices; and, hence, supporting sustainable agriculture. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and perspectives that integrate agrogeophysics with soil science and related disciplines. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • soil–plant–atmosphere interactions,
  • applications of geophysical techniques to root phenotyping,
  • hydrological processes and soil water dynamics,
  • soil health assessment and management strategies,
  • sustainable agriculture and precision farming,
  • geospatial analysis and remote sensing in soil science,
  • coupled modelling of soil processes and related geophysical data,
  • new pedophysical relationships relating soil properties to geophysical properties,
  • socio-economic implications of agrogeophysics,
  • emerging technologies and innovations in soil monitoring and management,
  • geophysics as a tool for envirotyping.

Review process: all papers of this special issue underwent the regular interactive peer-review process of SOIL handled by guest editors designated by the SOIL executive editors.

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16 Dec 2024
Rubber plant root properties induce contrasting soil aggregate stability through cohesive force and reduced land degradation risk in southern China
Waqar Ali, Amani Milinga, Tao Luo, Mohammad Nauman Khan, Asad Shah, Khurram Shehzad, Qiu Yang, Huai Yang, Wenxing Long, and Wenjie Liu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3602,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3602, 2024
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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04 Dec 2024
Uncovering soil compaction: performance of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods
Alberto Carrera, Luca Peruzzo, Matteo Longo, Giorgio Cassiani, and Francesco Morari
SOIL, 10, 843–857, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-843-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-843-2024, 2024
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05 Nov 2024
Exploring the link between cation exchange capacity and magnetic susceptibility
Gaston Matias Mendoza Veirana, Hana Grison, Jeroen Verhegge, Wim Cornelis, and Philippe De Smedt
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3306,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3306, 2024
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: open, 2 comments)
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22 Oct 2024
Pooled Error Variance and Covariance Estimation of Sparse In Situ Soil Moisture Sensor Measurements in Agricultural Fields in Flanders
Marit G. A. Hendrickx, Jan Vanderborght, Pieter Janssens, Sander Bombeke, Evi Matthyssen, Anne Waverijn, and Jan Diels
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2943,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2943, 2024
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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10 Oct 2024
Assessing soil fertilization effects using time-lapse electromagnetic induction
Manuela S. Kaufmann, Anja Klotzsche, Jan van der Kruk, Anke Langen, Harry Vereecken, and Lutz Weihermüller
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2889,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2889, 2024
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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05 Aug 2024
Closing the phenotyping gap with non-invasive belowground field phenotyping
Guillaume Blanchy, Waldo Deroo, Tom De Swaef, Peter Lootens, Paul Quataert, Isabel Roldán-Ruíz, and Sarah Garré
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2082,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2082, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for SOIL (discussion: final response, 7 comments)
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