Original research article

14 Apr 2025
Quantifying hydrological impacts of compacted sandy subsoils using soil water flow simulations: the importance of vegetation parameterization
Jayson Gabriel Pinza, Ona-Abeni Devos Stoffels, Robrecht Debbaut, Jan Staes, Jan Vanderborght, Patrick Willems, and Sarah Garré
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1166,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1166, 2025
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08 Apr 2025
Mapping near-real-time soil moisture dynamics over Tasmania with transfer learning
Marliana Tri Widyastuti, José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, Mathew Webb, Muh Taufik, and Darren Kidd
SOIL, 11, 287–307, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-287-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-287-2025, 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Drivers of soil C quality and stability: Insights from a topsoil dataset at landscape scale in Ontario, Canada
Inderjot Chahal, Adam W. Gillespie, Daniel D. Saurette, and Laura L. Van Eerd
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1055,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1055, 2025
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01 Apr 2025
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
SOIL, 11, 267–285, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-267-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-267-2025, 2025
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31 Mar 2025
Terrain is a stronger predictor of peat depth than airborne radiometrics in Norwegian landscapes
Julien Vollering, Naomi Gatis, Mette Kusk Gillespie, Karl-Kristian Muggerud, Sigurd Daniel Nerhus, Knut Rydgren, and Mikko Sparf
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1046,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1046, 2025
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28 Mar 2025
Do morphological hillslope features affect soil properties and processes promoting chestnut ink disease? The study case of the Northern Apennine mountains
William Trenti, Mauro De Feudis, Sara Marinari, Sergio Murolo, Giulia Tabanelli, Federico Puliga, Rosita Marabottini, Alessandra Zambonelli, Fausto Gardini, and Livia Vittori Antisari
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-911,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-911, 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Effect of trachyte and basalt powder on the growth and yield of maize (Zea Mays L.) in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Cameroon (Central Africa)
Bienvenu Sidsi, Claudine Vounba, Simon Djakba Basga, Aubin Nzeugang Nzeukou, Merlin Dedzo Gountie, and Désiré Tsozué
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-930,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-930, 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Organic matter-mediated leaching of alkalinity in limed acid soils is affected by dissolved organic carbon adsorption and soil structure
Hannah Van Ryckel, Lynn Van Aelst, Toon van Dael, and Erik Smolders
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1012,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1012, 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Contribution of soil Microbial Necromass Carbon to Soil Organic Carbon fractions and its influencing factors in different grassland types
Shenggang Chen, Yaqi Zhang, Jun Ma, Mingyue Bai, Jinxiao Long, Ming Liu, Yinglong Chen, Jianbin Guo, and Lin Chen
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1122,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1122, 2025
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17 Mar 2025
Quantifying spatial uncertainty to improve soil predictions in data-sparse regions
Kerstin Rau, Katharina Eggensperger, Frank Schneider, Michael Blaschek, Philipp Hennig, and Thomas Scholten
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-166,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-166, 2025
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12 Mar 2025
Regional synthesis and mapping of soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks at the Canadian Beaufort coast
Julia Wagner, Juliane Wolter, Justine Ramage, Victoria Martin, Andreas Richter, Niek Jesse Speetjens, Jorien E. Vonk, Rachele Lodi, Annett Bartsch, Michael Fritz, Hugues Lantuit, and Gustaf Hugelius
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1052,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1052, 2025
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10 Mar 2025
Living cover crops reduce pesticide residues in agricultural soil
Noé Vandevoorde, Igor Turine, Alodie Blondel, and Yannick Agnan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-943,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-943, 2025
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07 Mar 2025
In silico analysis of carbon stabilisation by plant and soil microbes for different weather scenarios
Mona Giraud, Ahmet Kürşad Sırcan, Thilo Streck, Daniel Leitner, Guillaume Lobet, Holger Pagel, and Andrea Schnepf
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-572,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-572, 2025
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28 Feb 2025
Combining electromagnetic induction and remote sensing data for improved determination of management zones for sustainable crop production
Salar Saeed Dogar, Cosimo Brogi, Dave O'Leary, Ixchel Hernández-Ochoa, Marco Donat, Harry Vereecken, and Johan Alexander Huisman
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-827,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-827, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Aeration and mineral composition of soil determine microbial CUE
Jolanta Niedźwiecka, Roey Angel, Petr Čapek, Ana Catalina Lara, Stanislav Jabinski, Travis B. Meador, and Hana Šantrůčková
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-481,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-481, 2025
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11 Feb 2025
Experimental drought and soil amendments affect grassland above- and belowground vegetation but not soil carbon stocks
Daniela Guasconi, Sara A. O. Cousins, Stefano Manzoni, Nina Roth, and Gustaf Hugelius
SOIL, 11, 233–246, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-233-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-233-2025, 2025
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11 Feb 2025
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of soil respiration in a bare-soil Mediterranean olive grove
Sergio Aranda-Barranco, Penélope Serrano-Ortiz, Andrew S. Kowalski, and Enrique P. Sánchez-Cañete
SOIL, 11, 213–232, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-213-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-213-2025, 2025
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10 Feb 2025
Effects of moss restoration on surface runoff and initial soil erosion in a temperate vineyard
Corinna Gall, Silvana Oldenburg, Martin Nebel, Thomas Scholten, and Steffen Seitz
SOIL, 11, 199–212, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-199-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-199-2025, 2025
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07 Feb 2025
High biodegradability of water-soluble organic carbon in soils at the southern margin of the boreal forest
Yuqi Zhu, Chao Liu, Rui Liu, Hanxi Wang, Xiangwen Wu, Zihao Zhang, Shuying Zang, and Xiaodong Wu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-126,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-126, 2025
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06 Feb 2025
Status and influential factors of soil nutrients and acidification in Chinese tea plantations: a meta-analysis
Dan Wang, Benjuan Liu, Fei Li, Zhihui Wang, Jianfeng Hou, Rui Cao, Yuqian Zheng, and Wanqin Yang
SOIL, 11, 175–191, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-175-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-175-2025, 2025
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06 Feb 2025
Warming accelerates the decomposition of root biomass in a temperate forest only in topsoil but not in subsoil
Binyan Sun, Cyrill U. Zosso, Guido L. B. Wiesenberg, Elaine Pegoraro, Margaret S. Torn, and Michael W. I. Schmidt
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-299,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-299, 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Depth dependence of soil organic carbon additional storage capacity in different soil types by the 2050 target for carbon neutrality
Clémentine Chirol, Geoffroy Séré, Paul-Olivier Redon, Claire Chenu, and Delphine Derrien
SOIL, 11, 149–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-149-2025, 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Changes in carbon functional groups and their in situ microscale distribution under long-term continuous cropping
Zhe H. Weng, Ram C. Dalal, Brian J. Reid, Yong-Guan Zhu, Timothy I. McLaren, Brigid A. McKenna, Meghan Barnard, Casey L. Doolette, Enzo Lombi, Johannes Friedl, and Peter M. Kopittke
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-100,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-100, 2025
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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04 Feb 2025
Microbial carbon use for incorporating biomass phosphorus drives CO2 emission in phosphorus-supplied subtropical forest soils
Jianghao Tan, Muhammed Mustapha Ibrahim, Huiying Lin, Zhaofeng Chang, Conghui Guo, Zhimin Li, Xianzhen Luo, Yongbiao Lin, and Enqing Hou
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-310,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-310, 2025
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31 Jan 2025
The effect of groundwater depth on topsoil organic matter mineralization during a simulated dry summer in northwestern Europe
Astrid Françoys, Orly Mendoza, Junwei Hu, Pascal Boeckx, Wim Cornelis, Stefaan De Neve, and Steven Sleutel
SOIL, 11, 121–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-121-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-121-2025, 2025
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30 Jan 2025
Soil organic carbon mineralization is controlled by the application dose of exogenous organic matter
Orly Mendoza, Stefaan De Neve, Heleen Deroo, Haichao Li, Astrid Françoys, and Steven Sleutel
SOIL, 11, 105–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-105-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-105-2025, 2025
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28 Jan 2025
Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses
Sonya S. Altzitser, Yael G. Mishael, and Nimrod Schwartz
SOIL, 11, 95–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-95-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-95-2025, 2025
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27 Jan 2025
Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils
Yuyang Yan, Xinran Zhang, Chenyang Xu, Junjun Liu, Feinan Hu, and Zengchao Geng
SOIL, 11, 85–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-85-2025, 2025
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24 Jan 2025
Closing the phenotyping gap with non-invasive belowground field phenotyping
Guillaume Blanchy, Waldo Deroo, Tom De Swaef, Peter Lootens, Paul Quataert, Isabel Roldán-Ruíz, Roelof Versteeg, and Sarah Garré
SOIL, 11, 67–84, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-67-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-67-2025, 2025
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22 Jan 2025
Physical Protection of Soil Carbon Stocks Under Regenerative Agriculture
Sam G. Keenor, Rebekah Lee, and Brian J. Reid
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4029,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4029, 2025
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16 Jan 2025
Comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing magnitude
Yuri Suzuki, Syuntaro Hiradate, Jun Koarashi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Takumi Yomogida, Yuki Kanda, and Hirohiko Nagano
SOIL, 11, 35–49, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-35-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-35-2025, 2025
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14 Jan 2025
Mixed Signals: interpreting mixing patterns of different soil bioturbation processes through luminescence and numerical modelling
W. Marijn van der Meij, Svenja Riedesel, and Tony Reimann
SOIL, 11, 51–66, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-51-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-51-2025, 2025
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08 Jan 2025
Large errors in soil carbon measurements attributed to inconsistent sample processing
Rebecca J. Even, Megan B. Machmuller, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Tamara J. Zelikova, and M. Francesca Cotrufo
SOIL, 11, 17–34, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-17-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-17-2025, 2025
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07 Jan 2025
Using Monte Carlo conformal prediction to evaluate the uncertainty of deep learning soil spectral models
Yin-Chung Huang, José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, and Alex B. McBratney
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3703,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3703, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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03 Jan 2025
Interactions of fertilisation and crop productivity in soil nitrogen cycle microbiome and gas emissions
Laura Kuusemets, Ülo Mander, Jordi Escuer-Gatius, Alar Astover, Karin Kauer, Kaido Soosaar, and Mikk Espenberg
SOIL, 11, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-1-2025, 2025
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18 Dec 2024
A simple model of the turnover of organic carbon in a soil profile: model test, parameter identification and sensitivity
Elsa Coucheney, Anke Marianne Herrmann, and Nicholas Jarvis
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3883,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3883, 2024
Preprint under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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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: final response, 10 comments)
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09 Dec 2024
Trapnell's Upper Valley soils of Zambia: the production of an integrated understanding of geomorphology, pedology, ecology, and land use
Nalumino L. Namwanyi, Maurice J. Hutton, Ikabongo Mukumbuta, Lydia M. Chabala, Clarence Chongo, Stalin Sichinga, and R. Murray Lark
SOIL, 10, 887–911, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-887-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-887-2024, 2024
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09 Dec 2024
Research at the interface between Indigenous knowledge and soil science; weaving knowledges to understand horticultural land use in Aotearoa New Zealand
Julie Gillespie, Matiu Payne, Dione Payne, Sarah Edwards, Dyanna Jolly, Carol Smith, and Jo-Anne Cavanagh
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3546,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3546, 2024
Revised manuscript under review for SOIL (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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06 Dec 2024
Soil is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
Peter M. Kopittke, Ram C. Dalal, Brigid A. McKenna, Pete Smith, Peng Wang, Zhe Weng, Frederik J. T. van der Bom, and Neal W. Menzies
SOIL, 10, 873–885, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-873-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-873-2024, 2024
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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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04 Dec 2024
Freeze–thaw processes correspond to the protection–loss of soil organic carbon through regulating pore structure of aggregates in alpine ecosystems
Ruizhe Wang and Xia Hu
SOIL, 10, 859–871, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-859-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-859-2024, 2024
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03 Dec 2024
The clay mineralogy rather that the clay content determines radiocaesium adsorption in soils
Margot Vanheukelom, Nina Haenen, Talal Almahayni, Lieve Sweeck, Nancy Weyns, May Van Hees, and Erik Smolders
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3585,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3585, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for SOIL (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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27 Nov 2024
Impact of crop type on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a rewetted cultivated peatland
Kristiina Lång, Henri Honkanen, Jaakko Heikkinen, Sanna Saarnio, Tuula Larmola, and Hanna Kekkonen
SOIL, 10, 827–841, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-827-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-827-2024, 2024
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19 Nov 2024
Soil organic matter interactions along the elevation gradient of the James Ross Island (Antarctica)
Vítězslav Vlček, David Juřička, Martin Valtera, Helena Dvořáčková, Vojtěch Štulc, Michaela Bednaříková, Jana Šimečková, Peter Váczi, Miroslav Pohanka, Pavel Kapler, Miloš Barták, and Vojtěch Enev
SOIL, 10, 813–826, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-813-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-813-2024, 2024
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12 Nov 2024
Investigating the complementarity of thermal and physical soil organic carbon fractions
Amicie A. Delahaie, Lauric Cécillon, Marija Stojanova, Samuel Abiven, Pierre Arbelet, Dominique Arrouays, François Baudin, Antonio Bispo, Line Boulonne, Claire Chenu, Jussi Heinonsalo, Claudy Jolivet, Kristiina Karhu, Manuel Martin, Lorenza Pacini, Christopher Poeplau, Céline Ratié, Pierre Roudier, Nicolas P. A. Saby, Florence Savignac, and Pierre Barré
SOIL, 10, 795–812, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-795-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-795-2024, 2024
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05 Nov 2024
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil
Yan Duan, Minghui Cao, Wenling Zhong, Yuming Wang, Zheng Ni, Mengxia Zhang, Jiangye Li, Yumei Li, Xianghai Meng, and Lifang Wu
SOIL, 10, 779–794, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-779-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-779-2024, 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: final response, 3 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
Revised manuscript accepted for SOIL (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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17 Oct 2024
Managing Soil Nitrogen Surplus: The Role of Winter Cover Crops in N2O Emissions and Carbon Sequestration
Victoria Nasser, René Dechow, Mirjam Helfrich, Ana Meijide, Pauline Sophie Rummel, Heinz-Josef Koch, Reiner Ruser, Lisa Essich, and Klaus Dittert
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2849,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2849, 2024
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