Project properties

Title Proximal sensing: Test (VIS-NIR) penetrologger for soil moisture and soil texture estimates
Group Soil Geography and Landscape
Project type thesis
Credits 36
Supervisor(s) Titia Mulder (SGL WUR) and Fenny van Egmond (WENR)
Examiner(s) Titia Mulder
Contact info titia.mulder@wur.nl
Begin date 2020/07/19
End date
Description A new sensor has been developed by Cranfield Univeristy to simulataneously measure the penetration resistance and the VNIR signal of the soil profile. In this research you will use this sensor and test the suitability to predict various soil properties over the soil profile. You will develop a calibration model for soil moisture, soil organic carbon, total carbon, texture, others.

The possibility to do this research depends on the availability of the sensor at the moment you conduct your thesis.
Used skills GIS and R scripting
Requirements