SOIL.SPECTROSCOPY
4 GLOBAL GOOD
An Open Soil Spectroscopy library based on the Open Source Software
ENABLE
Accelerate the pace of scientific discovery in soil spectroscopy by facilitating and supporting a collaborative network of researchers.
CONNECT
Connect international teams and experts in the fields of soil spectroscopy, remote sensing of soils and data science.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT
Hello soil spectroscopists! Under the SoilSpec4GG initiative, we started this year an inter-laboratory spectroscopy ring trial for comparing the variability of spectral response across different
Happy World Soils Day! Since the last release of the Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL), a lot of work has been done behind the scenes
5 December 2021 On this World Soils Day, the Soil Spectroscopy for the Global Good Coordinated Innovation Network is pleased to announce the release of
AN OPEN SOIL
SPECTROSCOPY LIBRARY
Making soil data available across borders
Today's data-driven agriculture demands access to high-resolution spatial and temporal soil data streams. Soil spectroscopy can help fill this data gap. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is becoming an indispensable tool in soil science; however, several technical challenges still limit its broader application outside of research projects.
SoilSpec4GG is a USDA-funded Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools Coordinated Innovation Network. This project will bring together soil scientists, spectroscopists, informaticians, data scientists and software engineers to overcome some of the current bottlenecks preventing wider and more efficient use of soil spectroscopy. A series of working groups will be formed to address topics including calibration transfer, model choice, outreach & demonstration, and use of spectroscopy to inform global carbon cycle modeling.
MAJOR PROJECT OUTPUTS
ACCESS WEB-SERVICES USING API
Data and software / computing will be served through robust and easy to use web-services and API. Users should be able to upload their soil spectroscopy readings and obtain callibrations in near-to-real time.
DOCUMENTATION, TUTORIALS
All software and data will be accompanied with extensive documentation. Demonstration, outreach and educational activities will promote the use of the OSSL and data-driven science.
Happy #WorldSoilDay from the team at Soil Spectroscopy for the Global Good. Some updates from us:
https://tinyurl.com/ycysb9xr
https://soilspectroscopy.org/ossl-updates/
https://soilspectroscopy.org/spectroscopy-ring-trial/
#iphone for estimating #soilcarbon. Predictions are not bad but highly dependent upon illumination level.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169922008328
A big thanks to @fao GLOSOLAN & @vargasfao for keeping soil spectroscopy front and center as a key tool in soil science. We're looking forward to continuing to work with GLOSOLAN to build a global soil spec community.
https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/glosolan-old/soil-analysis/dry-chemistry-spectroscopy/en/
Soil order knowledge as a driver in soil properties estimation from Vis-NIR spectral data – Case study from northern Karnataka (India)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235200942200116X
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