Edited by
Y. Pachepsky, USDA-ARS Environmental Microbial Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA
W.J. Rawls, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA
Description
Environmental and agricultural modeling and assessment have a multitude of uses for soil parameters governing retention and transport
of water and chemicals in soils. These parameters are notorious for the difficulties and high labor costs involved in measuring them.
Good estimates instead of direct measurements may be accurate enough for many applications. Pedotransfer functions provide such estimates
by utilizing available soil survey information to translate data we have into data we need.
This book is the first book on the topic.
It provides the unique compendium of pedotransfer functions, summarizes the vast international experience in this field, and shows how
the value of soil data can be increased by using them in pedotransfer functions to predict soil hydrologic and related properties. The
book is a rich source of information crucial for environmental research and applications.
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Developments in Soil Science
