NS002
Agricultural Geophysics

Session ID#: 75332

Session Description:
In order to support a growing world population, there is a strong demand to increase agricultural production. At the same time, the environmental footprint of agricultural production needs to be reduced by a more sustainable use of the limited available resources to reduce the use of agrochemicals, land degradation and greenhouse gas emissions while increasing productivity and profitability. In order to achieve this, detailed high-resolution information on the shallow subsurface is indispensable. Geophysical measurements provide a unique opportunity to rapidly and inexpensively map spatially continuous variations in soil properties across agricultural fields, and also allow monitoring of processes relevant for agricultural production (e.g. soil moisture, root water uptake, water and nutrient transport). This session seeks contributions that use geophysics to support all aspects of agricultural production, including the optimization of irrigation water and nutrient management practices, vineyard development, improved monitoring of the root zone, and the integration with agroecosystem models.
Index Terms:

0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]
1842 Irrigation [HYDROLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
Conveners:  Johan Alexander Huisman, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Jülich, Germany, Anja Klotzsche, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Juelich, Germany and Yuxin Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
 
Seismic characterization of soil structure - field observations and modeling (516562)
Alejandro Romero-Ruiz1, Niklas Linde1, Ludovic Baron1, Santiago Gabriel Solazzi1, Thomas Keller2 and Dani Or3, (1)University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, (2)SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, (3)ETH Zurich, Soil and Terrestrial Environmental Physics (STEP), Zürich, Switzerland
 
Using Principal Component Regression to Predict Soil Nitrogen Supply Potential from Electromagnetic Induction (525232)
Walter Haines1, John Ringland2, Angel Maresma3, Tulsi Kharel3, Karl Czymmek4, Quirine M Ketterings5 and Erasmus K. Oware6, (1)University at Buffalo, Geosciences, Buffalo, NY, United States, (2)University at Buffalo, Mathematics, Buffalo, NY, United States, (3)Cornell University, Nutrient Management Spear Program, Ithaca, NY, United States, (4)Cornell University, Nutrient Management Spear Program & Prodairy, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)Cornell University, Nutrient Management Spear Program, Ithaca, NC, United States, (6)University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
 
Repeatable, non-destructive, spatially resolved measurements of carbon-in-soil (525912)
Arun Persaud1, Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta1,2, Eoin Brodie3, Craig Brown4, Cristina Castanha5, Charles Gary4, Caitlin Hicks Pries6, William Larsen1,7, Bernhard Ludewigt1 and Andrew Rosenstrom1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Adelphi Technology Inc., Redwood City, CA, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)Dartmouth College Life Sciences Center, room 349 78, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)Rice University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
 
Building the Whole-plant Phenotype: Coupling Geophysically-based Below-ground Measurements with Above-ground Data (533507)
Guillaume Blanchy1, Christopher W Watts2, Nicolas Virlet2, Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran2, Rhys Ashton2, Malcolm Hawkesford2, W Richard Whalley2 and Andrew M. Binley1, (1)University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (2)Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
 
Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) Signature of Plant Roots (533554)
Nimrod Schwartz and Kuzma Tsukanov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
 
Electromagnetic Induction Prediction of Soil Texture of an Agricultural Field in Western New York (537355)
Kevin G. Griswold and Erasmus K. Oware, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
 
Using stable water isotopes to estimate evaporation from a Hazelnut farm in the Pacific Northwest with three treatments of drip irrigation. (564827)
Firas M Al-Oqaili, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Stephen P Good, Oregon State University, Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Highlighting Grapevine Root Activity During a Partial Root Zone Drying in Rhizotron Using Geo-electrical Methods (585475)
Benjamin Mary1, Franco Meggio1, Nadia Cainelli1, Luca Peruzzo2, Guillaume Blanchy3, Jacopo Boaga1, Yuxin Wu2, Susan Hubbard4, Andrew M. Binley3, Benedetto Ruperti1 and Giorgio Cassiani1, (1)University of Padova, Padua, Italy, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Monitoring of hydrodynamics under Conservation Agriculture in southern Africa using electrical resistivity imaging (588893)
Russell T Swift1,2, Jonathan Edward Chambers1, Tongai Mtangadura3, Elijah Phiri4, Innocent Sandram5, Philip Meldrum1, Paul Bryan Wilkinson1, John Banda4, Joseph Chimungu5, Charles B Chisanga4, Cornelia Inauen1, Ivy Ligowe6, Nellie Magwero5, Vengai Mbanyele3, Chawezi Miti4, Miyanda Moombe4, Patson Nalivata5, Pathias N Lubinga4, Hatirarami Nezomba3, Keston Njira5, Willy Namaona5, Paul Mapfumo3, Florence Mtambanengwe3, Toga Mapangisana3, Frédéric Nguyen2 and Murray Lark1,7, (1)British Geological Survey, Keyworth, United Kingdom, (2)Université de Liège, Applied Geophysics, Department ArGenCo, Liege, Belgium, (3)University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, (4)University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, (5)Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi, (6)Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS), Lilongwe, Malawi, (7)University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
 
Analysis of the Potential to Estimate Large-scale Soil Texture Map from Remote Sensing Imagery to Facilitate Dry-season Irrigation Farming in Developing Countries (597420)
Joseph Fentzke1, Beata M Csatho2 and Erasmus K. Oware1, (1)University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, (2)University at Buffalo, Department of Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States
 
Comparison of Pedotransfer Functions for High-resolution Mapping of Hydraulic Conductivity in Agricultural Soils using GPR (614266)
Katherine Grote, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States and Kelsi Leverett, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States
 
Assessing the Influence of Crop Type and Drainage Tile Spacing on Claypan Soil Moisture Using Ground Penetrating Radar (614985)
Kelsi Leverett1, Katherine Grote2 and Carrie Brichacek1, (1)Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States, (2)Missouri University of Science and Technology, Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Rolla, MO, United States