Abstract: The soil moisture active passive (SMAP) validation experiment in the boreal forest took place near Candle Lake, Saskatchewan within an area previously studied as a part of the experiments ...

This article proposes a hybrid symbolic aggregate approximation and vector space model (SAX-VSM) method for automatically classifying soil water content cycles. In the proposed method, a novel ...

Just like any living organism, the soil has its own metabolism. Plants, worms, insects, and most importantly, microorganisms in the soil break down organic matter, consume and generate nutrients, and ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that a deceptively simple mathematical model can describe how the soil responds to environmental change. Using just two variables, the model shows ...