About the Book
The scaling issue remains one of the largest problems in soil science and hydrology. This book is a unique compendium of ideas, conceptual approaches, techniques, and methodologies for scaling soil physical properties. Scaling Methods in Soil Physics covers many methods of scaling that will be useful in helping scientists across a range of soil-rel
Table of Contents:
The PSF Model of Soil Structure: A Multiscale Approach, E.M.A. Perrier and N.R.A. Bird Scaling and Multiscaling of Soil Pore Systems Determined by Image Analysis, A.M. Tarquis, D. Gimenez, A. Saa, M.C. Diaz, and J.M. Gasco Scaling and Estimating the Soil Water Characteristic Using a One-Parameter Model, R.D. Williams and L.R. Ahuja Diffusion Scaling in Low Connectivity Porous Media, R.P. Ewing and R. Horton Solute Transport in Porous Media: Scale Effects, L. Zhou and H.M. Selim A Pedotransfer Function for Predicting Solute Dispersivity: Model Testing and Upscaling, E. Perfect Upscaling of Hydraulic Properties of Heterogeneous Soils, J. Zhu and B.P. Mohanty Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture and Its Implications for Scaling, A.W. Western, R.B. Grayson, G. Bloschl, and D.J. Wilson An Evaluation of Interpolation Methods for Local Estimation of Solute Concentration, T.R. Ellsworth, P.M. Reed, and R.J.M. Hudson Scale- and Location-Dependent Soil Hydraulic Properties in a Hummocky Landscape: A Wavelet Approach, B.C. Si Multiple Scale Conditional Simulation, P. Kumar Effects of Topography, Soil Properties and Mean Soil Moisture on the Spatial Distribution of Soil Moisture: A Stochastic Analysis, D.-H. Chang and S. Islam A Mix of Scales: Topography, Point Samples and Yield Maps, D.J. Timlin, Y.A. Pachepsky, and C.L. Walthall Evaluating Soil Data from Several Sources Using a Landscape Model, C.L.S. Morgan, J.M. Norman, C.C. Molling, K. McSweeney, and B. Lowery Application of a Neural Network-Based Spatial Disaggregation Scheme for Addressing Scaling of Soil Moisture, T.D. Tsegaye, W.L. Crosson, C.A. Laymon, M.P. Schamschula, and A.B. Johnson Scaling Soil Mechanical Properties to Predict Plant Responses, D.K. Cassel and E.C. Edwards Estimating Nitrate-N Losses at Different Spatial Scales in Agricultural Watersheds , D.J. Mulla, P.H. Gowda, A.S. Birr, and B.J. Dalzell Incorporation of Remote Sensing Data in an Upscaled Soil Water Model, M.S. Seyfried Hierarchical Frameworks for Multiscale Bridging in Hydropedology, H. Lin and S. Rathbun Scaling and Hierarchy of Models for Flow Processes in Unsaturated Fractured Rock, B. Faybishenko, G.S. Bodvarsson, J. Hinds, and P.A. Witherspoon Index
About the Author :
Pachepsky\, Yakov; Radcliffe\, David E.; Selim\, H. Magdi
Review :
"This excellent book comprising 20 chapters deals with spatial scaling of soil processes and soil properties. ... All contributors are acknowledged experts. The content of the book is well balanced, with all chapters informative and highly relevant. The topics of each chapter are illustrated by interesting examples, with well-chosen informative figures. ... [T]his book is an excellent starting point for anyone who would like to contribute to the development of this topic. I therefore strongly recommend it, to researchers and doctoral students in soil physics and hydrology in particular, but anyone working with environmental models will benefit from reading it." - European Journal of Soil Science, 55, 2004
