Application of Soil Physics in Environmental Analyses (eBook)

Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, an agronomist, got his degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil (1985 to 1989), his master degree in Soil Science from the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil (1990 to 1992) and his PhD in Soil Physics from University of Bayreuth in Germany (1998 to 2001). Since 1995, he has worked for the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture at the Center of Brazilian Agricultural Research from the Occidental Region of Amazon (Embrapa - Amazonia Ocidental), Brazil and he is also an associate professor at the Federal University of the Amazon (UFAM). His work focuses on tropical soil management and conservation. The main research areas are: soil physical quality standards for tropical soils, characterization of anthropic soils (Terra preta de Índio) and use of charcoal as soil conditioner (biochar)”. He co-edited "Amazonian Dark Earths: Wim Sombroek's Vision", published by Springer in 2009.

Part 1 - Integrating data in soil physicsKnowledge chains, linking cutting-edge research on flow phenomena in soils with tacit knowledge from field research; Johan Bouma,Hydropedology: Linking Dynamic Soil Properties with Soil Survey Data; Henry Lin, Weihua Zhang, Haoliang YuPart 2 – Data analysis in soil physics and pedotransfers functionsState-Space Analysis in Soil Physics; Ole Wendroth, Yang Yang, Luís Carlos TimmSpatial relationships between soil water content and hydraulic conductivity in a highly structured clay soils; Sidney Rosa Vieira, Célia Regina Grego, G. Clarke Topp, D. W. ReynoldsState-space approach to understand Soil-Plant-Atmosphere relationships; Luís Carlos Timma, Klaus Reichardt, Cláudia Liane Rodrigues de Lima, Leandro Sanzi Aquino, Letiane Helwig Penning, Durval Dourado-NetoPedotransfer functions for Brazilian soils; Alexandre Hugo Cezar Barrosa, Quirijn de Jong van LierPart 3 – Different approaches for the characterization of soil physical quality indicatorsAn Algorithm for Mapping the Spatial Variability of Soil Physical Quality; Marcos Bacis Ceddiaa, Sergio Drumond Ventura, Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira, André Luis Oliveira Villela, Carlos Alberto Alves VarellaA Preliminary Proposal for the Structural Classification Of Soil Pore Space; Theophilo Benedicto Ottoni Filhoa, Marta Vasconcelos OttoniIndicators of soil physical quality: from simplicity to complexity; Alvaro Pires da Silvaa, Ary Bruand, Cássio Antônio Tormena, Euzebio Medrado da Silva, Glenio Guimarães Santos, Neyde Fabíola Balarezo Giarola, Rachel Muylaert Locks Guimarães, Robélio Leandro Marchão, Vilson Antônio KleinMonitoring soil water in irrigated soils of the Brazilian semi-arid region: an opportunity to improve water use; Luis Henrique BassoiaPart 4 – Sensors and monitoring in soil physicsSensor Network Data Assimilation in Soil Water Flow Modeling; Yakov Pachepskya, Feng Pan, Gonzalo MartinezNew Perspectives for the Application of High-Resolution Benchtop X-Ray MicroCT for Quantifying Void, Solid and Liquid Phases in Soils; Carlos Manoel Pedro Vaz, Markus Tullerb, Paulo Renato Orlandi Lassoa, Sílvio CrestanaUnsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity in the Central Amazon: field evaluations; Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeiraa, Gotz Schroth, Jean Dalmo Marques, Bernd HuweSoil Moisture and Soil Water Storage using Hydrological Modeling and Remote Sensing; Otto Corrêa Rotunno Filhoa, Afonso Augusto Magalhães de Araujo, Luciano Nóbrega Rodrigues Xavier, Daniel Medeiros Moreira, Rafael Carneiro Di Bello, Adilson Elias Xavier, Lígia Maria Nascimento de AraujoPart 5 - Creating databases and models applied to soil physicsThe Use of Numerical Flow and Transport Models in Environmental Analyses; Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Carolina Naveira-Cotta, Todd H. Skaggs, Amir Raoof, Elizabeth M. PontedeiroThe Use of Multicomponent Solute Transport Models in Environmental Analyses; Jiří Šimůneka, Diederik Jacques, Tiago B. Ramos, Bertrand LetermeHydraulic properties and non-equilibrium water flow in soils; Wolfgang Durnera, Efstathios DiamantopoulosaWater availability to plants; Quirijn de Jong van LieraExperiences and challenges in developing European Soil hydrological Databases; Allan Lillya, Attila Nemes, Henk Wösten, Roland HiedererA Hydrophysical Database to develop Pedotransfer Functions for Brazilian Soils: Challenges and Perspectives; Marta Vasconcelos Ottoni, Maria Leonor Ribeiro Casimiro Lopes Assad, Yakov Pachepsky, Otto Corrêa Rotunno Filho