Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of soil moisture content on the absorbance spectra of sandysoils with different phosphorus (P) concentrations using ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), and near-infrared (NIR) absorbancespectroscopy. Sieve sizes were 125, 250, and 600 .m for fine, medium, and coarse, respectively. The medium size of thesamples was used for the study. Investigations were conducted at 0, 12.5, 62.5, 175, 375, 750, and 1000 mg kg-1 P applicationrates. Three soil moisture contents (4%, 8%, and 12%) were investigated. P concentrations of the soil samples were analyzedand reflectance of the samples was measured between 225 and 2550 nm with a 1 nm interval. Dried soil samples reflectedmore light than wet soil in the 225-2550 nm range. As moisture content of the soils increased, reflectance from the soil sampledecreased, which indicates that water is a strong light absorber in sandy soils. Dry soil spectra were reconstructed from thewet soil spectra by removing the moisture content effect and compared with the dry spectra of the same soil sample.Absorbance and reconstructed absorbance data were prepared as calibration and validation data sets in order to measurethe performance of the spectral signal processing used for removing the moisture content effect on absorbance spectra. Apartial least squares (PLS) analysis was applied to the data to predict P concentration before and after processing the spectra.The results showed that removing the moisture effect by spectral signal processing considerably improved prediction of P insoils.
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