Proximal sensing for soil carbon accounting

England, Jacqueline R.; Viscarra Rossel, Raphael A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-101-2018

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-101-2018

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Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

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15 May 2018

Review article |

| 15 May 2018

Proximal sensing for soil carbon accounting

Jacqueline R. England and Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel

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Final revised paper (published on 15 May 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 22 Jan 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: '80', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous referee #1 comments on “Proximal sensing for soil carbon accounting”', Raphael Viscarra Rossel, 27 Mar 2018
RC2: 'SOIL-2017-36 (referee) - referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous referee #2 comments on “Proximal sensing for soil carbon accounting”', Raphael Viscarra Rossel, 27 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Revision (28 Mar 2018) by Peter Finke

AR by Raphael Viscarra Rossel on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Apr 2018) by Peter Finke

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Apr 2018) by Johan Six (Executive editor)

AR by Raphael Viscarra Rossel on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Proximal sensing can be used for soil C accounting, but the methods need to be standardized and procedural guidelines developed to ensure proficient measurement and accurate reporting. This is particularly important if there are financial incentives for landholders to adopt practices to sequester C. We review sensing for C accounting and discuss the requirements for the development of new soil C accounting methods based on sensing, including requirements for reporting, auditing and verification.