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a Environmental Quality Laboratory, Building 007 Room 201, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705
b FDA, Rockville, MD
c USDA-ARS Fort Collins, CO
d USDA-NRCS Lincoln, NE
* Corresponding author (mccartyg{at}ba.ars.usda.gov)
The ability to inventory soil C on landscapes is limited by the ability to rapidly measure soil C. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopic analysis in the near-infrared (NIR, 400–2500 nm) and mid-infrared (MIR, 2500–25000 nm) regions provides means for measurement of soil C. To assess the utility of spectroscopy for soil C analysis, we compared the ability to obtain information from these spectral regions to quantify total, organic, and inorganic C in samples representing 14 soil series collected over a large region in the west central United States. The soils temperature regimes ranged from thermic to frigid and the soil moisture regimes from udic to aridic. The soils ranged considerably in organic (0.23–98 g C kg-1) and inorganic C content (0.0–65.4 g CO3-C kg-1). These soil samples were analyzed with and without an acid treatment for removal of CO3. Both spectral regions contained substantial information on organic and inorganic C in soils studied and MIR analysis substantially outperformed NIR. The superior performance of the MIR region likely reflects higher quality of information for soil C in this region. The spectral signature of inorganic C was very strong relative to soil organic C. The presence of CO3 reduced ability to quantify organic C using MIR as indicated by improved ability to measure organic C in acidified soil samples. The ability of MIR spectroscopy to quantify C in diverse soils collected over a large geographic region indicated that regional calibrations are feasible.
Abbreviations: MIR, mid-infrared • MIRS, MIR spectroscopy • NIR, near-infrared • NIRS, NIR spectroscopy • PLS, partial least squares • RMSD, root mean squared deviation • SD, standard deviation
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