Soil Inference For Biophysical Modelling At a Global Extent.
Monday, November 4, 2013: 3:05 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 16, First Floor
Alexander Broadfoot McBratney III1, Budiman Minasny1, Brendan Philip Malone1, Uta Stockmann1 and Jason Morris2, (1)Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, Australia (2)Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Eveleigh, Australia
This talk will review the need for soil information at a global extent particularly for biophysical modelling. This is largely to tackle issues of food, water and energy security and climate-change adaptation. The GlobalSoilMap effort is explained in detail. A methodology to go from GlobalSoilMap products to a wider range of soil properties suitable for biophysical land-surface modelling via soil inference systems will be described.
