<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In our study, we tested the existing and freely accessible soil databases covering a smaller geographical region surveyed and classified according to the Hungarian classification in order to approximate the WRB soil reference groups (RSG). We tested the results and applicability of approximation for the RSG with three different methods on 12 soil profiles. First, RSGs were assigned to Hungarian soil taxa based on results of previous correlation studies, secondly, a freely accessible online database of ISRIC was applied furthermore, and an automated reclassification developed and programmed by us was used, which takes the original soil data as input.</p></abstract>

In our study, we tested the existing and freely accessible soil databases covering a smaller geographical region surveyed and classified according to the Hungarian classification in order to approximate the WRB soil reference groups (RSG). We tested the results and applicability of approximation for the RSG with three different methods on 12 soil profiles. First, RSGs were assigned to Hungarian soil taxa based on results of previous correlation studies, secondly, a freely accessible online database of ISRIC was applied furthermore, and an automated reclassification developed and programmed by us was used, which takes the original soil data as input.

Approximation of the WRB reference group with the reapplication of archive soil databases

Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography, University of Debrecen,

Department of Computer Graphics and Image Processing, University of Debrecen,

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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In our study, we tested the existing and freely accessible soil databases covering a smaller geographical region surveyed and classified according to the...

Approximation of the WRB reference group with the reapplication of archive soil databases

Published Online: Feb 08, 2017

Page range: 27 - 38

Received: Aug 15, 2016

Accepted: Sep 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2016-0003

Keywords
soil classification, Solonetz, Vertisol, WRB correlation, WRB algorithmization

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Approximation of the WRB reference group with the reapplication of archive soil databases

Published Online: Feb 08, 2017

Page range: 27 - 38

Received: Aug 15, 2016

Accepted: Sep 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2016-0003

Keywordssoil classification, Solonetz, Vertisol, WRB correlation, WRB algorithmization

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
soil classification, Solonetz, Vertisol, WRB correlation, WRB algorithmization