Digital Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon Contents and Stocks in Denmark

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 8; p. e105519
• Main Authors: Adhikari, Kabindra, Hartemink, Alfred E., Minasny, Budiman, Bou Kheir, Rania, Greve, Mette B., Greve, Mogens H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.08.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - methods; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Bulk density; Carbon; Carbon - chemistry; Carbon Sequestration; Denmark; Digital mapping; Digital maps; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Forests; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Inventories; Inventory management; Land use; Models, Theoretical; Moisture content; Natural vegetation; Organic carbon; Organic soils; Podzolic soils; Podzols; Precipitation (Meteorology); Science; Soil - chemistry; Soil carbon; Soil depth; Soil mapping; Soil sciences; Soil types; Spatial distribution; Standard error; Vertical distribution; Wetness index; Denmark; Netherlands; United States > US; Wisconsin; Aarhus Denmark

Estimation of carbon contents and stocks are important for carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and national carbon balance inventories. For Denmark, we modeled the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) and bulk density, and mapped its spatial distribution at five standard soi...