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Assessment of Soil Carbon Storage Using Analytical and Spectral
Methods
Research
Team
PI:
Sabine Grunwald,
Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida
Co-PI:
Cristine M. Morgan, Soil and Crop
Sciences Department, Texas A&M University
Post-Docs:
Deoyani Sarkhot,
Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida
Yufeng Ge, Soil and Crop Sciences
Department, Texas A&M University
Time
03/2008 to
07/2010
Funding Source
Biomass Investment Group Inc.
Overview
Objectives:
(1) Compare
the baseline soil carbon (C) storage of an energy crop (E-Grass) to a
control site located in
the Quemado Valley region
of northwestern Maverick County, TX.
(2) Assess
the spatial distribution and variability of soil C accumulated under
E-Grass.
(3) Develop
soil C prediction models based on visible/near-infrared spectroscopy for
the study region.
(4) Monitor
the rate of soil and biomass C build-up over time on field plots under
E-Grass.
Photos: Study sites with E-grass.
Results
[in progress]
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