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Fan et al. 2022

Fan, Y., X. Wang, T. Funk, I. Rashid, B. Herman, N. Bompoti, M.S. Mahmud, M. Chrysochoou, M. Yang, T.M. Vadas, Y. Lei, and B. Li, 2022: A critical review for real-time continuous soil monitoring: Advantages, challenges, and perspectives. Environ. Sci. Technol., 56, no. 19, 13546-13564, doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c03562.

Most soil quality measurements have been limited to laboratory-based methods that suffer from time delay, high cost, intensive labor requirement, discrete data collection, and tedious sample pretreatment. Real-time continuous soil monitoring (RTCSM) possesses a great potential to revolutionize field measurements by providing first-hand information for continuously tracking variations of heterogeneous soil parameters and diverse pollutants in a timely manner and thus enable constant updates essential for system control and decision-making. Through a systematic literature search and comprehensive analysis of state-of-the-art RTCSM technologies, extensive discussion of their vital hurdles, and sharing of our future perspectives, this critical review bridges the knowledge gap of spatiotemporal uninterrupted soil monitoring and soil management execution. First, the barriers for reliable RTCSM data acquisition are elucidated by examining typical soil monitoring techniques (e.g., electrochemical and spectroscopic sensors). Next, the prevailing challenges of the RTCSM sensor network, data transmission, data processing, and personalized data management are comprehensively discussed. Furthermore, this review explores RTCSM data application for updating diverse strategies including high-fidelity soil process models, control methodologies, digital soil mapping, soil degradation, food security, and climate change mitigation. Finally, the significance of RTCSM implementation in agricultural and environmental fields is underscored through illuminating future directions and perspectives in this systematic review. %AB Most soil quality measurements have been limited to laboratory-based methods that suffer from time delay, high cost, intensive labor requirement, discrete data collection, and tedious sample pretreatment. Real-time continuous soil monitoring (RTCSM) possesses a great potential to revolutionize field measurements by providing first-hand information for continuously tracking variations of heterogeneous soil parameters and diverse pollutants in a timely manner and thus enable constant updates essential for system control and decision-making. Through a systematic literature search and comprehensive analysis of state-of-the-art RTCSM technologies, extensive discussion of their vital hurdles, and sharing of our future perspectives, this critical review bridges the knowledge gap of spatiotemporal uninterrupted soil monitoring and soil management execution. First, the barriers for reliable RTCSM data acquisition are elucidated by examining typical soil monitoring techniques (e.g., electrochemical and spectroscopic sensors). Next, the prevailing challenges of the RTCSM sensor network, data transmission, data processing, and personalized data management are comprehensively discussed. Furthermore, this review explores RTCSM data application for updating diverse strategies including high-fidelity soil process models, control methodologies, digital soil mapping, soil degradation, food security, and climate change mitigation. Finally, the significance of RTCSM implementation in agricultural and environmental fields is underscored through illuminating future directions and perspectives in this systematic review.

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@article{fa09100t,
  author={Fan, Y. and Wang, X. and Funk, T. and Rashid, I. and Herman, B. and Bompoti, N. and Mahmud, M. S. and Chrysochoou, M. and Yang, M. and Vadas, T. M. and Lei, Y. and Li, B.},
  title={A critical review for real-time continuous soil monitoring: Advantages, challenges, and perspectives},
  year={2022},
  journal={Environmental Science and Technology},
  volume={56},
  number={19},
  pages={13546--13564},
  doi={10.1021/acs.est.2c03562},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - fa09100t
AU  - Fan, Y.
AU  - Wang, X.
AU  - Funk, T.
AU  - Rashid, I.
AU  - Herman, B.
AU  - Bompoti, N.
AU  - Mahmud, M. S.
AU  - Chrysochoou, M.
AU  - Yang, M.
AU  - Vadas, T. M.
AU  - Lei, Y.
AU  - Li, B.
PY  - 2022
TI  - A critical review for real-time continuous soil monitoring: Advantages, challenges, and perspectives
JA  - Environ. Sci. Technol.
JO  - Environmental Science and Technology
VL  - 56
IS  - 19
SP  - 13546
EP  - 13564
DO  - 10.1021/acs.est.2c03562
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