Field measurements realized on selected test sites

The DIGISOIL project (FP7-ENV-2007-1 N°211523) is financed by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, Area “Environment”, Activity 6.3 “Environmental Technologies”.

anglais. This deliverable D3.2 (Site preparation) is linked to the first task (3.1) of DIGISOIL’s WP3 (Implementation, field testing and validation on selected test sites). The objectives are here to report all the experiments that have been conducted on real test sites to evaluate the proposed methodology. Test sites are identified as Luxembourg (LU), Mugello (IT) and Zala (HU). For each geophysical method, the experimental conditions, data acquisitions, validation points and produced maps are presented. The optimal combination of petrophysical parameters are used to describe the aforementioned soil properties. The inference functions and fusion techniques developed in WP 2 are applied to the field conditions of the different test sites. Where possible geo-referenced data sets and maps were used for calibration and validation of the geophysical techniques. In some cases, additional analyses can be required to fill the gaps in the datasets and cover the selected dynamic soil properties. The experimental conditions, the results and the costs of the experiments and measurements for each geophysical method (Hyperspectral, GPR, EMI, Geoelectric, Seismic), in terms of man-day, are reported. After a general introduction that indicates the specific content of this deliverable in relationship with the deliverables of WP2 and other deliverables of WP3, each experiment is described in detail. The plan is organized by experimentations but several geophysical methods may have been run at the same site.