Data on soil hydraulic properties are needed as input for many models, such as models to predict unsaturated water movement and crop growth, and models to predict leaching of nutrients and pesticides to groundwater. The soil physics database of the Netherlands shows several lacunae, and a substantial part of the data were collected more than thirty years ago and thus might not represent actual soil hydraulic conditions. There is a need to fill lacunae in the soil physics dataset, to make the dataset up-to-date and to aggregate soil hydraulic properties observed at point scale to larger spatial units. The relationship between the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity K or the volumetric water content θ and the pressure head h can be described for example by equations such as the Mualem-Van Genuchten equations, the parameter values of which can be predicted from soil properties by using pedo-transfer functions. These soil properties include clay content, loam content, organic matter content and the median grain diameter of the sand fraction (50-2000 µm). Application of proximal sensing techniques in observing soil physics properties in the field might reduce the costs of data collection. The accuracy with which proximal sensing techniques can predict clay content, loam content, organic matter content and the median grain size of the sand fraction (50-2000 µm) needs to be assessed as these are the explanatory variables in the pedo-transfer functions. The aim of this study was to select on-the-go proximal sensing techniques that are able to quantify soil variables that are used in the pedo-transfer functions for prediction of the parameters of the Mualem-Van Genuchten equations. We conclude that near infrared spectrometry, γ-ray spectroscopy and electromagnetic induction methods have a potential in spatial prediction of clay, silt and sand content, and that near infrared spectrometry has a potential in spatial prediction of organic matter content and soil moisture content. The use of pedo-transfer functions requires also the parameters bulk density and median of the sand fraction (M50). Bulk density can be measured by a device called RhoC. However, its performance in predicting bulk density of terrestrial soils has not been validated yet. Most instruments are applied to measure fractions clay, silt and sand. The application of these instruments in the determination of M50 needs to be developed. Possibly the combination of specific surface area and fractions of fine and course sand can give an indication. On the other hand new pedo-transfer functions can be developed neglecting the M50 value while increasing the contribution of other explanatory variables.
Sinds 2010 wordt door Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR) structureel gewerkt aan de actualisatie van de Bodemkaart van Nederland, schaal 1 : 50 000. De actualisatie richt zich vooral op kenmerken die na verloop van tijd door natuurlijke processen of door ingrepen kunnen veranderen. Dit rapport beschrijft de werkwijze en resultaten van de actualisatie van de bodemkaart van gebieden in Flevoland met een pleistocene ondergrond dieper dan 0,8 m-mv.
Sinds 2010 wordt door Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR) structureel gewerkt aan de actualisatie van de Bodemkaart van Nederland, schaal 1 : 50 000. De bodemkaart onderscheidt allerlei bodemeenheden met veenlagen ondiep in het profiel. Door oxidatie en klink neemt de veendikte geleidelijk af. Voor het beheer van veengebieden is het van belang om inzicht te hebben in de veendiktes. Dit onderzoek heeft geresulteerd in een veendiktekaart voor de veengebieden aan de flanken van de Utrechtse Heuvelrug en een geactualiseerde bodemkaart, schaal 1 : 50 000, van deze veengebieden.
Sinds 2010 werkt Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR) structureel aan de actualisatie van de Bodemkaart van Nederland, schaal 1 : 50 000. De bodemkaart onderscheidt allerlei bodemeenheden met veenlagen ondiep in het profiel. Door oxidatie en klink neemt de veendikte geleidelijk af. Voor het beheer van veengebieden is het van belang om inzicht te hebben in de veendiktes. Dit onderzoek heeft geresulteerd in een veendiktekaart voor de veengebieden in Eemland en een geactualiseerde bodemkaart van deze veengebieden op schaal 1 : 50 000.
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