PREDICTING CHANGES IN GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS IN MUCK SOIL USING PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS Ahmad S. Mat Su 1,2 , Viacheslav I. Adamchuk 1 , Joann K. Whalen 3 , Chandra A. Madramootoo 1 , Hsin-Hui Huang 1 , Katina Tam 3 , and Hicham Benslim 3 1 Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada. 2 Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. 3 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Canada Presented at ASABE & CSBE/SCGAB Annual International Meeting Palais des congres de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 13-16th, 2014 Session 210: 141898760
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PREDICTING CHANGES IN GREENHOUSE
GASES EMISSIONS IN MUCK SOIL USING
PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS
Ahmad S. Mat Su1,2, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk1, Joann K. Whalen3, Chandra A. Madramootoo1 , Hsin-Hui Huang1, Katina Tam3, and Hicham Benslim3
1Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Canada.
2Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. 3Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Canada
Presented at
ASABE & CSBE/SCGAB Annual International Meeting
Palais des congres de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
July 13-16th, 2014
Session 210: 141898760
Muck soil (organic soil) and issues
Objectives
Materials and Method
» Soil physical properties measurement
» Gas sampling and flux calculation
Results
Summary
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To deploy wireless sensor network (WSN) to measure temporal soil
physical properties
To investigate the cross-relationship of soil water content and soil
temperature with GHG emission during growing season
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Leamington
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Nova Scotia
Crop Onion
Elevation 52 – 60 m above MSL
Soil Muck soil
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Muck soil
» Organic matter >80 % (minimum >30%)
» Minimum thickness of 40 cm
» "O" layer contains mainly litters, fibres,
mosses build up originally from the swampy
forest saturated with water for prolonged
periods *Canada Soil Survey Committee, Subcommittee on Soil Classification, 1978