D4.3_Probefield_Dataset

Origin: WP4. This dataset contains VISNIR spectra from in situ measurements and laboratory analyses of air-dried and sieved samples (<2 mm), including pXRF analysis, all conducted by CSIC (Spain). The dataset includes samples collected from various field locations, with corresponding laboratory data from Italy and Turkey. In total, 136 samples were collected from experimental agricultural fields managed by CREA (IT) and TAGEM (TR). 

The dataset contains information on sampling date, sample_ID, site, crop, depth (cm), coordinates (in LAEA projection), and the corresponding analyzed values for the following parameters: texture (%, sand, silt, clay), pH (Ext 1:2.5), EC (Ext 1:5) (mS/cm), carbonate (% CaCO₃), active carbonate (%), organic carbon (%), total nitrogen (%), available phosphorus (mg/kg), cation exchange capacity (CEC, meq/100g), exchangeable bases (meq/100g), elemental analysis (pXRF), and VNIR-pretreated spectra (350–2500 nm). An additional sheet contains metadata on the lab methods used. The following pretreatments were applied to the absorbance value of VNIR spectral data: Standardization and correction factor with lucky bay sand following internal soil standard (ISS); Code Trimming; splice Correction; Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter; aggregation side 8 wavelength resampling