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A global soil spectral grid based on space sensing by Demattê J.A.M., Rizzo R., Rosin N.A., Poppiel R.R., Novais J.J.M., Amorim M.T.A., Rodriguez-Albarracín H.S., Rosas J.T.F., Bartsch B.D.A., Vogel L.G., Minasny B., Grunwald S., Ge Y., Ben-Dor E., Gholizadeh A., Gomez C., Chabrillat S., Francos N., Fiantis D., Belal A., Tsakiridis N., Kalopesa E., Naimi S., Ayoubi S., Tziolas N., Das B.S., Zalidis G., Francelino M.R., Mello D.C.D., Hafshejani N.A., Peng Y., Ma Y., Coblinski J.A., Wadoux A.M.J.-C., Savin I., Malone B.P., Karyotis K., Milewski R., Vaudour E., Wang C., Salama E.S.M., Shepherd K.D. Science of the Total Environment 968 - (2025)
A novel coal quality index and its estimation using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy by Begum N., Majeed I. , Chakravarty D. , Das B. S. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization 1-14 (2024)
Large-Scale Mapping of Soil Quality Index in Different Land Uses Using Airborne Hyperspectral Data by Majeed I., Das B.S. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 62 1-12 (2024)
Applicability of calibrated diffuse reflectance spectroscopy models across spatial and temporal boundaries by Purushothaman N. K., Garg K. K., Venkataradha A. , Ananth K. H., Singh R. , Jat M. L., Das B. S. Geoderma 449 117012- (2024)
Spatial footprints of moisture-driven landslides in western Himalayas from 2007 to 2022 by Kumari K., Ganguli P. , Purushothaman N. K., Das B. S. Natural Hazards - (2024)
Spatial footprints of moisture-driven landslides in Western Himalayas from 2007 to 2022 by Kumari K., Ganguli P. , Purushothaman N. K., Das B. S. Natural Hazards 121 7325-7345 (2024)
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and digital soil mapping for assessing soil-associated off-road vehicle mobility risk by Purushothaman N.K., Reddy N.N., Majeed I., Chowdhury P.R., Das B.S. Journal of Environmental Management 351 - (2024)
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for assessing soil quality indicators in cocoa production system validated using multi year data by Majeed I., Singh K. , Fidelis C. , Yinil D. , Minasny B. , Das B. S., Field D. J. Soil Use and Management 40 - (2024)
Streamflow drought onset and severity explained by non-linear responses between climate-catchment and land surface processes by Raut A., Ganguli P. , Kumar R. , Das B. S., Reddy N. N., Wöhling T. Hydrological Processes 38 1-23 (2024)
Soil degradation and mitigation in agricultural lands in the Indian Anthropocene by Bhattacharyya R., Bhatia A., Ghosh B.N., Santra P., Mandal D., Kumar G., Singh R.J., Madhu M., Ghosh A., Mandal A.K., Paul R., Datta A., Sharma P.C., Mandal U.K., Jha P., Anil K.S., Lalitha M., Kumar M., Panwar N.R., Sarkar D., Patra A.K., Kundu S., Fullen M.A., Poesen J., Das B.S., Reddy N.N., Chaudhari S.K. European Journal of Soil Science 74 - (2023)
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) for rapid soil testing and soil quality assessment in smallholder farms by Majeed I., Garg K. K., A V. , Purushothaman N. K., Roy S. , Reddy N. N., Singh R. , H A. K., Dixit S. , Das B. S. European Journal of Soil Science 74 e133- (2023)
Digital soil mapping of key secondary soil properties using pedotransfer functions and Indian legacy soil data by Reddy N.N., Das B.S. Geoderma 429 - (2023)
A novel method for detecting soil salinity using AVIRIS-NG imaging spectroscopy and ensemble machine learning by Das A., Bhattacharya B. K., Setia R. , Jayasree G. , Das B. S. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 200 191-212 (2023)
Estimation of soil and crop residue parameters using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data by Majeed I., Purushothaman N.K., Chakraborty P., Panigrahi N., Vasava H.B., Das B.S. International Journal of Remote Sensing 44 2005-2038 (2023)
Sustainable intensification opportunities for Alfisols and Vertisols landscape of the semi-arid tropics by H A. K., Garg K. K., Akuraju V. , Sawargaonkar G. , Purushothaman N. K., Das B. S., Singh R. , L J. M. Agricultural Water Management 284 108332- (2023)
Remote sensing of the Earth's soil color in space and time by Rizzo R., Wadoux A. M., Demattê J. A., Minasny B. , Barrón V. , Ben-dor E. , Francos N. , Savin I. , Poppiel R. , Silvero N. E., Da Silva Terra F. , Rosin N. A., Rosas J. T., Greschuk L. T., Ballester M. V., Gómez A. M., Belllinaso H. , Safanelli J. L., Chabrillat S. , Fiorio P. R., Das B. S., Malone B. P., Zalidis G. , Tziolas N. , Tsakiridis N. , Karyotis K. , Samarinas N. , Kalopesa E. , Gholizadeh A. , Shepherd K. D., Milewski R. , Vaudour E. , Wang C. , Salama E. S. Remote Sensing of Environment 299 113845- (2023)
Soil Health and its Relationship with Food Security and Human Health to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals in India by Das B. S., Wani S. P., Benbi D. K., Muddu S. , Bhattacharyya T. , Mandal B. , Santra P. , Chakraborty D. , Bhattacharyya R. , Basak N. , Reddy N. N. Soil Security 8 100071- (2022)
Assessment of Soil Properties using Spectral Signatures of Bulk Soils and Their Aggregate Size Fractions by Vasava H.B., Das B.S. Geoderma 417 - (2022)
Suspended particulate matter and secchi disk depth in the Chilika Lagoon from in situ and remote sensing data: a modified semi-analytical approach by Roy S., Ojha S.R., Reddy N.N., Samal R.N., Das B.S. International Journal of Remote Sensing 43 3628-3654 (2022)
Estimation of euphotic zone depth in shallow inland water using inherent optical properties and multispectral remote sensing imagery by Roy S., Das B.S. Journal of Hydrology 612 128293- (2022)
National-scale maps for soil aggregate size distribution parameters using pedotransfer functions and digital soil mapping data products by Purushothaman N. K., Reddy N. N., Das B. S. Geoderma 424 116006- (2022)
Climate-catchment-soil control on hydrological droughts in peninsular India by Ganguli P., Singh B., Reddy N.N., Raut A., Mishra D., Das B.S. Scientific Reports 12 - (2022)
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy based Rapid Coal Rank Estimation: A Machine Learning Enabled Framework by Begum N., Maiti A. , Chakravarty D. , Das B. S. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 263 120150- (2021)
Estimation of soil texture using Sentinel-2 multispectral imaging data: An ensemble modeling approach by Swain S. R., Chakraborty P. , Panigrahi N. , Vasava H. B., Reddy N. N., Roy S. , Majeed I. , Das B. S. Soil Tillage Research 213 105134- (2021)
Legacy data-based national-scale digital mapping of key soil properties in India by Reddy N.N., Chakraborty P., Roy S., Singh K., Minasny B., McBratney A.B., Biswas A., Das B.S. Geoderma 381 114684- (2021)
Living with arsenic in the environment: An examination of current awareness of farmers in the Bengal basin using hybrid feature selection and machine learning by Mishra D., Das B. S., Sinha T. , Hoque J. M., Reynolds C. , Islam M. R., Hossain M. , Sar P. , Menon M. Environment International 153 106529- (2021)
Hydrus-1D for Simulating Potassium Transport in Flooded Paddy Soils by Shekhar S., Mailapalli D. R., Das B. S., Mishra A. , Raghuwanshi N. S. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis - (2021)
Application of VIS-NIR spectroscopy for estimation of soil organic carbon using different spectral preprocessing techniques and multivariate methods in the middle Indo-Gangetic plains of India by Seema, Ghosh A.K., Das B.S., Reddy N. Geoderma Regional 23 - (2020)
Spatial structure, parameter nonlinearity, and intelligent algorithms in constructing pedotransfer functions from large-scale soil legacy data by Chakraborty P., Das B.S., Vasava H.B., Panigrahi N., Santra P. Scientific Reports 10 1-13 (2020)
Evaluation of regression algorithms for estimating leaf area index and canopy water content from water stressed rice canopy reflectance by Panigrahi N., Das B.S. Information Processing in Agriculture - (2020)
Hydrus-1D model for simulating water flow through paddy soils under alternate wetting and drying irrigation practice by Shekhar S., Mailapalli D. R., Raghuwanshi N. S., Das B. S. Paddy and Water Environment 18 73-85 (2020)
Assessment of cocoa fertiliser needs using soil types and soil spectral analysis by Singh K., Vasava H. B., Snoeck D. , Das B. S., Yinil D. , Field D. , Sanderson T. , Fidelis C. , Majeed I. , Panigrahi N. Soil Use and Management 35 492-502 (2019)
Assessment of soil texture from spectral reflectance data of bulk soil samples and their dry-sieved aggregate size fractions by Vasava H.B., Gupta A., Arora R., Das B.S. Geoderma 337 914-926 (2019)
Temperature Dependence of Soil Hydraulic Properties: Transient Measurements and Modeling by Joshi D. C., Iden S. C., Peters A. , Das B. S., Durner W. Soil Science Society of America Journal 83 1628-1636 (2019)
Estimation of Gross Calorific Value of Bituminous Coal using various Coal Properties and Reflectance Spectra by Begum N., Chakravarty D. , Das B. S. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization - (2019)
Optimizing wavelength selection by using informative vectors for parsimonious infrared spectra modelling by Ng W., Minasny B., Malone B.P., Sarathjith M.C., Das B.S. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 158 201-210 (2019)
Data from: Canopy spectral reflectance as a predictor of soil water potential in rice by Niranjan P., Das B. S. Dryad - (2019)
Near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for rapid and comprehensive soil condition assessment in smallholder cacao farming systems of Papua New Guinea by Singh K., Majeed I. , Panigrahi N. , Vasava H. B., Fidelis C. , Krunaratne S. , Bapiwai P. , Yinil D. , Das B. S., Minasny B. , Field D. J. Catena 183 104185- (2019)
Effects of water deficit stress on agronomic and physiological responses of rice and greenhouse gas emission from rice soil under elevated atmospheric CO2 by Kumar A., Nayak A. K., Das B. S., Panigrahi N. , Dasgupta P. , Mohanty S. , Kumar U. , Panneerselvam P. , Pathak H. Science of The Total Environment 650 2032-2050 (2019)
Application of phosphorus, iron, and silicon reduces yield loss in rice exposed to water deficit stress by Kumar A., Nayak A.K., Pani D.R., Das B.S. Agronomy Journal 111 1488-1497 (2019)
Local modeling approaches for estimating soil properties in selected indian soils using diffuse reflectance data over visible to near-infrared region by Gupta A., Vasava H. B., Das B. S., Choubey A. Geoderma 325 59-71 (2018)
Soil mapping via diffuse reflectance spectroscopy based on variable indicators: An ordered predictor selection approach by Raj A., Chakraborty S., Duda B.M., Weindorf D.C., Li B., Roy S., Sarathjith M.C., Das B.S., Paulette L. Geoderma 314 146-159 (2018)
Measurement and modeling of longitudinal dispersivity in undisturbed saturated soil: An experimental approach by Chakraborty P., Das B.S. Soil Science Society of America Journal 82 1117-1123 (2018)
Rejoinder to Comments on Minasny et al., 2017 Soil carbon 4 per mille Geoderma 292, 59â 86 by Minasny B., Arrouays D., McBratney A.B., Angers D.A., Chambers A., Chaplot V., Chen Z.-S., Cheng K., Das B.S., Field D.J., Gimona A., Hedley C., Hong S.Y., Mandal B., Malone B.P., Marchant B.P., Martin M., McConkey B.G., Mulder V.L., O'Rourke S., Richer-de-Forges A.C., Odeh I., Padarian J., Paustian K., Pan G., Poggio L., Savin I., Stolbovoy V., Stockmann U., Sulaeman Y., Tsui C.-C., VÃ¥gen T.-G., van Wesemael B., Winowiecki L. Geoderma 309 124-129 (2018)
Canopy Spectral Reflectance as a Predictor of Soil Water Potential in Rice by Panigrahi N., Das B. S. Water Resources Research 54 1-17 (2018)
Rapid assessment of algal biomass and pigment contents using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and chemometrics by Duppeti H., Chakraborty S. , Das B. S., Mallick N. , Kotamreddy J. Algal Research 27 274-285 (2017)
Physiological and morphological responses of four different rice cultivars to soil water potential based deficit irrigation management strategies by Kumar A., Nayak A. K., Pani D. R., Das B. S. Field Crops Research 205 78-94 (2017)
An Ensemble Modeling Approach for Estimating Diffusive Tortuosity for Saturated Soils From Porosity by Chakraborty P., Das B. S., Singh R. Soil Science 182 45-51 (2017)
Predicting soil arsenic pools by visible near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy by Chakraborty S., Li B. , Deb S. , Paul S. , Weindorf D. C., Das B. S. Geoderma 296 30-37 (2017)
Soil carbon 4 per mille by Minasny B., Malone B. P., Mcbratney A. B., Angers D. A., Arrouays D. , Chambers A. , Chaplot V. , Chen Z. , Cheng K. , Das B. S., Field D. J., Gimona A. , Hedley C. B., Hong S. Y., Mandal . , Marchant B. P., Martin M. , Mcconkey B. G., Mulder V. L. Geoderma 292 59-86 (2017)
Assessment of nutrient contents of Indian soils using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. by Sarathjith M. C., Das B. S., Wani S. P., Sahrawat K. L., Gupta A. Curr. Sci. 110(6) 1031-1037 (2016)
Estimation of weathering indices using spectral reflectance over visible to mid-infrared region. by Mohanty B., Gupta A. , Das B. S. Geoderma. 266 111-119 (2016)
Variable indicators for optimum wavelength selection in diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of soils. by Sarathjith M. C., Das B. S., Wani S. P., Sahrawat K. L. Geoderma. 267 1-9 (2016)
Rapid assessment of Atterberg limits using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. by Gupta A., Das B. S., Kumar A. , Chakraborty P. , Mohanty B. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 80 1283-1295 (2016)
Rapid assessment of black tea quality using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy by Panigrahi N., Bhol C. S., Das B. S. J. Food Engg. 190 101-108 (2016)
Greenhouse gas emission from direct seeded paddy fields under different soil water potentials in Eastern India. by Kumar A., Nayak A. K., Mohanty S. , Das B. S. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 228 111-123 (2016)
Hyperspectral image preprocessing with bilateral filter for improving the classification accuracy of support vector machines. by Anand S S., Routray A. , Das B. S., Saquib A. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 10 025004-025004 (2016)
Variance of aggregate size distribution as a criterion for soil similarity. by Das B. S., Vasava . B., Sarathjith M. C., Mohanty B. Vadose Zone J. 14 1-5 (2015)
Soil Water Potential and Recoverable Water Stress in Drought Tolerant and Susceptible Rice Varieties. by Dasgupta P., Das B. S., Sen S. K. Agril. Water Manage. 152 110-118 (2015)
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Opportunities, Status and Challenges for Rapid Soil Assessment in India. by Das B. S., Sarathjith M. C., Santra P. , Sahoo R. N., Srivastava R. , Routray A. , Ray S. S. Curr. Sci. 108(5) 860-868 (2015)
Reflectance spectroscopic approach for estimation of soil properties in hot arid western Rajasthan, India. by Santra P., Singh R. , C S. M., Panwar N. R., Varghese P. , Das B. S. Environ. Earth Sci. 74 4233-4245 (2015)
Rapid Estimation of Compost Enzymatic Activity by Combined Spectral and Machine Learning Approach. by Chakraborty S., Das B. S., Md. N. Ali M. N., Li B. , Sarathjith M. C., Majumdar K. , Ray D. P., . . Waste Management. 34 623-631 (2014)
Measurement and Modeling of Diffusive Tortuosity in Saturated Soils: A Pedotransfer Function Approach by Chakraborty P., Das B. S. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78 1869-1877 (2014)
Dependency measures for assessing the covariation of spectrally active and inactive soil properties. by Sarathjith M. C., Das B. S., Wani S. P., Sahrawat K. L. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78 1522-1530 (2014)
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopic Approach for the Characterization of Soil Aggregate Size Distribution by Sarathjith M. C., Das B. S., Vasava H. B., Anand S. S., Mohanty B. , Wani S. P., Sahrawat K. L. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78 369-376 (2014)
Discrete Wavelet Transform Approach for the Estimation of Crop Residue Content from Spectral Reflectance. by Anand, S. S., P. Shrivastava, B. S. Das, and M. C. Sarathjith IEEE, Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing - (2013)
Assessing the effect of puddling on preferential flow processes through under bund area of lowland rice field. by Patil, M. D. and B. S. Das Soil and Tillage Res. 134 61-71 (2013)
Modeling Runoff from an agricultural watershed of Western Catchment of Chilika Lake through ArcSWAT by Santra, P. and B. S. Das J. Hydro-Environ. Res. 1-9 (2013)
Spatial prediction of soil properties in a watershed scale through maximum-likelihood approach. by Santra, P., B. S. Das, D. Chakravarty Environ. Earth Sci. 56(7) 2051-2061 (2012)
A simple bund plugging technique for improving water productivity in wetland rice. by Patil, M. D., B. S. Das, P. B. S. Bhadoria Soil and Tillage Res. 112 66-75 (2011)
Delineation of hydrologically similar units in a watershed based on fuzzy classification of soil hydraulic properties. by Santra,P., B. S. Das, D. Chakravarty Hydrologic Processes 25 64-79 (2011)
Evaluation of Sorption and Leaching Potential of Malathion and Atrazine in Agricultural Soils of India. by Kulluru, P. P. , B. S. Das, and R. K. Panda International J. Environ. Res. 4 75-90 (2010)
Performance of polymer-coated urea in transplanted rice: effect of mixing ratio and water input on nitrogen use efficiency. by Patil, M. D., B. S. Das, E. Barak, P. B. S. Bhadoria, A. Polak Paddy and Water Environ. 8 189-198 (2010)
Measurement and modeling of soil water regime in a lowland paddy field showing preferential transport. by Garg, K. K., B. S. Das, Md. Safeeq, and P. B. S. Bhadoria Agril. Water Manage. 96 1705-1714 (2009)
Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Properties using Spectral Reflectance in Visible and Near-Infrared Region. by Santra, P., R. N. Sahoo, B. S. Das, R. N. Samal, A. K. Pattanaik, and V. K. Gupta Geoderma. 152 338-349 (2009)
Pedotransfer Functions for Soil Hydraulic Properties Developed from a Hilly Watershed of Eastern India. by Santra, P. and B. S. Das. Geoderma. 146 439-448 (2008)
Soil hydraulic properties as ecological indicators in forested watersheds impacted by mechanized military training. by Perkins, D.B., N.W. Haws, J.W. Jawitz, B.S. Das, P.S.C. Rao. Ecological Indicator. 7 589-597 (2007)
Defining geometric similarity in soils. by Das, B. S., N. W. Haws, and P. S. C. Rao. Vadose Zone J. 4 264-270 (2005)
Evaluation of mass recovery impacts on transport parameters using least-squares optimization and moment analysis. by Das, B. S., J. M. Wraith, G. J. Kluitenberg, H. M. Langner, P. J. Shouse, and W. P. Inskeep Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69 1209-1216 (2005)
Dual-domain solute transfer and transport processes: Evaluation in batch and transport experiments. by Haws, N. W., B. S. Das, and P. S. C. Rao J. Contam. Hydrol. 75 257-280 (2004)
Sorption and degradation of steroid hormones in soil during transport: Column studies and model evaluation. by Das, B. S., L. S. Lee, P.S.C. Rao, and R. Hultgrens Environ. Sci. and Technol. 38 1460-1470 (2004)
Modeling transient water distributions around landmines in bare soils. by Das, B. S., J. M. H. Hendrickx, and B. Borchers Soil Sci. 166(3) 163-173 (2001)
Hydraulic property-based models to predict soil solution electrical conductivity under field conditions. by Das, B. S. and J. M. Wraith Water Resour. Res. 36 3383-3387 (2000)
Nitrate concentration in root zone estimated using time-domain reflectometry. by Das, B. S., J. M. Wraith, W. P. Inskeep Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63(6) 1561-1570 (1999)
Monitoring water and ionic solute distribution using time domain reflectometry. by Wraith J. M. and B. S. Das Soil and Tillage Res. 47 145-150 (1998)
Pore water velocity and residence time effects on the degradation of 2,4-D during transport. by Langner, H. W., W. P. Inskeep, H. M. Gaber, W. L. Jones, B. S. Das, J. M. Wraith Environ. Sci. and Technol. 32 1308-1315 (1998)
Cumulants-based analysis of input-output concentration data from soil column studies for system identification. by Govindaraju, R. S., B. S. Das, and G. J. Kluitenberg. J. Hydrologic Eng. 1 41-48 (1996)
Moment analysis to estimate degradation rate constants from leaching experiments. by Das, B. S., and G. J. Kluitenberg Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60 1724-1731 (1996)
Error analysis of the heat pulse method for measuring soil heat capacity, diffusivity, and conductivity. by Kluitenberg, G. J., K. L. Bristow, and B. S. Das. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59(3) 719-726 (1995)
Relationship between some selected soil properties and yield of transplanted rice fertilized with urea briquettes. by Misra, C., B. C. Mohanty, B. S. Das, and N. K. Savant. Oryza 32 178-183 (1995)
Temperature dependence of nitrogen mineralization rate constant: A theoretical approach. by Das, B. S., G. J. Kluitenberg, and G. M. Pierzynski. Soil Sci. 159 294-300 (1995)
Hydrological properties of a Typic Haplustult measured using a neutron hydroprobe and tensiometers. by C M., P R. K., D J. , Das B. S. J. Indian Soil Sci. Soc. 42 172-177 (1994)

Conferences

Diffusive Tortuosity Estimation for Visibly Macroporous Soil by Chakraborty P., Das B. S. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. - (2022)
Regional trends and physical controls of streamflow drought characteristics in tropical catchments. by Raut A., Ganguli P. , Reddy N. N., Wöhling T. , Kumar R. , Das B. S. European General Assembly 2022 - (2022)
Climate-Catchment-Soil-and Land Use and Land Cover Controls on Streamflow Droughts in Tropical Catchments of Peninsular India by Ganguli P., Raut A. , Purushothaman N. K., Reddy N. N., Das B. S. AGU Fall Meeting 2022 - (2022)

Book Chapter/Section

Assessment of Runoff and Sediment Yield from Selected Watersheds in the Western Catchment of the Chilika Lagoon by Das B. S., Santra P. , Ranjan R. , Vasava H. B., Samal R. N., Pattnaik A. K. Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Chilika Lagoon, India - (2020)
Digital Soil Mapping and Best Management of Soil Resources: A Brief Discussion with Few Case Studies by Santra P., Panwar N. R., Das B. S. Adaptive Soil Management: From Theory to Practices - (2017)