Pedotransfer Functions in Earth System Science: Challenges and Perspectives

Abstract Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to complex knowledge rules that relate available soil information to soil properties and variables that are needed to parameterize soil processes. In this paper, we review the existing PTFs and document the new generation of PTFs developed in the different disciplines of Earth system science. To meet the methodological challenges for a successful application in Earth system modeling, we emphasize that PTF development has to go hand in hand with suitable extrapolation and upscaling techniques such that the PTFs correctly…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy

  Awards: AC02-06CH11357, contract DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC02, 06CH11357, DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC02-
• NF
  Norges Forskningsråd

  Award: 240663
• OO
  Office of Science

  Awards: DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC02, 06CH11357, AC02-06CH11357
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  National Research, Development and Innovation Office
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  Biological and Environmental Research

  Award: DE-AC02-06CH11357
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  Argonne National Laboratory

  Awards: DE-AC02, 06CH11357, AC02-06CH11357, DE‐AC02‐06CH11357