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Christian Walter

Christian Walter

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6870
World Ranking
5489
National Ranking
402

Overview

Christian Walter is affiliated with Institut Agro, France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant emphasis on subfields such as environmental engineering, soil science, global and planetary change, artificial intelligence, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil and Land Suitability Analysis

Christian Walter has contributed to various publications, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Geoderma
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geoderma Regional
  • Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Recent notable papers include:

  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review, 2021, Geoderma
  • Model averaging for mapping topsoil organic carbon in France, 2020, Geoderma
  • Assessment of six soil ecosystem services by coupling simulation modelling and field measurement of soil properties, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • A Framework to Consider Soil Ecosystem Services in Territorial Planning, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Using Machine-Learning Algorithms to Predict Soil Organic Carbon Content from Combined Remote Sensing Imagery and Laboratory Vis-NIR Spectral Datasets, 2023, Remote Sensing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Didier Michot, Blandine Lemercier, Yosra Ellili-Bargaoui, Youssef Fouad, and Zohra Lili-Chabaane.

Christian Walter has also contributed to book publications, including a contribution to a title published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks entitled Religionsverfassungsrecht in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A global spectral library to characterize the world’s soil

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;T. Behrens;E. Ben-Dor;D.J. Brown

  • Detecting salinity hazards within a semiarid context by means of combining soil and remote-sensing data

    Abd El Kader Douaoui;Hervé Nicolas;Christian Walter

  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review

    Songchao Chen;Dominique Arrouays;Vera Leatitia Mulder;Laura Poggio

  • Soil quality in Life Cycle Assessment: Towards development of an indicator

    Emmanuelle Garrigues;Emmanuelle Garrigues;Michael S. Corson;Michael S. Corson;Denis A. Angers;Hayo M.G. van der Werf;Hayo M.G. van der Werf

  • Using a digital camera to measure soil organic carbon and iron contents

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;R.A. Viscarra Rossel;R.A. Viscarra Rossel;Youssef Fouad;Christian Walter

  • High resolution 3D mapping of soil organic carbon in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape

    Marine Lacoste;Budiman Minasny;Alex B. Mcbratney;Didier Michot;Didier Michot

  • Estimating and mapping the carbon saturation deficit of French agricultural topsoils

    D.A. Angers;D. Arrouays;N.P.A. Saby;Christian Walter

  • Improving soil hydromorphy prediction according to DEM resolution and available pedological data

    Vincent Chaplot;Christian Walter;Pierre Curmi

  • Fine resolution map of top- and subsoil carbon sequestration potential in France

    Songchao Chen;Songchao Chen;Manuel P. Martin;Nicolas P.A. Saby;Christian Walter

  • Relationships between particle‐size distribution and organic carbon in French arable topsoils

    D. Arrouays;N. Saby;C. Walter;B. Lemercier

  • Spatial differentiation in Life Cycle Assessment LCA applied to an agricultural territory: current practices and method development

    Laure Nitschelm;Laure Nitschelm;Joël Aubin;Joël Aubin;Michael S. Corson;Michael S. Corson;Valérie Viaud;Valérie Viaud

  • Changes in soil organic carbon in a mountainous French region, 1990-2004

    N. P. A. Saby;D. Arrouays;V. Antoni;B. Lemercier

  • Spatial prediction of topsoil salinity in the Chelif Valley, Algeria, using local ordinary kriging with local variograms versus whole-area variogram

    Christian Walter;Alex B. McBratney;Abdelkader Douaoui;Budiman Minasny

  • Mapping waterlogging of soils using digital terrain models

    Ph Merot;B. Ezzahar;Christian Walter;P. Aurousseau

  • Soil carbon stocks under different land uses and the applicability of the soil carbon saturation concept

    Songchao Chen;Dominique Arrouays;Denis A. Angers;Manuel P. Martin

  • Soil carbon storage prediction in temperate hydromorphic soils using A morphologic index and digital elevation model

    Vincent Chaplot;Martial Bernoux;Christian Walter;Pierre Curmi

  • National estimation of soil organic carbon storage potential for arable soils: A data-driven approach coupled with carbon-landscape zones

    Songchao Chen;Songchao Chen;Dominique Arrouays;Denis A. Angers;Claire Chenu

  • Regional mapping of soil parent material by machine learning based on point data

    Marine Lacoste;Marine Lacoste;Blandine Lemercier;Blandine Lemercier;Blandine Lemercier;Christian Walter;Christian Walter;Christian Walter

  • The effect of hedgerows on soil organic carbon storage in hillslopes

    C. Walter;P. Merot;B. Layer;G. Dutin

  • Extrapolation at regional scale of local soil knowledge using boosted classification trees: A two-step approach

    Blandine Lemercier;Blandine Lemercier;Marine Lacoste;Marine Lacoste;Macoumba Loum;Macoumba Loum;Macoumba Loum;Christian Walter;Christian Walter

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nicolas P.A. Saby
Nicolas P.A. Saby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Denis A. Angers
Denis A. Angers Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Vincent Chaplot
Vincent Chaplot University of KwaZulu-Natal
R. A. Viscarra Rossel
R. A. Viscarra Rossel Curtin University
Budiman Minasny
Budiman Minasny University of Sydney
Alex B. McBratney
Alex B. McBratney University of Sydney
Lionel Ranjard
Lionel Ranjard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Philippe Lagacherie
Philippe Lagacherie University of Montpellier
Patrick Durand
Patrick Durand Institut Agro, France

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