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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans to evaluate gas transport behavior in macropore networks under these conditions and found that CT-derived macroporosity and air-filled porosity for the limiting-quarter section of each column were highly correlated with both k a20 and T 5% (R 2 from 0.6 to 0.8).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate metabarcoding of bacteria and fungi and soil physical measurements at 60 locations on a 15 × 15 m grid in an agricultural field to characterize the spatial variation of microbial richness and diversity, and identify the soil physical parameters that are most strongly correlated with them.

TL;DR: In this article, X-ray computed tomography (CT) can be applied for this characterization, and in this study CT-derived parameters were used to explain water, air, and solute transport through soil.

TL;DR: Koestel et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the spatial patterns of soil properties, hydrologic state variables, and tracer breakthrough curves (BTCs) at the field scale for the inert solute transport under a steady-state irrigation rate which produced near-saturated conditions.

TL;DR: Overall, a comparison mapping of basic and structural characteristics including soil texture, bulk density, dissolved tracer, particle and phosphorus transport parameters identified the northern one-third of the field as a zone with higher leaching risk.