TopCap: A Tool to Quantify Soil Surface Topology and Subsurface Structure

A new ImageJ plugin, TopCap, automatically captures soil surface complexity from CT images. TopCap can quantify the immediate subsurface structure, highlighting soil crusting and sealing. Crust thickness varies under different soil textures following similar rainfall.

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