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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) with appropriate modeling algorithms is an alternative tool for this measurement. However, the current calibration strategy limits the prediction performance of the LIBS technique. In this study, 563 soil samples from Hetao Irrigation District in China were collected; the LIBS spectra of the soils were recorded in the wavenumber range of 288\u2013950 nm with a resolution of 0.116 nm; a self-adaptive partial least squares regression model (SAM\u2013PLSR) was employed to explore optimal model parameters for SOM prediction; and calibration parameters including sample selection for the calibration database, sample numbers and sample location sites were optimized. The results showed that the sample capacity around 60\u201380, rather than all of the samples in the soil library database, was selected for calibration from a spectral similarity re-ordered database regarding unknown samples; the model produced excellent predictions, with R2 = 0.92, RPD = 3.53 and RMSEP = 1.03 g kg\u22121. Both the soil variances of the target property and the spectra similarity of the soil background were the key factors for the calibration model, and the small sample set led to poor predictions due to the low variances of the target property, while negative effects were observed for the large sample set due to strong interferences from the soil background. Therefore, the specific unknown sample depended strategy, i.e., self-adaptive modelling, could be applied for fast SOM sensing using LIBS for soils in varied scales with improved robustness and accuracy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22041488","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]],"date-time":"2022-02-15T22:44:47Z","timestamp":1644965087000},"page":"1488","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Sensing of Soil Organic Matter Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Coupled with Optimized Self-Adaptive Calibration Strategy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Mengjin","family":"Hu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China"},{"name":"College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fei","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhenwang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xuebin","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9064-3581","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Changwen","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China"},{"name":"College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1170","DOI":"10.1111\/gcb.15489","article-title":"Long-term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide","volume":"27","author":"Xu","year":"2021","journal-title":"Glob. 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