title: Response to "Visible and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy is of limited practical use to monitor soil contamination by heavy metals" by Philippe C. Baveye.
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environmental Science & Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Tiezhu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environmental Science & Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Yiyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Resource and Environmental Science & Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Yaolin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Geo-Environment Monitoring of Coastal Zone of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and GeoInformation & Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Smart Sensing and Services & College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. Electronic address: guofeng.wu@szu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guofeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants