chapter 1 Multidisciplinary Approach for Assessing Subsurface Non-Point Source Pollution -- chapter 2 Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Processes: Implications for Method Selection and Characterization Studies -- chapter 3 Modeling as a Tool for the Characterization of Soil Water and Chemical Fate and Transport -- chapter 4 Techniques for Characterizing Water and Energy Balance at the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interface -- chapter 5 Field Methods for Monitoring Soil Water Status -- chapter 6 Measurement and Characterization of Soil Hydraulic Properties -- chapter 7 Unraveling Microscale Flow and Pore Geometry: NMRI and X-Ray Tomography -- chapter 8 Preferential Flow: Identification and Quantification -- chapter 9 Field Methods for Monitoring Solute Transport -- chapter 10 Time Domain Reflectometry as an Alternative in Solute Transport Studies -- chapter 11 Characterization of Solute Transport Through Miscible Displacement Experiments -- chapter 12 Methods to Determine Sorption of Pesticides and Other Organic Compounds -- chapter 13 Methods for Measuring Soil-Surface Gas Fluxes -- chapter 14 Chemical Methods for Soil and Water Characterization -- chapter 15 Evaluation and Characterization of Soil Microbiological Processes -- chapter 16 Geostatistical Procedures for Characterizing Soil Processes -- chapter 17 Soil Variability Assessment with Fractal Techniques -- chapter 18 Geospatial Measurements of Apparent Soil Electrical Conductivity for Characterizing Soil Spatial Variability -- chapter 19 Assessment of Uncertainty Associated with the Extent of Simulation Processes from Point to Catchment: Application to 1D Pesticide Leaching Models -- chapter 20 Inverse Modeling Techniques to Characterize Transport Processes in the Soil-Crop Continuum -- chapter 21 Computer Models for Characterizing the Fate of Chemicals in Soil: Pesticide Leaching Models and Their Practical Applications.