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Overview

Dennis E. Rolston is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields of study, primarily focused on Environmental Science, Engineering, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad categories, they contribute notably to subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics addressed by Rolston cover a diverse array of subjects related to soil and water systems. These topics include:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Plant Responses to Water Stress
  • Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies

Rolston's recent scholarly output includes papers that contribute to understanding soil water dynamics and gas diffusivity. Two notable publications are:

  • "Design and characterization of a pneumatic micro glass beads matrix sensor for soil water potential threshold control in irrigation management," published in 2022 in Irrigation Science.
  • "Validation of Gas Diffusivity Models with Chilean Soil Samples," published in 2020 in the Journal of soil science and plant nutrition.

Frequent collaborators in Rolston's research include:

  • Carlos Manoel Pedro Vaz
  • Luiz Fernando Porto
  • Carlos Ignácio D ́Alkaine
  • L. H. Bassoi
  • André Torre Neto

The primary journals where Rolston has published recently are:

  • Irrigation Science
  • Journal of soil science and plant nutrition

Rolston's research often centers on the practical aspects of soil water potential and irrigation management, employing sensor technology and models to better understand soil physical properties and water movements. Through integration of environmental engineering principles with agricultural sciences, their work intersects the needs of water management and plant science with implications for sustainable irrigation practices.

Best Publications

  • Tortuosity, diffusivity, and permeability in the soil liquid and gaseous phases

    Per Møldrup;T. Olesen;T. Komatsu;P. Schjønning

  • Responses of soil microbial processes and community structure to tillage events and implications for soil quality

    L.E. Jackson;F.J. Calderon;K.L. Steenwerth;K.M. Scow

  • Determining soil carbon stock changes: Simple bulk density corrections fail

    Juhwan Lee;Jan W. Hopmans;Dennis E. Rolston;Sara G. Baer

  • Predicting the Gas Diffusion Coefficient in Repacked Soil Water-Induced Linear Reduction Model

    Per Møldrup;T. Olesen;J. Gamst;P. Schjønning

  • Predicting the Gas Diffusion Coefficient in Undisturbed Soil from Soil Water Characteristics

    P. Møldrup;Torben Olesen;P. Schjønning;T. Yamaguchi

  • Solute transport in aggregated porous media: Theoretical and experimental evaluation.

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  • RELATIONS BETWEEN SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA AND SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

    L. W. Petersen;P. Moldrup;O. H. Jacobsen;D. E. Rolston

  • Microbial responses to simulated tillage in cultivated and uncultivated soils

    Francisco J. Calderón;Louise E. Jackson;Kate M. Scow;Dennis E. Rolston

  • Spatial Variability of Field‐Measured Denitrification Gas Fluxes

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  • Cover cropping affects soil N2O and CO2 emissions differently depending on type of irrigation

    Cynthia M. Kallenbach;Dennis E. Rolston;William R. Horwath

  • Short-Term Dynamics of Nitrogen, Microbial Activity, and Phospholipid Fatty Acids after Tillage

    Francisco J. Calderón;Louise E. Jackson;Kate M. Scow;Dennis E. Rolston

  • Spatial Variation in Nitrogen Isotope Values Beneath Nitrate Contamination Sources

    Graham E. Fogg;D.E. Rolston;D.L. Decker;D.T. Louie

  • Mechanisms and kinetics of nitric and nitrous oxide production during nitrification in agricultural soil

    Rodney T. Venterea;Dennis E. Rolston

  • 4.3 Gas Diffusivity

    Dennis E. Rolston;Per Moldrup

  • Experimental and mathematical description of nonadsorbed solute transfer by diffusion in spherical aggregates.

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  • Three-Porosity Model for Predicting the Gas Diffusion Coefficient in Undisturbed Soil

    Per Moldrup;Torben Olesen;Seiko Yoshikawa;Toshiko Komatsu

  • Modeling Diffusion and Reaction in Soils: VII. Predicting Gas and Ion Diffusivity in Undisturbed and Sieved Soils

    P. Møldrup;Torben Olesen;D. E. Rolston;T. Yamaguchi

  • Comparison of Air and Water Permeability between Disturbed and Undisturbed Soils

    Atac Tuli;Jan W. Hopmans;Dennis E. Rolston;Per Moldrup

  • Response of microbial community composition and activity in agricultural and grassland soils after a simulated rainfall

    Kerri L. Steenwerth;Louise E. Jackson;Francisco J. Calderón;Kate M. Scow

  • Modeling diffusion and reaction in soils. IX. The Buckingham-Burdine-Campbell equation for gas diffusivity in undisturbed soil

    P. Møldrup;Torben Olesen;T. Yamaguchi;P. Schjønning

  • Volatile organic vapor diffusion and adsorption in soils

    L. W. Petersen;D. E. Rolston;P. Moldrup;T. Yamaguchi

  • Tillage and seasonal emissions of CO2, N2O and NO across a seed bed and at the field scale in a Mediterranean climate

    Juhwan Lee;Jan W. Hopmans;Chris van Kessel;Amy P. King

  • Nitric and nitrous oxide emissions following fertilizer application to agricultural soil: Biotic and abiotic mechanisms and kinetics

    Rodney T. Venterea;Dennis E. Rolston

  • Nitrous Oxide from Agriculture

    Dennis E. Rolston

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Moldrup
Per Moldrup Aalborg University
Jan W. Hopmans
Jan W. Hopmans University of California, Davis
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Kate M. Scow
Kate M. Scow University of California, Davis
Per Schjønning
Per Schjønning Aarhus University
Rodney T. Venterea
Rodney T. Venterea Agricultural Research Service
Dani Or
Dani Or University of Nevada Reno
Louise E. Jackson
Louise E. Jackson University of California, Davis
Chris van Kessel
Chris van Kessel University of California, Davis
Scott R. Yates
Scott R. Yates Agricultural Research Service

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