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Overview

Michael H. Young is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and engineering, with a strong focus on soil and hydrological processes.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these areas, their subfields of expertise cover Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their scientific work addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael H. Young include:

  • Soil hydrology in the Earth system, 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Feedbacks Between Surface Deformation and Permafrost Degradation in Ice Wedge Polygons, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • High-resolution mapping of spatial heterogeneity in ice wedge polygon geomorphology near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 2020, published in Scientific Data
  • Hydro-pedotransfer functions: a roadmap for future development, 2024, published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Frequent coauthors of Michael H. Young include Jani Das, Gürcan Gülen, Hassan Dashtian, Dev Niyogi, and Atta Ur Rehman.

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energies, Texas Water Journal, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Best Publications

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Green-Ampt infiltration model for sloping surfaces

    Li Chen;Michael H. Young

  • Soil structure is an important omission in Earth System Models

    Simone Fatichi;Dani Or;Robert Walko;Harry Vereecken

  • Variations in Water Balance and Recharge Potential at Three Western Desert Sites

    G. W. Gee;P. J. Wierenga;B. J. Andraski;Michael H Young

  • Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database

    Mehdi Rahmati;Mehdi Rahmati;Lutz Weihermüller;Jan Vanderborght;Yakov A. Pachepsky

  • Hydraulic Properties of a Desert Soil Chronosequence in the Mojave Desert, USA

    Michael H Young;E. V. Mcdonald;Todd Caldwell;S. G. Benner

  • Influence of a Nonionic Surfactant on the Water Retention Properties of Unsaturated Soils

    Ahmet Karagunduz;Kurt D. Pennell;Michael H. Young

  • Large weighing lysimeters for water use and deep percolation studies

    Michael H Young;P. J. Wierenga;C. F. Mancino

  • Effects of rainfall characteristics on infiltration and redistribution patterns in revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems

    Xin Ping Wang;Xin Ping Wang;Yan Cui;Yan Xia Pan;Xin Rong Li

  • Penman Monteith Crop Coefficients for Use with Desert Turf Systems

    Paul W. Brown;Charles F. Mancino;Michael H. Young;Thomas L. Thompson

  • Estimating aquifer hydraulic properties using sinusoidal pumping at the Savannah River site, South Carolina, USA

    Todd C. Rasmussen;Kevin G. Haborak;Michael H. Young

  • Invasion of shrublands by exotic grasses : ecohydrological consequences in cold versus warm deserts.

    Bradford P. Wilcox;Laura Turnbull;Michael H. Young;C. Jason Williams

  • Two- and three-parameter calibrations of time domain reflectometry for soil moisture measurement

    C. Yu;A. W. Warrick;M. H. Conklin;Michael H Young

  • Rapid Laboratory Calibration of Time Domain Reflectometry Using Upward Infiltration

    M. H. Young;J. B. Fleming;P. J. Wierenga;A. W. Warrick

  • A new technique for characterizing the efficacy of fugitive dust suppressants.

    Ilias G. Kavouras;Vicken Etyemezian;George Nikolich;John Gillies

  • Monitoring Near-Surface Soil Water Storage in Turfgrass using Time Domain Reflectometry and Weighing Lysimetry

    Michael H Young;P. J. Wierenga;C. F. Mancino

  • Toward better hydraulic fracturing fluids and their application in energy production: A review of sustainable technologies and reduction of potential environmental impacts

    Lashun Thomas;Hansong Tang;Dilhan M. Kalyon;Seda Aktas

  • 3.2.2 Tensiometry

    Michael H. Young;James B. Sisson

  • Estimation of depth averaged unsaturated soil hydraulic properties from infiltration experiments

    Z.-Y Zou;M.H Young;Z Li;P.J Wierenga

  • Flexible Time Domain Reflectometry Probe for Deep Vadose Zone Monitoring

    Ofer Dahan;Eric V. McDonald;Michael H. Young

  • Vadose Zone Journal: The First Ten Years

    Jasper A. Vrugt;Dani Or;Michael H. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd G. Caldwell
Todd G. Caldwell United States Geological Survey
Bridget R. Scanlon
Bridget R. Scanlon The University of Texas at Austin
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Zhongbo Yu
Zhongbo Yu Hohai University
Dani Or
Dani Or University of Nevada Reno
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Kurt D. Pennell
Kurt D. Pennell Brown University
Susan D. Hovorka
Susan D. Hovorka The University of Texas at Austin
Kumud Acharya
Kumud Acharya Desert Research Institute
Cathy J. Wilson
Cathy J. Wilson Los Alamos National Laboratory

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