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Overview

Raymond L. Desjardins is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and agricultural sciences, with particular attention to sustainability and the impact of agricultural practices on the environment.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The core topics explored in their work cover Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Raymond L. Desjardins has contributed to multiple scientific papers published in various reputable journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Natural climate solutions for Canada," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Revisiting no-till's impact on soil organic carbon storage in Canada," 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • "Impact of recommended red meat consumption in Canada on the carbon footprint of Canadian livestock production," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Climate impact from agricultural management practices in the Canadian Prairies: Carbon equivalence due to albedo change," 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Methane emissions from a waste treatment site: Numerical analysis of aircraft-based data," 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

The frequent publication venues for their work are the Journal of Environmental Management, Science Advances, Soil and Tillage Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Collaboration is a notable element of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include Devon E. Worth, B.G. McConkey, J.A. Dyer, Jiangui Liu, and Alan K. Betts.

Best Publications

  • Footprint prediction of scalar fluxes from analytical solutions of the diffusion equation

    P. H. Schuepp;M. Y. Leclerc;J. I. MacPherson;R. L. Desjardins

  • Some perspectives on carbon sequestration in agriculture

    J.J. Hutchinson;C.A. Campbell;R.L. Desjardins

  • Spatial and temporal variability of soil respiration in agricultural fields

    P. Rochette;R. L. Desjardins;E. Pattey

  • The fate of nitrogen in agroecosystems: An illustration using Canadian estimates

    H.H. Janzen;K.A. Beauchemin;Y. Bruinsma;C.A. Campbell

  • Agricultural production, greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potential

    X.P.C. Vergé;C. De Kimpe;R.L. Desjardins

  • Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from poorly drained adjacent cultivated and forest sites.

    R. Lessard;P. Rochette;E. Topp;E. Pattey

  • Carbon Dioxide Emissions Associated with the Manufacturing of Tractors and Farm Machinery in Canada

    J.A. Dyer;R.L. Desjardins

  • Accounting for soil carbon changes in agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA): a review

    Pietro Goglio;Ward N. Smith;Brian B. Grant;Raymond L. Desjardins

  • Description of a dynamic closed chamber for measuring soil respiration and its comparison with other techniques

    P. Rochette;B. Ellert;E. G. Gregorich;R. L. Desjardins

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada.

    C. Ronnie Drever;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Fardausi Akhter;Pascal H. Badiou

  • Simulated Farm Fieldwork, Energy Consumption and Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada

    J.A Dyer;R.L Desjardins

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian beef industry

    X.P.C. Vergé;J.A. Dyer;R.L. Desjardins;D. Worth

  • An evaluation of aircraft flux measurements of CO2, water vapor and sensible heat

    R. L. Desjardins;J. I. Macpherson;P. H. Schuepp;F. Karanja

  • Quantifying the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions as a Resultof Composting Dairy and Beef Cattle Manure

    E. Pattey;M. K. Trzcinski;R. L. Desjardins

  • Fugitive methane emissions from an agricultural biodigester

    Thomas K. Flesch;Raymond L. Desjardins;Devon Worth

  • Accuracy of the relaxed eddy-accumulation technique, evaluated using CO2 flux measurements

    E. Pattey;R. L. Desjardins;P. Rochette

  • Assessing the effects of climate change on crop production and GHG emissions in Canada

    W.N. Smith;B.B. Grant;R.L. Desjardins;R. Kroebel

  • Possibilities for future carbon sequestration in Canadian agriculture in relation to land use changes

    J. Dumanski;R.L. Desjardins;C. Tarnocai;C. Monreal

  • ESTIMATED N2O AND CO2 EMISSIONS AS INFLUENCED BY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN CANADA

    B. Grant;W. N. Smith;R. Desjardins;R. Lemke

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian dairy industry in 2001

    X.P.C. Vergé;J.A. Dyer;R.L. Desjardins;D. Worth

  • Comparison of static and dynamic closed chambers for measurement of soil respiration under field conditions

    P. Rochette;E. G. Gregorich;R. L. Desjardins

  • Carbon footprint of Canadian dairy products: Calculations and issues

    X.P.C. Vergé;Dominique Maxime;J.A. Dyer;R.L. Desjardins

  • Post-fire carbon dioxide fluxes in the western Canadian boreal forest: evidence from towers, aircraft and remote sensing

    Brian D Amiro;J Ian MacPherson;Ray L Desjardins;Jing M Chen

  • Transport of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ozone by turbulence and local circulations

    Jielun Sun;Raymond Desjardins;Larry Mahrt;Ian MacPherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Pattey
Elizabeth Pattey Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Ward Smith
Ward Smith Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Brian McConkey
Brian McConkey Viresco Solutions Inc.
J. I. MacPherson
J. I. MacPherson National Research Council Canada
Matthias Mauder
Matthias Mauder Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Alan K. Betts
Alan K. Betts Colorado State University
C. A. Campbell
C. A. Campbell Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Andrew VanderZaag
Andrew VanderZaag Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Philippe Rochette
Philippe Rochette Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Reynald Lemke
Reynald Lemke Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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