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Robert Horton is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. The primary areas of their research encompass Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these domains, they focus on subfields such as Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations

Robert Horton's recent publications include:

  • "Similarity and difference of potential evapotranspiration and reference crop evapotranspiration - a review" (2020), published in Agricultural Water Management
  • "A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media" (2021), published in Advances in Agronomy
  • "A general form of Archie's model for estimating bulk soil electrical conductivity" (2021), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Comparative analysis of seven machine learning algorithms and five empirical models to estimate soil thermal conductivity" (2022), published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Global navigation of Lithium in water bodies and emerging human health crisis" (2023), published in npj Clean Water

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Tusheng Ren
  • Joshua L. Heitman
  • Yili Lu
  • Yongwei Fu
  • Zhuangji Wang

Robert Horton has published extensively in several academic journals, with the highest number of publications in:

  • Geoderma
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Best Publications

  • Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

    David A. Laird;Pierce Fleming;Dedrick D. Davis;Robert Horton

  • Biochar impact on nutrient leaching from a Midwestern agricultural soil.

    David Laird;Pierce Fleming;Baiqun Wang;Robert Horton

  • An Approach Toward a Physical Interpretation of Infiltration-Capacity

    Robert E. Horton

  • An Improved Model for Predicting Soil Thermal Conductivity from Water Content at Room Temperature

    Sen Lu;Tusheng Ren;Yuanshi Gong;Robert Horton

  • Simple field method for determining unsaturated hydraulic conductivity

    Mark D. Ankeny;Mushtaque Ahmed;Thomas C. Kaspar;Robert Horton

  • Assessing potential of biochar for increasing water‐holding capacity of sandy soils

    Andres S. Basso;Fernando E. Miguez;David A. Laird;Robert Horton

  • Soil Heat and Water Flow With a Partial Surface Mulch

    Sang-Ok Chung;Robert Horton

  • A New Perspective on Soil Thermal Properties

    Tyson E. Ochsner;Robert Horton;Tusheng Ren

  • Measurement of Soil Thermal Properties with a Dual-Probe Heat-Pulse Technique

    Keith L. Bristow;Gerard J. Kluitenberg;Robert Horton

  • Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen as affected by vegetation types in Northern Loess Plateau of China

    Xiaoli Fu;Mingan Shao;Xiaorong Wei;Robert Horton

  • Design for an Automated Tension Infiltrometer

    M. D. Ankeny;T. C. Kaspar;R. Horton

  • Physical and mineral-nutrition properties of sand-based turfgrass root zones amended with biochar.

    Shane R. Brockhoff;Nick E. Christians;Randy J. Killorn;Robert Horton

  • Evaluation of Methods for Determining the Apparent Thermal Diffusivity of Soil Near the Surface

    R. Horton;P. J. Wierenga;D. R. Nielsen

  • Similarity and difference of potential evapotranspiration and reference crop evapotranspiration – a review

    Keyu Xiang;Keyu Xiang;Yi Li;Robert Horton;Hao Feng

  • Modified sessile drop method for assessing initial soil-water contact angle of sandy soil

    J. Bachmann;R. Horton;R. R. van der Ploeg;S. Woche

  • Extended methodology for determining wetting properties of porous media

    J. Bachmann;S. K. Woche;M.-O. Goebel;M. B. Kirkham

  • Characterization of Tillage and Traffic Effects on Unconfined Infiltration Measurements

    Mark D. Ankeny;Tom C. Kaspar;Robert Horton Jr.

  • Cryptic footprints of rare earth elements on natural resources and living organisms

    Muhammad Adeel;Jie Yinn Lee;Muhammad Zain;Muhammad Rizwan

  • Measuring soil water content, electrical conductivity, and thermal properties with a thermo-time domain reflectometry probe

    T. Ren;K. Noborio;R. Horton

  • Temporal changes of soil hydraulic properties under different land uses

    Wei Hu;Wei Hu;Mingan Shao;Quanjiu Wang;Jun Fan

  • Spatial analysis of hydraulic conductivity measured using disc infiltrometers

    Binayak P. Mohanty;Mark D. Ankeny;Robert Horton Jr.;Rameshwar S. Kanwar

  • Contact angle of soils as affected by depth, texture, and land management

    S. K. Woche;M.-O. Goebel;M. B. Kirkham;R. Horton

Frequent Co-Authors

Tusheng Ren
Tusheng Ren China Agricultural University
Joshua L. Heitman
Joshua L. Heitman North Carolina State University
Mingan Shao
Mingan Shao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tyson Ochsner
Tyson Ochsner Oklahoma State University
Zhiqiu Gao
Zhiqiu Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan B. Jaynes
Dan B. Jaynes Agricultural Research Service
Xiaorong Wei
Xiaorong Wei Northwest A&F University
Bing Cheng Si
Bing Cheng Si University of Saskatchewan
Matthew J. Helmers
Matthew J. Helmers Iowa State University
Keith L. Bristow
Keith L. Bristow Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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