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Roger L. Parfitt

Roger L. Parfitt

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Environmental Sciences
New Zealand
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
13043
World Ranking
3805
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Roger L. Parfitt is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Roger L. Parfitt has contributed to numerous publications, with a frequent presence in several scientific journals. These venues feature multiple works by Parfitt and include:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric Science Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Recent published papers include the following:

  • A Global Perspective of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in Reanalyses, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • FluxSat: Measuring the Ocean-Atmosphere Turbulent Exchange of Heat and Moisture from Space, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Importance of Orography for Greenland Cloud and Melt Response to Atmospheric Blocking, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • On Objective Identification of Atmospheric Fronts and Frontal Precipitation in Reanalysis Datasets, 2022, Journal of Climate
  • Near-Surface Wind Convergence over the Gulf Stream-The Role of SST Revisited, 2023, Journal of Climate

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Evan Jones
  • Allison A. Wing
  • Carol Anne Clayson
  • Sarah T. Gille
  • Caroline C. Ummenhofer

Best Publications

  • Anion Adsorption by Soils and Soil Materials

    R.L. Parfitt

  • Factors Controlling Soil Carbon Levels in New Zealand Grasslands Is Clay Content Important

    Harry J. Percival;Roger L. Parfitt;Neal A. Scott

  • The Mechanism of Phosphate Fixation by Iron Oxides

    Roger L. Parfitt;Roger J. Atkinson;Roger St.C. Smart

  • Adsorption on hydrous oxides.III.Fulvic acid and humic acid on goethite,gibbsite and imogolite

    R. L. Parfitt;A. R. Fraser;V. C. Farmer

  • Rapid development of phosphorus limitation in temperate rainforest along the Franz Josef soil chronosequence

    Sarah J. Richardson;Duane A. Peltzer;Robert B. Allen;Matt S. McGlone

  • Phosphate reactions with natural allophane, ferrihydrite and goethite

    R. L. Parfitt

  • Allophane in New Zealand - a review

    R.L. Parfitt

  • Understanding ecosystem retrogression

    Duane A. Peltzer;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Victoria J. Allison;W. Troy Baisden

  • The Mechanism of Sulfate Adsorption on Iron Oxides1

    Roger L. Parfitt;Roger St. C. Smart

  • Allophane and imogolite: role in soil biogeochemical processes

    R. L. Parfitt

  • ADSORPTION ON HYDROUS OXIDES. IV. MECHANISMS OF ADSORPTION OF VARIOUS IONS ON GOETHITE

    R. L. Parfitt;J. D. Russell

  • Surface structures of gibbsite goethite and phosphated goethite

    J. D. Russell;R. L. Parfitt;A. R. Fraser;V. C. Farmer

  • Conditions for Formation of Allophane in Soils

    R. L. Parfitt;J. M. Kimble

  • The hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering

    David A. Coomes;Robert B. Allen;Robert B. Allen;Warren A. Bentley;Larry E. Burrows;Larry E. Burrows

  • Effects of clay minerals and land use on organic matter pools

    R.L. Parfitt;B.K.G. Theng;J.S. Whitton;T.G. Shepherd

  • Confirmation of the surface structures of goethite (α-FeOOH) and phosphated goethite by infrared spectroscopy

    Roger L. Parfitt;James D. Russell;Victor C. Farmer

  • Contribution of organic matter and clay minerals to the cation exchange capacity of soils.

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  • Comparison of an oxalate-extraction methon and an infrared spectroscopic method for determining allophane in soll clays

    R.L. Parfitt;T. Henmi

  • Relationships between soil biota, nitrogen and phosphorus availability, and pasture growth under organic and conventional management

    R.L. Parfitt;G.W. Yeates;D.J. Ross;A.D. Mackay

  • Large losses of soil C and N from soil profiles under pasture in New Zealand during the past 20 years

    L. A. Schipper;W. T. Baisden;R. L. Parfitt;C. Ross

  • ADSORPTION ON HYDROUS OXIDES I. OXALATE AND BENZOATE ON GOETHITE

    R. L. Parfitt;V. C. Farmer;J. D. Russell

  • New Zealand Soil Classification: A.E. Hewitt. 1992. DSIR Land Resources Scientific Report No. 19. Obtainable from: Landcare Research NZ Ltd., P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand. 133 pp. Paperback. Price $35.00. ISBN 0-477-02649-4

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Frequent Co-Authors

Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Des J. Ross
Des J. Ross Landcare Research
Alec D. Mackay
Alec D. Mackay AgResearch
Brent Clothier
Brent Clothier Plant & Food Research
Surinder Saggar
Surinder Saggar Landcare Research
Duane A. Peltzer
Duane A. Peltzer Landcare Research
Steve Green
Steve Green Plant & Food Research

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