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Refereed Research Publications
Pan, W., R. Boyles, J.G. White, and J.L. Heitman. 2012. Characterizing Soil Physical Properties for Soil Moisture Monitoring with the North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. In press.

Spence, P., D. Osmond, W. Childress, J.L. Heitman, and W. Robarge. 2012. Effects of Lawn Maintenance on Nutrient Losses via Overland Flow during Natural Rainfall Events. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. In press.

Zhang, X., S. Lu, J.L. Heitman, R. Horton, and T. Ren. 2012. Measuring Subsurface Soil-Water Evaporation with an Improved Heat-Pulse Probe. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. In press.

Taggart, M.J., J.L. Heitman, M. Vepraskas, and M. Burchell. 2011. Surface Shading Effects on Soil C Loss in a Temperate Muck Soil. Geoderma. 163:238-246.

Xiao, X., R. Horton, T. Sauer, J.L. Heitman, and T. Ren. 2011. Cumulative Soil Water Evaporation as a Function of Depth and Time. Vadose Zone J. 10:1016-1022.

Arya, L.M., and J.L. Heitman. 2010. Hydraulic Conductivity Function from Water Flow in Idealized- and Natural-Structure Pores. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:787-796.

Arya, L.M., J.L. Heitman, B.B. Thapa, and D.C. Bowman. 2010. Predicting Saturated  Hydraulic Conductivity of Golf Course Sands from Particle-Size Distribution. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:33-37.

Drake, W.L., D.L. Jordan, M. Schroeder-Moreno, P.D. Johnson, J.L. Heitman, Y.J. Cardoza, R.L. Brandenburg, B.B. Shew, T. Corbett, C.R. Bogle, W. Ye, and D. Hardy. 2010. Crop Response Following a Tall Fescue Sod and Agronomic Crops. Agron. J. 102:1692-1699.

Heitman, J.L., R. Horton, T.J. Sauer, T. Ren, and X. Xiao. 2010. Latent Heat in Soil Heat Flux Measurements. Ag. For. Meteor. 150:1147-1153.

Heitman, J.L., and R. Horton. 2010. Coupled Heat and Water Transfer in Soil. In Liepiec et al. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Springer.

Herring, S.L., S.R. Koenning, and J.L. Heitman. 2010. Cotton Yield as Affected by Soil Texture, Irrigation, and Rotylenchulus reniformis. J. Nemat. 42:319-323.

Singer, J., J.L. Heitman, T.J. Sauer, J. Prueger, and J.L. Hatfield. 2010. Contrasting Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration in Soybean. Ag. Water Management. 98:157-163.

Davis, D., R. Horton, J.L. Heitman, and T.S. Ren. 2009. Wettability and Hysteresis Effects on Water Sorption in Relatively Dry Soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 38. 73:1947-1951.

Vepraskas, M.J., J.L. Heitman, and R.E. Austin. 2009. Future Directions for Hydropedology: Quantifying Impacts of Global Change on Land Use. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 6:1427-1438.

DeSutter, T.M, T.J. Sauer, T.B. Parkin, and J.L. Heitman. 2008. A Continuous, Closed Loop Measurement System for Soil CO2 and Prospects for Its Application to the Gradient Flux Approach. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72: 126-134.

Gieselman, H., J.L. Heitman, and R. Horton. 2008. Effect of a Hydrophobic Layer on the Upward Movement of Water Under Freezing Conditions. Soil Sci. 173: 297-305.

Heitman, J.L., R. Horton, T. Ren, I.N. Nassar, and D. Davis. 2008. A Test of Coupled Soil Heat and Water Transfer Prediction Under Transient Boundary Conditions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72: 1197-1207.

Heitman, J.L., R. Horton, T.J. Sauer, and T.M. DeSutter. 2008. Sensible Heat Observations Reveal Soil-Water Evaporation Dynamics. J. Hydromet. 9: 165-171.

Heitman, J.L., X. Xiao, R. Horton, and T.J. Sauer. 2008. Sensible Heat Measurements Indicating Depth and Magnitude of Subsurface Soil Water Evaporation. Water Resour. Res. 44: W00D05, doi:10.1029/2008WR006961.

Sauer, T.J., O.D. Akinyemi, P. Thery, J.L. Heitman, T.M. DeSutter, and R. Horton. 2008. Evaluation of a New, Perforated Heat Flux Plate Design. International Com. Heat Mass Transfer. 35: 800-804.

Heitman, J.L., R. Horton, T. Ren, and T.E. Ochsner. 2007. An Improved Approach for Measurement of Coupled Heat and Water Transfer in Soil Cells. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:872-880.

Heitman, J.L., A. Gaur, R. Horton, D.B. Jaynes, and T.C. Kaspar. 2007. Field Measurement of Soil Surface Chemical Transport Properties for Comparison of Management Zones. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:529-536.

Zhou, J., J.L. Heitman, R. Horton, T. Ren, T.E. Ochsner, L. Prunty, R.P. Ewing, and T.J. Sauer. 2006. Method for Maintaining One-dimensional Temperature Gradients in Unsaturated, Closed Soil Cells. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1303-1309.

Kaleita, A., J.L. Heitman, and S.A. Logsdon. 2005. Field Calibration of the Theta Probe for Des Moines Lobe Soils. Applied Eng. Agric. 21:865-870.

Pierzynski, G.M., J.L. Heitman, P.A. Kulakow, G.J. Kluitenberg, and J.R. Carlson. 2004. Revegetation of Waste Fly Ash Landfills in a Semi-Arid Environment. J. Range Management. 57:312-319.

Heitman, J.L., J.M. Basinger, G.J. Kluitenberg, J.M. Ham, J.M. Frank, and P.L. Barnes. 2003. Field Evaluation of the Dual-Probe Heat-Pulse Method for Measuring Soil Water Content. Vadose Zone J. 2:552-560.

Kluitenberg, G.J., and J.L. Heitman.  2002.  Effect of Forced Convection on Soil Water Content Measurement with the Dual-Probe Heat-Pulse Method. p. 275-283.  In P.A.C. Raats et al. (ed.) Environmental Mechanics: Water, Mass and Energy Transfer in the Biosphere. Geophys. Monogr. Series, Vol. 129, Am. Geophys. Union, Washington, DC.

Recent Presentations and Abstracts
Brown, V., R.A. McLaughlin, B. Kays, and J.L. Heitman. 2011. Establishing and Maintaining Enhanced Infiltration through Shallow and Deep Tillage with Soil Amendments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

D’Aiuto, C., J.G. White, J.L. Heitman, and R. Boyles. 2011. Enhancing North Carolina ECONet Soil Moisture Estimation Using AMSR-E. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Davis, D.D., R. Horton, J.L. Heitman, and T. Ren. 2011. Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer in Wettable and Non-Wettable Salinized Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Deol, P., J.L. Heitman, and A. Amoozegar. 2011. Determining the Inception and Magnitude of Subsurface Evaporation. Am. Geophys. Union Meeting. Dec. 7. San Francisco, CA.

Deol, P., J.L. Heitman, A. Amoozegar, T. Ren, and R. Horton. 2011. Experimental Evaluation of the Heat-Pulse Energy Balance Approach for Measuring Transient Evaporation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Giese, G., J.L. Heitman, and T. Wolf. 2011. Perennial Cover Crops to Optimize Vegetative Growth of Cabernet Sauvignon Grapevines. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Heitman, J.L. 2011. Soil Energy Balance for Measuring In Situ Evaporation and Water Fluxes. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. Sede Boker, Israel.

Heitman, J.L., M.D. Novak, R. Horton, X. Xiao, P.K. Deol, and T. Ren. 2011. On Measuring Shallow Liquid Water Fluxes Associated with Evaporation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Holland, S., J.L. Heitman, A. Howard, J. Havlin, T. Sauer, and G. Giese. 2011. Measuring the Influence of an Inter-row Fescue Crop on Below-Canopy Humidity in a North Carolina Vineyard. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Howard, A., J.L. Heitman, J. Havlin, G. Giese, and T. Sauer. 2011. Water Stress Dynamics for North Carolina V. Vinifera. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Kojima, Y., R. Horton, J.L. Heitman, and G. Flerchinger. 2011. Sensible Heat Balance Method to Determine Rates of Soil Freezing and Thawing: Model Evaluation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Meijer, A., R. Austin, J. White, J.L. Heitman, R. Walters, A. Howard, and H. Mitasova. 2011. Quantifying Erosion and Deposition in Long-Term Tillage Plots Using Ground-Based Laser Scanning. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Osmond, D., P. Spence, J.L. Heitman, W.P. Robarge, and J.T. Walker. 2011. Nutrient Overland Flow and Nitrous Oxide Losses from Residential Landscapes.  Am. Geophys. Union Meeting. Dec. 7. San Francisco, CA.

Xiao, X., T. Sauer, J. Singer, R. Horton, J.L. Heitman, and T. Ren. 2011. Partitioning Evapotranspiration Into Evaporation and Transpiration in a Corn Field. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.

Zhang, X., L. Zhang, T. Ren, J.L. Heitman, and R. Horton. 2011. Determining Sensible Heat Fluxes At and Beneath a Soil Surface. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Int’l Meeting. Oct. 16-19, San Antonio, TX.
Extension Publications
Meijer, A., J.L. Heitman, and J.G. White. 2011. Soil Management Can Maximize Water Availability. SoilFacts AG 439 77W, NC CES.

Meijer, A., and J.L. Heitman. 2010. Managing Equipment Traffic to Limit Soil Compaction. SoilFacts AG 439 72W. NC CES.

Hoyt, G., J.L. Heitman, D.L. Osmond, and A. Cooke. 2009. Modifying Soil for Plant Growth around Your Home. SoilFacts AG 439 70W. NC CES.

Heitman, J.L., G.J. Kluitenberg, W.B. Gordon, and L.R. Stone. 2003. Nitrate Leaching Losses in Irrigated Corn Production on a Coarse-Textured Soil. p. 92-97. In R.E. Lamond (ed.) Kansas Fertilizer Research 2003. Kans. Agric. Exp. Stn.

Heitman, J.L., G.J. Kluitenberg, W.B. Gordon, and L.R. Stone. 2002. Quantification of Subsurface Nitrate Losses in Irrigated Corn Production. p. 58-60. In R.E. Lamond (ed.) Kansas Fertilizer Research 2002. Kans. Agric. Exp. Stn.

Refereed Teaching Publications

Howard, A., J.L. Heitman, D. Bowman. 2010. A Simple Approach for Demonstrating Water Retention and Field Capacity. J. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Ed. 39:120-124.

Heitman, J.L., and M.J. Vepraskas. 2009. An Example Emphasizing Mass-Volume Relationships for Problem Solving in Soils. J. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Ed. 38:140-143.


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