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Agricultural Research

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We have been involved in several collaborative research projects conducted in agricultural systems. I am thrilled to be returning to work with Dr. E. Pattey at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in summer 2022 around greenhouse gas emissions from cropped systems. Stay tuned for more details...!



Completed projects:

We have collaborated with Dr. Asim Biswas at the University of Guelph in evaluating a new soil water sensor capable of measurement at field scale. This project formed the PhD research of Dr. Duminda Vidana Gamage.

We completed a project with (AAFC) Ste. Foy, led by Dr. Philippe Rochette. With Dr. Andy VanderZaag of AAFC, Ottawa, we evaluated the ammonia volatilization using wind tunnels. Devon Watt completed Master's level research within this project.


Publications and theses:

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Vasava, H.B., Strachan, I.B., Adamchuk, V.I., Biswas, A., 2021. Comparison of heating strategies on soil water measurement using actively heated fiber optics on contrasting textured soils. Sensors 21(3): 1-18

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2020. Scale and location dependent time stability of soil water storage in a maize cropped field. Catena 188:104420 doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104420

Pelster, D.E., Watt, D., Strachan, I.B., Rochette, P., Bertrand, N. and Chantigny, M., 2019. Effects of initial soil moisture, clod size and clay content on ammonia volatilization after sub-surface band application of urea. Journal of Environmental Quality doi:10.2134/jeq2018.09.0344

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. Spatial variability of soil thermal properties and their relationships with physical properties at field scale. Soil & Tillage Research 193: 50-58. doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.05.0

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. Field water balance closure with actively heated fiber optics and point-based sensors. Water 11, 135. doi:10.3390/w11010135

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2018. Actively heated fiber optic technique to monitor three-dimensional wetting patterns under drip irrigation. Agricultural Water Management 210: 243-251

Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., Strachan, I.B. and Adamchuk, V.I., 2018. Soil water measurement using actively heated fiber optics at field scale. Sensors 18(4) 1116 doi:10.3390/s18041116

Watt, D., Rochette, P., VanderZaag, A., Strachan, I.B., Bertrand, N., 2016. Impact of the oasis effect on wind tunnel measurements of ammonia volatilization. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 96:1–11 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0025

Duminda Vidana Gamage, 2019. “New soil water sensing technique to quantify spatio-temporal dynamics of soil water at point to field scale” PhD thesis, McGill University

Devon Watt, 2016. “Impacts of soil physical properties and of the wind-tunnel measurement technique on ammonia volatilization from urea-fertilized soils” MSc thesis, McGill University
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Contact : Prof. Ian B. Strachan
Department of Geography and Planning
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room E208
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada

 © 2015-22 Dr. Ian Strachan; created Nov 15, 2015
Last updated April, 2022
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