Biogeochemical – Cook Agronomy Farm LTAR

DataCAFe | The biology behind reactive nitrogen loss

by cafadminAgriculture, Biogeochemical, DataCAFe May 14, 2019April 4, 2024Comments are Disabled

During the previous DataCAFe, PhD candidate Milica Radanovic lead a discussion on her thesis work while fending off rabid committee members and lively collaborators. A summary of her thesis, in her words, is below. Environmental impacts on the nitrogen cycle as a physical process creating or depleting pools of reactive nitrogen in soil has been …

DataCAFe | Calculating mean residence time of soil organic matter

by cafadminAgriculture, Biogeochemical, DataCAFe March 28, 2019April 4, 2024Comments are Disabled

During CAF LTAR’s DataCAFe, Qiuping (Ellen) Peng led a discussion on different methods of calculating mean residence time (MRT) of soil organic matter. After much discussion and merriment, Ellen then tried to steer the crowd towards a discussion on how to relate MRT to flux data from EC towers. Her write up is below. Understanding …