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Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture
 
John M. Baker

Research Leader

John Baker
Research Leader, USDA-ARS,
and Adjunct Professor

Disciplinary Area
Soil Physics and Micrometeorology, with emphasis on transport processes at the soil surface plus or minus a few meters.

Current Research Interests

Movement of water, heat, and mass in soil; exchange processes between soil and atmosphere; carbon balance and net greenhouse gas emissions in contrasting agricultural systems; cover cropping and companion cropping; developing farming practices that increase the net primary productivity of agriculture while improving water quality.

 


 

 

     
Last Modified: 12/16/2010