Research Hydrologist
Dr. Baffaut’s career started with an engineering background with a BS in Hydraulics Engineering and Water Resources from the School of Hydraulics in Grenoble, France (1984), followed by a PhD at Purdue University (1985-1988). There, she had the opportunity to develop an expert system to calibrate the Storm Water Management Model using flow and water quality data.
After working a few years as a consulting engineer in France (1989-1992), Dr. Baffaut came back to Purdue University at the ARS National Soil Erosion Laboratory to participate in the development and evaluation of the Water Erosion Prediction Model (WEPP, 1993-1996). The number of scientists and disciplines involved with the development of this model broadened her agronomic and soil science knowledge.
Along the years, Dr. Baffaut continued to broaden the framework of her interests. Her work at the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI, 1999-2007) as the leader for watershed studies continued to expand her collaborations to find solutions to the environmental issues facing agriculture. The interdisciplinary team included economists, bacteriologists, soil scientists, and limnologists to address the joint objectives of environmental enhancement and economic sustainability. Since 2007, Dr. Baffaut’s work at ARS has focused on field and watershed-scale studies to evaluate practices that protect water resources and maintain agricultural production. It involves both monitoring and model simulations. Her interests focus on the interactions between hydrologic and production outcomes, climate change, spatial targeting of practice implementation, and scaling field experimental results to larger scales.
My research
My research focuses on assessing the effects of agricultural practices on water quantity and water quality at field and watershed scale. Specifically, it includes:
- Modeling of landscape and watershed hydrologic processes (water quantity and water quality).
- Quantifying the effects of agricultural practices on hydrologic processes for improved field and watershed management under changing climate and economic constraints.
- Identifying critical areas where one should prioritize implementation of conservation practices.
- Designing and evaluating the necessary improvements to models and modeling technologies to represent hydro- logic and plant growth processes at sub-field level as well as watershed scale.
- Extrapolating experimental results to regional scale.
Why I’m doing this research
Producing food while also protecting soils and water is essential for future generations and the continuation of our
civilization. The research I conduct helps gain understanding on how grain crop production interacts with the water cycle and water resources, including the effect of crop production on water resources, and how we can make the most of our available water under current and future climatic conditions.
How my research is conducted
My research includes monitoring of flow, soil moisture, and water quality, and modeling of plant growth and hydrologic processes. It also relies on data collected by other scientists in this unit: crop yields; plant growth characterization; and soil physical, chemical, and biological property assessment. While neither data nor modeling alone can provide results that are convincing, the concordance of the findings via monitoring and modeling is powerful.
Notable findings
- On claypan soils, no-till combined with cover crops and a precision nutrient management system, maintained crop yields obtained with a minimum-till system, decreased sediment loss by 87%, reduced nitrate-nitrogen loss by 40%, and mitigated the disadvantages of no-till alone for the transport of atrazine and dissolved phosphorus.
- The Soil Vulnerability Index that NRCS developed worked well in areas with a range of slopes and soils. We are currently addressing identified limitations relative to rain amount and intensity, and restrictive layers.
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Dubose, R., O'Reilly, A.M., Witthaus, L.M., Baffaut, C. 2024. USDA LTAR common experiment measurement: Rainfall measurements. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e6nvw1kyzlmk/v1.
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Schreiner-Mcgraw, A.P., Baffaut, C. 2024. USDA LTAR common experiment measurement: saturated hydraulic conductivity. Protocols.io. https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.eq2lywz1qvx9/v1 -(Research Notes)
Dubose, R., O'Reilly, A.M., Baffaut, C., Witthaus, L.M. 2024. USDA LTAR common experiment measurement: Irrigation water applied. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.j8nlk86ydl5r/v1. -(Research Notes)
O'Reilly, A.M., Baffaut, C. 2024. Soil water potential and matric potential. Protocols.io. https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.8epv5rzb4g1b/v1. -(Research Notes)
Cole, K.J., Buda, A.R., Rice, P.J. 2024. USDA LTAR common experiment measurement: overland flow. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.kxygxyk2zl8j/v1. -(Research Notes)
Hamilton, S.K., Moriasi, D.N., Baffaut, C. 2024. USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: Channelized surface flow discharge. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.rm7vzj195lx1/v1. -(Research Notes)
Baffaut, C., Schomberg, H.H., Cosh, M.H., O'Reilly, A.M., Saha, A., Saliendra, N.Z., Schreiner-Mcgraw, A.P., Snyder, K.A. 2024. USDA LTAR Common Experiment measurement: best practices for collection, handling, and analyses of water quantity measurements. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.eq2lyw14wvx9/v1 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Abendroth, L.J., Schreiner-Mcgraw, A.P., Ransom, C.J., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Veum, K.S. 2024. The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at Central Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Environmental Quality. p. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20614
Baffaut, C., Veum, K.S. 2024. The many benefits of buffers on cropland soils with high runoff potential [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 21-24, 2024, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. p. 19
Thompson, A., Phung, Q., Baffaut, C., Mcgehee, R. 2024. Evaluating seasonal R-factor values based on modern rainfall data to account for seasonal land cover conditions [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 21-24, 2024, Mrytle Beach, South Carolina. p. 19 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kim, C., Riley, A., Sriharan, S., Nartea, T., Ndegwa, E., Dhakal, R., Zheng, G., Baffaut, C. 2024. Examining antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli: a case study in Central Virginia’s environment. Antibiotics. 13(3):223. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13030223. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Schreiner-McGraw, A.P., Baffaut, C. 2023. Quantifying links between topsoil depth, plant water use, and yield in a rainfed maize field in the U. S. Midwest. Agricultural Water Management. 290. Article 108569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108569
Baffaut, C., Schreiner-McGraw, A.P. 2023. Informing the sustainability of climate smart agricultural practices with respect to water quantity [abstract]. American Geophysical Union Meeting Abstract. Paper 1393939. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Polyakov, V.O., Baffaut, C., Ferro, V., Van Pelt, R.S. 2023. Advances in soil erosion research: mechanism, modeling and applications - A Special Issue in honor of Dr. Mark Nearing. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 11(4):589-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.08.006.
Baffaut, C., Moriasi, D.N., Witthaus, L.M., Malone, R.W., Wacha, K.M., Metz, M.E. 2023. Climate and discharge trends in Mississippi River Basin LTAR watersheds [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts, October 30, 2023, St. Louis, MO. Available: https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/151181 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Phung, Q., Veith, T.L., Witthaus, L.M., Aloysius, N., Duriancik, L. 2024. Modification of the Soil Vulnerability Index to account for increased erosion risk from winter precipitation in the southern United States. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 79(5):247-260. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00088 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kumar, J., Coffin, A.W., Baffaut, C., Ponce-Campos, G., Witthaus, L., Hargrove, W. 2023. Quantitative representativeness and constituency of the long-term agroecosystem research network and analysis of complementarity with existing ecological networks. Environmental Management. 72:705-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01834-9. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Welikhe, P., Williams, M.R., King, K.W., Bos, J.H., Akland, M., Baffaut, C., Beck, G., Bierer, A.M., Bosch, D.D., Brooks, E., Buda, A.R., Cavigelli, M.A., Faulkner, J., Feyereisen, G.W., Fortuna, A., Gamble, J.D., Hanrahan, B.R., Hussain, M., Kovar, J.L., Lee, B., Leytem, A.B., Liebig, M.A., Line, D., Macrae, M., Moorman, T.B., Moriasi, D.N., Mumbi, R., Nelson, N., Ortega-Pieck, A., Osmond, D., Penn, C.J., Pisani, O., Reba, M.L., Smith, D.R., Unrine, J., Webb, P., White, K.E., Wilson, H., Witthaus, L.M. 2023. Uncertainty in phosphorus fluxes and budgets across the U.S. long-term agroecosystem research network. Journal of Environmental Quality. 52(4):837-885. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20485.
Baffaut, C., Metz, M.E. 2023. Temperature, precipitation, and discharge trends in Mark Twain Lake Watershed [abstract]. 78th Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, August 6-9, 2023, Des Moines, Iowa. p. 112.
Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Phung, Q. 2023. Adjustment of the Soil Vulnerability Index Classification to account for precipitation [abstract]. 78th Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, August 6-9, 2023, Des Moines, Iowa. p. 25. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C., Witthaus, L.M., Aloysius, N., Veith, T.L., Bosch, D.D., McCarty, G.W., Lee, S. 2023. Assessing soil vulnerability index classification with respect to rainfall characteristics. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(3):209-221. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00065. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Elias, E.H., Tsegaye, T.D., Hapeman, C.J., Mankin, K.R., Kleinman, P.J., Cosh, M.H., Peck, D.E., Coffin, A.W., Archer, D.W., Alfieri, J.G., Anderson, M.C., Baffaut, C., Baker, J.M., Bingner, R.L., Bjorneberg, D.L., Bryant, R.B., Gao, F.N., Gao, S., Heilman, P., Knipper, K.R., Kustas, W.P., Leytem, A.B., Locke, M.A., McCarty, G.W., McElrone, A.J., Moglen, G.E., Moriasi, D.N., OShaughnessy, S.A., Reba, M.L., Rice, P.J., Silber-Coats, N., Wang, D., White, M.J., Dombrowski, J.E. 2023. A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(3):63A-68A. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.1220A. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hoover, D.L., Abendroth, L.J., Browning, D.M., Saha, A., Snyder, K.A., Wagle, P., Witthaus, L.M., Baffaut, C., Biederman, J.A., Bosch, D.D., Bracho, R., Busch, D., Clark, P., Ellsworth, P.Z., Fay, P.A., Flerchinger, G.N., Kearney, S.P., Levers, L.R., Saliendra, N.Z., Schmer, M.R., Schomberg, H.H., Scott, R.L. 2022. Indicators of water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems and spatiotemporal scales. Science of the Total Environment. 864. Article e160992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160992.
Baffaut, C., Schreiner-Mcgraw, A.P. 2022. Can perennialization of a crop rotation increase soil water available to the following crop? [abstract]. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2022, Chicago, Illinois. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hofmeister, K., Lerch, R., Baffaut, C., Yang, J., Liu, F. 2022. Characterizing groundwater chemistry and recharge in the critical zone of an agricultural claypan watershed. Water Resources Research. 58(10). Article e2021WR031797. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031797. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C., Costello, C., Sadler, E.J. 2022. Assessing future water supply and demand under climate variability in an agricultural watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Paper No. JAWR-20-0128-P. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13059. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mire, M., Kim, C., Baffaut, C., Liu, F., Wuliji, T., Zheng, G. 2022. Escherichia cryptic clade II through clade VIII: Rapid detection and prevalence in feces and surface water. Science of the Total Environment. 848. Article 157741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157741.
Baffaut, C., Schreiner-Mcgraw, A.P., Abendroth, L.J., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Veum, K.S. 2022. The USDA-ARS Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed enables long-term agroecosystem research at multiple scales [abstract]. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, June 19-24, 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Available: https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1033061 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Williams, M.R., Welikhe, P., Bos, J.H., King, K.W., Akland, M., Augustine, D.J., Baffaut, C., Beck, G., Bierer, A.M., Bosch, D.D., Boughton, E., Brandani, C., Brooks, E., Buda, A.R., Cavigelli, M.A., Faulkner, J., Feyereisen, G.W., Fortuna, A., Gamble, J.D., Hanrahan, B.R., Hussain, M., Kohmann, M., Kovar, J.L., Lee, B., Leytem, A.B., Liebig, M.A., Line, D., Macrae, M., Moorman, T.B., Moriasi, D.N., Nelson, N., Ortega-Pieck, A., Osmond, D., Pisani, O., Ragosta, J., Reba, M.L., Saha, A., Sanchez, J., Silveira, M., Smith, D.R., Spiegal, S.A., Swain, H., Unrine, J., Webb, P., White, K.E., Wilson, H., Witthaus, L.M. 2022. P-FLUX: A phosphorus budget dataset spanning diverse agricultural production systems in the United States and Canada. Journal of Environmental Quality. 51:451–461. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20351.
Goslee, S.C., Baffaut, C., Clark, P., Coffin, A.W., Pisarello, K., Ponce-Campos, G., Sclater, V., Swain, H. 2022. Agroecoregions resulting from novel clustering methods: biophysical variables [abstract]. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology. P.1.
Pisarello, K., Baffaut, C., Coffin, A.W., Goslee, S.C., Ponce-Campos 2022. Synthesis of domain-specific agroecoregions and characterization of outcomes. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology. North American Annual Meeting, April 11-14, 2022
Goslee, S.C., Baffaut, C., Coffin, A.W., Holifield Collins, C.D., Hurst, Z., Pisarello, K., Ponce-Campos, G., Witthaus, L.M. 2022. Agroecosystem conceptual frameworks and methods [abstract]. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology. P.1.
Holifield Collins, C.D., Baffaut, C., Bean, A., Clark, P., Coffin, A.W., Goslee, S.C., Hendrickson, J.R., Ponce-Campos, G., Sclater, V., Strickland, T.C. 2022. Agroecoregions resulting from novel clustering methods: Production variables. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology.
Coffin, A.W., Arthur, D.K., Baffaut, C., Goslee, S.C., Pisarello, K., Ponce-Campos, G. 2022. Identifying suitable spatial frameworks for agroecosystems analysis. 2022 Annual Meeting of the US-International Association for Landscape Ecology--North American Chapter; 04/13/2022; Virtual; 2022.
Kumar, J., Hargrove, W.W., Coffin, A.W., Baffaut, C., Ponce-Campos, G., Witthaus, L.M. 2022. Quantitative assessment of representativeness of the long-term agroecological research (LTAR) network of sites. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology. virtual. 2022.
Thompson, A., Baffaut, C., Phung, Q. 2022. Precipitation influence on the soil vulnerability index classification [abstract]. 77th Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 31-August 3, 2022, Denver, Colorado. p. 124.
Zheng, G., Mire, M., Kim, C., Baffaut, C. 2022. A novel genetic marker and a PCR method for the detection of Clade II through Clade VIII cryptic Escherichia coli [abstract]. Association of 1890 Research Directors Biennial Research Symposium, April 2-5, 2022, Atlanta, Georgia. p. 212-213.
Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Gautam, S., Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Sadler, E. 2021. Quantifying the effects of climate on the water balance in the Central Mississippi River Basin: ten years of study [abstract]. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 13-17, 2021, New Orleans, LA and online. Available: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/910010 -(Other)
Williams, M.R., Weilkhe, P., Bos, J.H., King, K.W., Akland, M., Augustine, D.J., Baffaut, C., Beck, G., Bierer, A.M., Bosch, D.D., Boughton, E., Brandani, C., Brooks, E., Buda, A.R., Cavigelli, M.A., Faulkner, J., Feyereisen, G.W., Fortuna, A., Gamble, J.D., Hanrahan, B.R., Hussain, M., Kohmann, M., Kovar, J.L., Lee, B., Leytem, A.B., Liebig, M.A., Line, D., Macrae, M., Moorman, T.B., Moriasi, D.N., Nelson, N., Ortega-Pieck, A., Osmond, D., Pisani, O., Ragosta, J., Reba, M.L., Saha, A., Sanchez, J., Silveira, M., Smith, D.R., Spiegal, S.A., Swain, H., Unrine, J., Webb, P., White, K.E., Wilson, H., Witthaus, L.M. 2022. LTAR Phosphorus Budget Dataset. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1523365. -(Government Publication)
Baffaut, C., Moriasi, D.N., Duriancik, L., Tsegaye, T.D., Bjorneberg, D.L., Bosch, D.D., Faulkner, J., Harter, T., Huang, C., Johnson, L., King, K.W., Kisekka, I., Kleinman, P.J., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Locke, M.A., Mccarty, G.W., Moorman, T.B., Reba, M.L., Smith, D.R., Wang, D., Williams, M.R., Wilson, G.V. 2021. The Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Watershed Assessment Studies Network [brochure]. Government Publication/Report. https://doi.org/10.32747/2021.8078214.nrcs
Baffaut, C., Costello, C., Gautam, S., Phung, Q., Thompson, A. 2022. Soil water management and climate fluctuations: modelling approach. In: Blanco, H., Kumar, S., and Anderson, S.H., editors. Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate. Clayton South, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 233-250. -(Proceedings)
Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Saddler, J.E. 2023. Comparisons of radar, bubbler, and float water levels in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. In: Latimer, J.S., Bosch, D.D., Faustini, J., Lane, C.R., Trettin, C.C., editors. Enhancing Landscapes for Sustainable Intensification and Watershed Resiliency. Proceedings of the Seventh Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, November 16-19, 2020, Tifton, Georgia. p. 99-109. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-264.
Baffaut, C., Gautam, S., Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Costello, C., Sadler, E. 2021. Quantifying the effects of climate change in the Central Mississippi River Basin: ten years of study [abstract]. 76th International Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-28, 2021, virtual. Available: https://www.swcs.org/events/past-events/past-annual-conferences/2021-annual-conference/
Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C. 2021. Incorporating a precipitation factor into the Soil Vulnerability Index Classification [abstract]. 76th International Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-28, 2021, virtual. Available: https://www.swcs.org/events/past-events/past-annual-conferences/2021-annual-conference/ -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gautam, S., Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2021. Projection of future drought and extreme events occurrence in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Midwestern US. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 66(6):1045-1058. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.1906878.
Baffaut, C., Coffin, A.W., Goslee, S.C., Pisarello, K., Witthaus, L.M., White, M.J. 2022. Ecosystem services modeling within agroecoregions – applications of the LTAR spatial framework [abstract]. International Association for Landscape Ecology - North American Annual Meeting, April 11-14, 2022, virtual. Available: https://www.ialena.org/program2022.html -(Database / Dataset)
Coffin, A.W., Sclater, V., Holifield Collins, C., Archer, D., Armendariz, G., Arthur, D.K., Augustine, D., Baffaut, C., Bean, A.R., Bestelmeyer, B., Browning, D.M., Carlson, B.R., Clark, P., Derner, J.D., Goslee, S.C., Huggins, D.R., James, D.E., Kaplan, N.E., King, K.W., Kleinman, P.J., Ponce Campos, G.E., Porensky, L.M., Robertson, P., Sadler, J., Smith, D., Spiegal, S.A., Steiner, J.L., Strickland, T.C., Vandenberg, B.C., Van Vactor, S.S., Wienhold, B.J., Yasarer, L.M. 2021. Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network Regions, 2018 version.Ag Data Commons, USDA National Agricultural Library. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1520632. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bean, A.R., Coffin, A.W., Arthur, D.K., Baffaut, C., Holifield Collins, C.D., Goslee, S.C., Ponce Campos, G.E., Sclater, V., Strickland, T.C., Yasarer, L.M. 2021. Regional frameworks for the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem research (LTAR) Network: Preliminary concepts and potential indicators. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4:612785. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.612785.
Phung, Q., Aloysius, N.R., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Thaasan, T., Williams, A.M., Fritz, V., Blodgett, C. 2020. Evaluate the performance of the Soil Vulnerability Index using a high spatial resolution hydrological model [abstract]. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 1-17, 2020. Available: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/755746 -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Baker, J.M., Biederman, J.A., Bosch, D.D., Brooks, E.S., Buda, A.R., Demaria, E.M., Elias, E.H., Flerchinger, G.N., Goodrich, D.C., Hamilton, S.K., Hardegree, S.P., Harmel, R.D., Hoover, D.L., King, K.W., Kleinman, P.J., Liebig, M.A., McCarty, G.W., Moglen, G.E., Moorman, T.B., Moriasi, D.N., Okalebo, J., Pierson Jr, F.B., Russell, E.S., Saliendra, N.Z., Saha, A.K., Smith, D.R., Yasarer, L.M. 2020. Comparative analysis of water budgets across the U.S. long-term agroecosystem research network. Journal of Hydrology. 588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125021.
Boughton, E.H., Baffaut, C., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Browning, D.M., Derner, J.D., Haddad, N., Kaplan, N.E., Porensky, L.M., Saha, A., Scalter, V., Sonnier, G., Swain, H., Tsegaye, T.D. 2020. The Long-term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network: Towards sustainable food, environmental integrity, and resilience in working lands [abstract]. 2020 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 2020, virtual. Available: https://eco.confex.com/eco/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81842
Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Davis, A., Phung, Q. 2020. Sensitivity of the Soil Vulnerability Index to thin topsoils above a restrictive layer [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2020, Des Moines, Iowa.
Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C. 2020. Assessing Soil Vulnerability Index performance with respect to rainfall characteristics [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2020, Des Moines, Iowa. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Thompson, A.L., Duriancik, L.F., Ingram, K.A., Norfleet, M. 2020. Assessing cultivated cropland inherent vulnerability to sediment and nutrient losses with the Soil Vulnerability Index. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1):20A-22A. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.20A. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lohani, S., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A.L., Sadler, E.J. 2020. Soil Vulnerability Index assessment as a tool to explain annual constituent loads in a nested watershed. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society. 75(1):42-52. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.42. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Lohani, S., Thompson, A., Davis, A.R., Aryal, N., Bjorneberg, D.L., Bingner, R.L., Dabney, S.M., Duriancik, L.F., James, D.E., King, K.W., Lee, S., McCarty, G.W., Pease, L.A., Reba, M.L., Sadeghi, A.M., Tomer, M.D., Williams, M.R., Yasarer, L.M. 2020. Evaluation of the Soil Vulnerability Index for artificially drained cropland across eight Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1):28-41. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.28. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lohani, S., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A.L., Aryal, N., Bingner, R.L., Bjorneberg, D.L., Bosch, D.D., Bryant, R.B., Buda, A.R., Dabney, S.M., Davis, A.R., Duriancik, L.F., James, D.E., King, K.W., Kleinman, P.J., Locke, M.A., McCarty, G.W., Pease, L.A., Reba, M.L., Smith, D.R., Tomer, M.D., Veith, T.L., Williams, M.R., Yasarer, L.M. 2020. Performance of the Soil Vulnerability Index with respect to slope, digital elevation model resolution, and hydrologic soil group. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1):12-27. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.12. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Thompson, A.L., Baffaut, C., Lohani, S., Duriancik, L., Norfleet, L., Ingram, K. 2020. Purpose, development, and synthesis of the Soil Vulnerability Index for inherent vulnerability classification of cropland soils. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.1. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Phung, Q., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C., Costello, C., Sadler, E.J., Svoma, B., Lupo, A., Gautam, S. 2019. Climate and land use effects on hydrologic processes in a primarily rain-fed, agricultural watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 55(5):1196-1215. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12764. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yasarer, L.M., Lohani, S., Bingner, R.L., Locke, M.A., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A.L. 2019. Assessment of the Soil Vulnerability Index and comparison with AnnAGNPS in two Lower Mississippi River Basin watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1):53-61. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.1.53. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Lerch, R.N., Veum, K.S., Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R. 2020. Effects of combined conservation practices on soil and water quality in the Central Mississippi River Basin. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3):340-351. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.340. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bolster, C.H., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Osmond, D.L., Cabrera, M.L., Ramirez-Avila, J.J., Sharpley, A.N., Veith, T.L., McFarland, A.M., Senaviratne, A.G., Pierzynski, G.M., Udawatta, R.P. 2019. Development of PLEAD: a database containing event-based runoff phosphorus loadings from agricultural fields. Journal of Environmental Quality. 48:510-517. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2018.09.0337. -(Other)
Bolster, C.H., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Osmond, D.L., Cabrera, M.L., Ramirez-Avila, J.J., Sharpley, A.N., Veith, T.L., Mcfarland, A.M., Senaviratne, A.G., Udawatta, R.P., Pierzynski, G.M. 2018. Data from: Development of PLEAD: a database containing event-based runoff P loadings from agricultural fields. Ag Data Commons. doi: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1482380.
Amartya, S., Kohmann, M., Baffaut, C., Boughton, E., Brandani, C., Silviera, M., Shukla, S., Swain, H. 2018. Water balance variation across agroecosystems in North America - the Long-Term Agroecosystems Research network [abstract]. 19th Annual Soil and Water Sciences Research Forum, October 15, 2018, Gainsville, Florida. Available: https://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/research/research-forum/2018-sws-research-forum/.
Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J. 2019. Long-term simulated runoff and water quality from grain cropping systems on restrictive layer soils. Agricultural Water Management. 213:36-48.
Bolster, C.H., Veith, T.L., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Osmond, D.L., Cabrera, M.L., Kleinman, P.J., Pierzynski, G.M., Ramirez-Avila, J.J., Sharpley, A.N., Sweeney, D.W., Udawatta, R.P. 2018. Development of a new database containing event-based P loadings from agricultural fields. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Paper No. 48-3. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Senaviratne, G., Baffaut, C., Lory, J.A., Udawatta, R.P., Nelson, N.O., Bhandari, A.B. 2018. Evaluation of four parameterization strategies for the APEX model. Transactions of the ASABE. 61(5):1603-1617. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.12656. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lee, S., Sadeghi, A.M., McCarty, G.W., Baffaut, C., Lohani, S., Thomson, A., Yeo, I., Wallace, C. 2018. Evaluating the suitability of the Soil Vulnerability Index (SVI) classification scheme using the SWAT model. Catena. 167:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.04.021. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gautam, S., Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Svoma, B.M., Phung, Q.A., Sadler, E.J. 2018. Assessing long-term hydrologic impact of climate change using an ensemble approach and comparison with Global Gridded Model-A case study on Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. Water. 10(5):564. doi:10.3390/w10050564. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Harmel, R.D., Baffaut, C., Douglas-Mankin, K. 2018. Review and development of ASABE Engineering Practice 621: Guidelines for calibrating, validating, and evaluating hydrologic and water quality models. Transactions of the ASABE. 61(4):1393-1401. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.12806.
Davis, A., Thompson, A., Baffaut, C., Bjorneberg, D.L., Lohani, S. 2018. Evaluation of Soil Vulnerability Index (SVI) for an intensively managed high desert irrigation district. Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference, July 29-August 1, Albuquerque, New Mexico. p. 49, SWCS Abstract Book.
Gautam, S., Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2018. Multi-index evaluation of future drought and climate extreme occurrence in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29-Auguast 1, 2018, Detroit, Michigan. Paper #1801151.
Baffaut, C., Brooks, E., Pierson Jr, F.B., Demaria, E.M., Goodrich, D.C., Elias, E.H., Hoover, D.L., Liebig, M.A., Moriasi, D.N., Harmel, R.D., Smith, D.R., Okalebo, J.A., Moorman, T.B., Yasarer, L.M., Hamilton, S.K., Bosch, D.D., King, K.W., Saha, A.K., Buda, A.R., Mccarty, G.W. 2018. Uncertainty of water budget closure across the Long-Term Agroecosystems Research network. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29-Auguast 1, 2018, Detroit, Michigan. Paper #1800938. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Senaviratne, G.A., Baffaut, C., Lory, J.A., Udawatta, R.P., Nelson, N.O., Williams, J.R., Anderson, S.H. 2018. Improved APEX model simulation of buffer water quality benefits at field scale. Transactions of the ASABE. 61(2):603-616. doi:10.13031/trans.12655.
Baffaut, C., Brooks, E., Pierson Jr, F.B., Demaria, E.M., Goodrich, D.C., Elias, E.H., Hoover, D.L., Liebig, M.A. 2017. Hydrologic budgets across the Long-Term Agroecosystems Research network [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, Florida. Available: https://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2017am/recordingredirect.cgi/id/30981.
Gautam, S., Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Svoma, B.M., Sadler, E.J. 2017. Predicting drought in an agricultural watershed given climate variability [abstract]. Annual International SWAT Conference. p. 67.
Lohani, S., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A. 2017. Evaluating the Soil Vulnerability Index (SVI), an index to characterize inherent vulnerability of croplands to runoff and leaching [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, July 30-August 2, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin. p. 25.
Ghidey, F., Baffaut, C., Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J. 2017. Linking plot, field, and watershed runoff and water quality in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. International Soil and Water Conservation Conference, July 30-August 2, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin. p. 145. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sharpley, A.N., Kleinman, P.J., Baffaut, C., Beegle, D., Bolster, C.H., Collick, A., Easton, Z., Lory, J., Nelson, N., Osmond, D., Radcliffe, D., Veith, T.L., Weld, J. 2017. Evaluation of phosphorus site assessment tools: Lessons from the USA. Journal of Environmental Quality.46:1250-1256. doi:10.2134/jeq2016.11.0427.
Sharpley, A., Kleinman, P.J., Baffaut, C., Beegle, D., Bolster, C.H., Collick, A., Easton, Z., Lory, J., Nelson, N., Osmond, D., Radcliffe, D., Veith, T.L., Weld, J. 2017. Evaluation of phosphorus site assessment tools: lessons from the USA. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi: 10.2134/jeq2016.11.0427.
Baffaut, C., Senaviratne, A.G., Lory, J.A., Udawatta, R.P., Nelson, N.O., Williams, J.R., Anderson, S.H. 2017. APEX model simulation of edge-of-field water quality benefits from upland buffers [abstract]. Annual International SWAT Conference, June 28-30, 2017, Warsaw, Poland. p. 63.
Gautam, S., Costello, C., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Svoma, B.M., Sadler, E.J. 2017. Evaluation of climate variability on drought occurrence in an agricultural watershed [abstract]. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 16-19, 2017, Spokane, Washington. Poster.
Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Lory, J.A., Senaviratne, G., Bhandari, A.B., Udawatta, R.P., Sweeney, D.W., Helmers, M.J., Van Liew, M.W., Mallarino, A.P., Wortmann, C.S. 2017. Multisite evaluation of APEX for water quality: 1. Best professional judgement parameterization. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi: 10.2134/jeq2016.06.0226.
Bhandari, A.B., Nelson, N.O., Sweeney, D.W., Baffaut, C., Lory, J.A., Senaviratne, G., Pierzynski, G.M., Janssen, K.A., Barnes, P.L. 2016. Calibration of the APEX model to simulate management practice effects on runoff, sediment, and phosphorus loss. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi: 10.2134/jeq2016.07.0272.
Nelson, N.O., Baffaut, C., Lory, J.A., Senaviratne, G., Bhandari, A.B., Udawatta, R.P., Sweeney, D.W., Helmers, M.J., Van Liew, M.W., Mallarino, A.P., Wortmann, C.S. 2017. Multisite evaluation of APEX for water quality: II. Regional parameterization. Journal of Environmental Quality. 56(5):2663-2674. doi: 10.2134/jeq2016.07.0254.
Chan, R., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2016. Validating the soil vulnerability index for a claypan watershed. Catena. 148(2):185-194. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.03.009.
Yost, M.A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Volkmann, M.R., Drummond, S.T. 2016. Long-term impacts of cropping systems and landscape positions on claypan-soil grain crop production. Agronomy Journal. 108(2):713-725. doi: 10.2134/agronj2015.0413.
Chazanfarpour, N., Baffaut, C., Broz, R. 2015. Evaluation of water quality and best management practices (BMPs) in the Black Creek Watershed using SWAT model. Annual International SWAT Conference, October 12-16, 2015, West Lafayette, Indiana. Available: http://swat.tamu.edu/media/115047/g1-ghazanfarpour.pdf.
Yost, M.A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Volkmann, M.R., Drummond, S.T. 2015. Long-term impacts of cropping systems and landscape positions on grain crop production on claypan soils [abstract]. AASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 15-18, 2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paper No. 92516.
Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C., Drummond, S.T., Sadler, E.J. Instrumentation for full-year plot-scale runoff monitoring. Paper No. 152189840. In: ASABE Annual International Meeting Technical Papers. ASABE, St. Joseph, MI [available online]. 2015.
Moriasi, D.N., Zeckoski, R.W., Arnold, J.G., Baffaut, C., Malone, R.W., Daggupati, P., Guzman, J., Saraswat, D., Yuan, Y., Wilson, B.N., Shirmohammadi, A., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2015. Hydrologic and water quality models: Key calibration and validation topics. Transactions of the ASABE. 58(6):1609-1618.
Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Senaviratne, A., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N. 2015. Success and challenges met during the calibration of APEX on large plots [abstract]. Annual International SWAT Conference. Session C3.
Baffaut, C., Chan, R., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2015. User friendly tools to target vulnerable areas at watershed scale: evaluation of the soil vulnerability and conductivity claypan indices [abstract]. International Soil Conservation Organization Conference Abstracts. Session VII.
Thongpussawal, S., Gantzer, C.J., Baffaut, C., Shao, H. 2015. Erosion and runoff evaluation using the SWAT-T model. Annual International SWAT Conference [abstract]. Session G1.
Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Vories, E.D., Veum, K.S., Yost, M.A. 2016. Central Mississippi River Basin LTAR site overview. 5th Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, March 2-5, 2015, Charelston, South Carolina. p. 61-67.
Veum, K.S., Kremer, R.J., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Stott, D.E., Karlen, D.L., Sadler, E.J. 2015. Conservation effects on soil quality indicators in the Missouri Salt River Basin. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 70:232-246. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.70.4.232.
Lory, J., Nelson, N., Baffaut, C., Senaviratne, G.A., Van Liew, M., Bandhari, A., Mallarino, A., Helmers, M. 2015. Estimation of phosphorus loss from agricultural land in the Heartland region using the APEX model: a first step to evaluating phosphorus indices. Waste to Worth Conference. Available: http://www.extension.org/72813. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Ghidey, F., Anderson, S.H. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the central Mississippi River Basin: SWAT simulation of flow and water quality in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:84-96. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0068.
Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Prato, A.A., Kremer, R.J., Vories, E.D., Myers, D.B., Broz, R., Miles, R.J., Young, J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: introduction, establishment, and overview. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:3-12. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.11.0481.
Baffaut, C., Nelson, N., Senaviratne, A., Bandhari, A., Van Liew, M., Udawatta, R., Lory, J. 2014. Multi-site evaluation of APEX for crop and grazing land in the Heartland region of the US. Annual International SWAT Conference. P. 73.
Baffaut, C., Dabney, S.M., Smolen, M., Yousef, M.A., Bonta, J.V., Chu, M.L., Guzman, J.A., Shedekar, V.S., Jha, M.K., Arnold, J.G. 2016. Hydrologic and water quality modeling: spatial and temporal considerations. Transactions of the ASABE. 58(6):1661-1680. doi: 10.13031/trans.58.10714.
Malone, R.W., Yagow, G., Baffaut, C., Gitau, M., Qi, Z., Amatya, D., Parajuli, P., Bonta, J.V., Green, T.R. 2015. Parameterization guidelines and considerations for hydrologic models. Transactions of the ASABE. 58(6):1681-1703. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sadler, E.J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus transport in a high-runoff-potential watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:44-57. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0059.
Nelson, N., Baffaut, C., Van Liew, M., Senaviratne, A., Bandhari, A., Lory, J., Sweeney, D. 2014. The Heartland Region P-Index Conservation Innovation Grant: protecting water quality through improved phosphorus management [abstract]. Meeting Abstract. Oral presentation.
Nelson, N., Baffaut, C., Van Liew, M., Senaviratne, G., Bandhari, A., Lory, J. 2014. Estimation of phosphorous loss from agricultural land in the Heartland region of the U.S.A. using the APEX model [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Paper No. 372-6.
Senaviratne, A., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N., Van Liew, M., Udawatta, R.P., Bhandari, A.B., Lory, J.A. 2014. Impact of APEX parameterization and soil data on runoff, sediment, and nutrients transport assessment. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Paper No. 262-7.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N.O., Van Liew, M., Bhandari, A.B., Lory, J.A. 2014. Multi-site p-loss assessment from privately owned cropland in Northeast Missouri. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Paper No. 372-3.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2014. A stepwise, multi-objective, multi-variable parameter optimization method for the APEX model. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. Paper No. 143-4.
Veum, K.S., Kremer, R.J., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Stott, D.E., Karlen, D.L., Sadler, E.J. 2014. Conservation effects on soil quality indicators in the Missouri Salt River basin. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Poster number 1937.
Kitchen, N.R., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Veum, K.S., Kremer, R.J., Lerch, R.N. 2014. Production and conservation results from a decade-long field-scale precision agriculture system. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, July 20-23, 2014, Sacramento, California. 2014 CDROM.
Senaviratne, G.A., Udawatta, R.P., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A. 2014. Use of Fuzzy rainfall-runoff predictions for claypan watersheds with conservation buffers in Northeast Missouri. Journal of Hydrology. 517:1008-1018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.023.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Ghidey, F. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed flow data. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:18-27. DOI:10.2134/jeq2014.01.0008.
Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Kremer, R.J. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and regional herbicide water quality data. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:28-36. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0516.
Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Baffaut, C., Vories, E.D. 2015. Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and regional nutrient water quality data. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44:37-43. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0518.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J. 2014. Developing and testing tools to improve targeting of conservation programs and practices [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society. Presentation 4.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Ghidey, F. 2014. A methodology to reduce uncertainties in the high-flow portion of a rating curve. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(3):803-813. DOI: 10.13031/trans.57.10383.
Baffaut, C., Nelson, N., Van Liew, M., Senaviratne, A., Bandhari, A., Lory, J. 2014. Multi-site evaluation of APEX for crop and grazing land in the Heartland region of the US [abstract]. Annual International SWAT Conference. P. 73. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Garbrecht, J.D., Nearing, M.A., Shields, D., Tomer, M.D., Sadler, E.J., Bonta, J.V., Baffaut, C. 2014. Impact of weather and climate scenarios on conservation assessment outcomes. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 69(5):374.
Hui, S., Baffaut, C., Jianen, G. 2014. Terrace effects on soil erosion processes in a watershed of the loess plateau [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society. Oral presentation.
Ghazanfarpour, N., Gantzer, C.J., Baffaut, C. 2014. Comparison of WEPP and APEX runoff and erosion prediction at field scale in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society. P. 40.
Thongpussawal, S., Gantzer, C.J., Baffaut, C., Hui, S. 2014. Erosion and runoff evaluation in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed using the SWAT-T Model [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society. P. 56.
Senaviratine, G., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2014. Evaluation of a stepwise, multi-objective, multi-variable parameter optimization method for the APEX model. Journal of Environmental Quality. 43(4):1381-1391. DOI:10.2134/jeq2013.12.0509.
Baffaut, C., Bolster, C.H., Nelson, N., Van Liew, M., Arnold, J.G., Williams, J. 2013. SWATing your APEX model: a how-to from the trenches. In: Proceedings of 2013 International SWAT Conference, July 17-19, 2003, Toulouse, France. p. 86-97. -(Literature Review)
Tomer, M.D., Sadler, E.J., Lizotte Jr, R.E., Bryant, R.B., Potter, T.L., Moore, M.T., Veith, T.L., Baffaut, C., Locke, M.A., Walbridge, M.R. 2014. A decade of conservation effects assessment research by USDA-ARS: Progress overview and future outlook. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 69(5):365-373.
Kitchen, N.R., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Kremer, R.J., Myers, D.B., Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J. 2013. Production and conservation outcomes of a decade-long field-scale precision agriculture system [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. 181-2. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baffaut, C., Ghidey, F., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J. 2013. Long-term suspended sediment transport in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and Salt River Basin, Missouri, USA. Water Resources Research. 49:7827-7830. DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20511.
Shao, H., Baffaut, C., Gao, J.E., Nelson, N.O., Janssen, K.A., Pierzynski, G.M., Barnes, P.L. 2013. Development and application of algorithms for simulating terraces practices within SWAT. Transactions of the ASABE. 56(5):1715-1730. DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10047.
Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A. 2013. Research watersheds in the Central Mississippi River Basin: challenges and opportunities. ASABE Annual International Meeting. Available online: http://asabe2013.abstractcentral.com/planner.jsp.
Garbrecht, J.D., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Busteed, P.R. 2013. Report on the project future climate of the Goodwater Creek experimental watershed, MO. Grazinglands Research Laboratory Miscellaneous Publication. Available: http://iapreview.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=62-18-05-20.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2013. Performance of Geno-Fuzzy Model on rainfall-runoff predictions in claypan watersheds [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. 148-1.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2013. Apex simulation: environmental benefits of agroforestry and grass buffers for corn-soybean watersheds [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. 92-18.
Chan, R., Baffaut, C., Thompson, A., Sadler, E.J. 2013. Evaluating the soil vulnerability index and conductivity claypan index for claypan soils in Missouri. Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International (ASABE). Paper No. 131620723.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2013. APEX simulation: environmental benefits of agroforestry and grass buffers on corn-soybean watersheds. North American Agroforestry Conference. Paper No. 92-18.
Baffaut, C., Bolster, C.H., Nelson, N., Van Liew, M., Arnold, J.G., Williams, J. 2013. SWATing your APEX model: a how-to from the trenches. Annual International SWAT Conference. Session B2, p. 32.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H. 2013. Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender simulation of three adjacent row-crop watersheds in the claypan region. Journal of Environmental Quality. 42:726-736.
Shao, H., Baffaut, C., Gao, J.E. 2013. A process-based method to simulate terraces in SWAT. Annual International SWAT Conference. Session A3, p. 21.
Saia, S.M., Brooks, E.S., Easton, Z.M., Baffaut, C., Boll, J., Steenhuis, T.S. 2013. Incorporating pesticide transport into the WEPP-UI Model for mulch tillage and no tillage plots with an underlying claypan soil. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 29(3):373-382.
Shea, P.J., Milner, M., Hosseini, A., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Walter-Shea, E.A. 2013. Process-based modeling of landscape vulnerability to off-site pesticide transport. American Water Resources Association Spring Specialty Conference. 1.
Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R. 2014. A simple index explains annual atrazine transport from surface runoff-prone watersheds in the north-central USA. Hydrological Processes. 28:210-217. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9544.
Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A. 2011. Combining long-term herbicide monitoring with identification of vulnerable areas in restrictive layer watersheds [abstract]. American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 28-September 1, 2011, Denver, Colorado. 12801.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C. 2012. APEX simulation of runoff and total phosphorous for three adjacent row-crop watersheds with claypan soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. CDROM.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Thompson, A. 2012. Genetic algorithm optimized rainfall-runoff fuzzy inference system for row crop watersheds with claypan soils. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. CDROM.
Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R., Kremer, R.J., Vories, E.D., Anderson, S.H. 2012. Goodwater Creek experimental watershed LTAR - representing runoff-prone environments [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. CDROM.
Hui, S., Baffaut, C., Gao, J. 2012. A process-based method for evaluating terrace runoff and sediment yield. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Dallas, Texas, July 29-August 1, 2012. Paper No. 121341006.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J. 2012. A methodology to reduce uncertainties in the high-flow portion of the rating curve for Goodwater Creek Watershed. ASABE Annual International Meeting, 07/29-08/01/2012, Dallas, Texas. Paper No. 121337015.
Tomer, M.D., Veith, T.L., Baffaut, C., Mccarty, G.W. 2012. Tools to improve the placement of conservation practices in watersheds [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference Abstract Book. p. 16-17.
Wang, X., Williams, J.R., Gassman, P.W., Baffaut, C., Izaurralde, C., Jeong, J., Kiniry, J.R. 2012. EPIC and APEX: Model use, calibration, and validation. Transactions of the ASABE. 55(4):1447-1462.
Arabi, M., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Anderson, S.H., Broz, R.R., Meals, D., Hoag, D.L., Osmond, D. 2012. Goodwater Creek Watershed, Missouri: National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project. In: Osmond, D., Meals, D., Hoag, D., Arabi, M. editors. How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs to Protect Water Quality: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project Experience. Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society. p. 265-286.
Shao, H., Baffaut, C., Gao, J. 2012. A process based method for evaluating terrace runoff and sediment yield. ASABE Annual International Meeting. 121341006.
Senaviratne, A., Anderson, S.H., Udawatta, R.P., Baffaut, C. 2011. Long-term assessment of runoff and sediment transport from grass and agroforestry buffers in corn/soybean watersheds using APEX [abstract]. North American Agroforestry Conference, June 4-9, 2011, Atlanta, GA. 52.
Mugdal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Lerch, R.N. 2012. Using APEX to develop and validate physically-based indices for the delineation of critical management areas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 67: 284-299.
Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J. 2011. Proximal soil sensing to parameterize spatial environmental modeling [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meeting, October 16-19, 2011, San Antonio, Texas. 259-6.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C. 2011. ArcAPEX modeling of optimum widths and placement of grass and agroforestry buffers to reduce runoff and sediment transport in claypan watersheds [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Mettings, San Antonio, TX. October 16-19, 2011. 292-37.
Baffaut, C., Anderson, S., Mudgal, A. 2011. Example of an index validated by a model [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society - Modeling Summit, 03/29-31, 2011, Denver, CO. 15.
Baffaut, C. 2011. Linking edge-of-field results to stream flow and water quality: a comparison between APEX and SWAT [abstract]. 2011 International SWAT Conference, Toledo, Spain, June 15-17, 2011. P. 24.
Bougeard, M., Le Saux, J., Perenne, N., Baffaut, C., Robin, M., Pommepuy, M. 2011. Modeling of Escherichia coli fluxes on a catchment and the impact on coastal water and shellfish quality. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 47(2):350-366.
O'Donnell, T.K., Goyne, K.W., Miles, R.J., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sudduth, K.A. 2011. Determination of representative elementary areas for soil redoximorphic features by digital image processing. Geoderma. 161:138-146.
Baffaut, C., Broz, R., Anderson, S.H., Rikoon, J.S., Lerch, R.N., Mccann, L., Sadler, E.J., Mudgal, A., O'Donnell, T.K. 2011. Evaluation and Targeting of Soil and Water Conservation Practices in the Goodwater Creek Watershed [abstract]. 2011 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference, January 31-February 1, 2011, Washington, D.C. Available: http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2011/default.html.
Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R. 2010. Herbicide transport in Goodwater Creek experimental watershed: I. long-term research on atrazine. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 47(2):209-223.
Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A. 2010. Herbicide transport trends in Goodwater Creek experimental watershed II: acetochlor, alachlor, metolachlor, and metribuzin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 47(2):224-238.
Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Kremer, R.J., Baffaut, C., Myers, D.B., Lerch, R.N. 2010. Assessing Production and Ecosystem Function for Grain and Bioenergy Feedstock Crops Across Variable Soil Landscapes [abstract]. 2010 Soil and Water Conservation Society's Sustainable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels Workshop Final Program & Abstract Book. p. 28-29.
Mudgal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J., Thompson, A.L. 2010. APEX Model Assessment of Variable Landscapes on Runoff and Dissolved Herbicides. Transactions of the ASABE, 53(4): 1047-1058.
Senaviratne, A., Udawatta, R.P., Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C. 2010. APEX Model Simulation for Row Crop Watersheds with Agroforestry and Grass Buffers[abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeeting. Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2010, Long Beach, CA. 2010 CD-ROM.
Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C., Sudduth, K.A. 2010. A Cumulative Vulnerability Index to Account for Interactions of Hydrology, Timing of Application, and Dissipation Kinetics in Annual Atrazine Transport [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeeting. Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2010, Long Beach, CA. 2010 CD-ROM.
Baffaut, C., Sadeghi, A.M. 2010. Bacteria modeling with SWAT for assessment and remediation studies – a review. Transactions of the ASABE. 53(5):1585-1594.
O'Donnell, T.K., Goyne, K.W., Miles, R.J., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sudduth, K.A. 2010. Identification and Quantification Soil Redoximorphic Features by Digital Image Processing. Geoderma. 157(2010):86-96
Baffaut, C., Mudgal, A., Anderson, S., Sadler, E.J. 2010. Identifying Critical Areas for the Management of Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. SWCS Managing Agricultural Lanscapes for Environmental Quality II Achieving More Effective Conservation, April 28-30, 2010, Denver, Colorado. p.9.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Mugdal, A., Steven, A.H., Sudduth, K.A., Kitchen, N.R. 2011. Can APEX Represent In-Field Spatial Variability and Simulate Its Effects On Crop Yields? [abstract]. ASABE Annual International Meeting, August 8-10, 2012, Louisville, Kentucky. 1111424.
Mudgal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J., Kitchen, N.R. 2010. Delineation of Critical Areas and Developing Best Management Scenarios for a Field Using Simulation Model APEX [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society, July 18-21, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri. Available: http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/10ac/2010_Oral_Presentation_Abstracts_566DF5164F928.pdf
Baffaut, C., Mudgal, A., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J. 2010. Identification and Management of Critical Fields for a Claypan Watershed [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society, July 18-21, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri. Available: http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/10ac/2010_Oral_Presentation_Abstracts_566DF5164F928.pdf.
Ghidey, F., Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N. 2010. Herbicide Transport to Surface Runoff on Claypan Soils: Scaling from Plots to Fields [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference; July 18-21, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri. Available: http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/10ac/2010_Oral_Presentation_Abstracts_566DF5164F928.pdf.
Sadler, E.J., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Mudgal, A. 2010. APEX Simulations of Productivity for 9 Cropping Systems over 19 Years in 3 Claypan Landscape Positions [abstract]. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 18-21, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri. Available: http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/10ac/2010_Oral_Presentation_Abstracts_566DF5164F928.pdf.
Mudgal, A., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sadler, E.J. 2010. Effects of long-term soil and crop management on soil hydraulic properties for claypan soils. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society. 65(6):393-403.
Mudgal, A., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J. 2009. Effects of Long-term Soil and Crop Management on Soil Hydraulic Properties for Claypan Soils [abstract]. USDA-CSREES National Water Quality Conference, February 8-12, 2009, St Louis, Missouri. Available: http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2009/ceap/html.
Baffaut, C., Broz, R., Anderson, S., Mudgal, A., Sadler, E.J. 2010. Effectiveness of Best Management Practices: What Have We Learned in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed? [Abstract]. 2010 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference Abstracts. Available: http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2010/Conf_themes.html.
O'Donnell, T.K., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S. 2010. Evaluation of Water Quality Trends in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Missouri: Implications for Monitoring Strategies and Objective Setting [abstract]. 2010 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference Abstracts. Available: http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2010/Conf_themes.html
Ghidey, F., Baffaut, C., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A. 2010. Herbicide Transport to Surface Runoff from a Claypan Soil: Scaling from Plots to Fields. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 65(3):168-179.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A. 2009. SWAT Development for Simulating Flow and Pesticide Movement in a Large Claypan Watershed [abstract]. In: 5th Annual International Soil and Water Assessment Tool Conference, August 5-7, 2009, Boulder, Colorado. p. 123.
O'Donnell, K.T., Goyne, K.W., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Miles, R.J., Sudduth, K.A. 2009. Representative Elementary Area Determinations through Digital Photography, Image Analysis, and Soil Color [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 53891.
O'Donnell, K.T., Goyne, K.W., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Miles, R.J., Sudduth, K.A. 2009. Quantification of Soil Redoximorphic Features by Standardized Color Identification. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 53929.
Baffaut, C., Sadeghi, A.M. 2009. Bacteria Modeling with SWAT for Assessment and Remediation Studies – A Review. In: 2009 International SWAT Conference, August 5-7, 2009, Boulder, Colorado. Texas Water Resources Institute Technical Report No. 356, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas. p. 180-187.
Mudgal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Sadler, E.J., Kitchen, N.R., Thompson, A.T. 2009. Identification of Field-Level Critical Management Areas for Implementing Best Management Practices for the Central Claypan [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 54181.
O'Donnell, T.K., Anderson, S.H., Baffaut, C., Oster, T. 2009. A Hydrologic Event-based Evaluation of Water Quality Trends in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Missouri USA: Implications for Watershed Monitoring Strategies and Objective Setting [abstract]. In: Third National Conference on Ecosystems Restoration, July 20-24, 2009, Los Angeles, California. Available: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/NCER2009/pdfs/Abstract_BOOK.pdf. p. 278.
Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Sadler, E.J., Kremer, R.J., Baffaut, C., Myers, D.B. 2009. Environmental Implications of Increased Bioenergy Production on Midwest Soil Landscapes. In: Proceedings of the University of Missouri Energy Summit, April 22-23, 2009, Columbia, Missouri. p. 180-185.
Baffaut, C., Benson, V.W. 2009. Modeling Flow and Pollutant Transport in a Karst Watershed with SWAT. Transactions of the ASABE. 52(2):469-479.
Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Broz, R.R. 2009. Integrating economic and environmental factors using models and stakeholder participation in a performance based incentive program [abstract]. In: From dust Bowl to Mud Bowl: Sedimentation, Conservation measures and the Future of Resevoirs, September 14-16, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri. p. 52. Available: http://www.swcs.org/documents/filelibrary/sedimentation/Sediment_Program_FINAL_web_A40C2200C17B7.pdf
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R. 2009. Nutrient Sources and Transport from the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed. In: Proceedings of the ASABE Annual International Meeting, June 21-24, 2009, Reno, Nevada.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J. 2009. Simulation of Lateral Flow with SWAT [abstract]. USDA-CSREES National Water Quality Conference. February 8-12, 2009, St Louis, Missouri. 2009. Available: http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2009/ceap.html.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Kitchen, N.R. 2008. Analysis of long term nutrient transport from the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX.
Lerch, R.N., Sadler, E.J., Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C. 2009. Herbicide Transport Trends in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. In: Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, September 8-11, 2008, Estes Park, Colorado. p. 261.
Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Sudduth, K.A., Baffaut, C. 2008. Trend Analyses of Atrazine Transport in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX.
Odonnell, T.K., Goyne, K.W., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S.H., Miles, R.J., Sudduth, K.A. 2008. New Methods for Identifying and Quantifying Soil Redoximorphic Features [abstract]. Joint Annual Meeting of the GSA, ASA-CSSA-SSSA, and GCAGS, October 5-9, 2008, Houston, Texas. p. 79-4.
Baffaut, C., Benson, V.W. 2008. Possibilities and Challenges for Modeling Flow and Pollutant Transport in a Karst Watershed with SWAT. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, June 29-July 2. Paper No. 083933.
Mudgal, A., Baffaut, C., Anderson, S., Sadler, E.J., Thompson, A.L. 2008. Apex model assessment of variable landscapes on runoff and dissolved herbicides. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, June 29 - July 02, Providence, Rhode Island. Paper No. 084498.
Baffaut, C., Sadler, E.J., Ghidey, F. 2008. Scaling up a model: impact of soil map resolution and watershed discretization. In: Proceedings of The National Sedimentation Laboratory: 50 Years of Soil and Water Research in a Changing Agricultural Environment, September 3-5, 2008, Oxford, Mississippi.
Ghidey, F., Sadler, E.J., Lerch, R.N., Baffaut, C. Scaling up the SWAT model from Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed to the Long Branch Watershed. ASABE Paper No. 072043, ASABE, St. Joseph, MI, 2007.
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