Tyson Ochsner

author of "Rain or Shine: An Introduction to Soil Physical Properties and Processes"

January 9, 2018

Dr. Ochsner is a native of Chattanooga, Oklahoma. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Science at OSU in 1998. He then studied Soil Science and Water Resources at Iowa State University earning a M.S. in 2000 and a Ph.D. in 2003. From 2003 through 2008, he worked as a soil scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in St. Paul, Minnesota. The mission of Dr. Ochsner’s soil physics research and teaching program is to help people better understand and appreciate the soil, the soil water balance, and the surface energy balance so that we can more wisely manage and conserve the land and water with which we have been entrusted.

The purpose of this book is to serve as a multi-faceted learning resource for people who want or need to learn introductory concepts of soil physics. Soil physics is a scientific discipline focused on using the principles and techniques of physics to understand: the properties of the soil, the processes which occur in and on soils, and how those properties and processes were, are, or would be affected by changes in environment or management. This book focuses particularly on the processes in the soil water balance and the surface energy balance and how those processes are influenced by soil physical properties

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Last Updated: 14 February 2018