Mojave, CA: Field characterization of the Neuralia Soil Series

Dylan Beaudette is a graduate student working on a Ph.D degree in the Soils and Biogeochemistry group at UC Davis. He is interested in applying numerical methods to soil survey, soil classification, and towards extending our understanding of soil genesis. Dylan is currently working on several studies related to scaling soil survey information down to the landscape-scale, and up to the regional scale. These experiments involve (sensor-calibrated) quantifications of soil climate, modeling of geomorphic surfaces, and estimation of within map unit variability. Dylan is also interested in the potential Soil Survey has to become a valuable educational tool. Open source software is used in all of his research, data management, analysis, and presentation tasks.

 
Contact Information
debeaudette at ucdavis dot edu
University of California at Davis
Department Land, Air and Water Resources
2141 PES Building

 
Education (Curriculum Vitae)

• Ph.D Soils and Biogeochemistry
  June 2007 - June 2011 (in progess) [U.C. Davis]
• M.S. Soils and Biogeochemistry
  September 2004 - March 2008 [U.C. Davis]
  • M.S. Thesis
  • Quantifying the Aspect Effect: An Application of Solar Radiation Modeling for Soil Survey (Soil Sci Soc Am J 2009 73: 1345–1352)
  • Soil-web: An online soil survey for California, Arizona, and Nevada (in press)

 
Affiliations

• American Geophysical Union
• Soil Science Society of America
• American Society of Agronomy
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• GRASS Project Steering Committe

 
Research Interests

• Soil Genesis / Weathering Studies
• Numerical Classification / Taxonomy
• Soil Survey Related Education, Outreach, and Presentation
• Soil Color Investigations
• Terrain Analysis
• Open Source GIS and Mapping
• Hardware Development
• C-footprint Calculators for Students

 
Field Sites

• Pinnacles National Monument
• San Joaquin Experimental Range
• Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center (SFREC)
• SSC 105 South

 
Other Interests

• Catamaran Sailing
• Photos:
  1. White Mountains [2004]
  2. Pinnacles Trip [2005]
  3. SSC 105 South [2005]
  4. Sutter Buttes [2007]

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