Senior Scientist

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Department of Agroecology and Environment

P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark

+45 8715 7712

kirsten.schelde@agrsci.dk

Research interests:

Modelling of Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer processes, water balance estimates, micrometeorology, use of ground-based remote sensing for monitoring crop growth and crop nutrient status, precision farming, transport of solutes in structured soil, emissions of greenhouse gases from agricultural sources

Advisor for PhD students:

Key publications:

Thomsen, A., K. Schelde, P. Drøscher and F. Steffensen, 2007. Mobile TDR for geo-referenced measurement of soil water content and electrical conductivity. Precision Agriculture, 8, 213-223.

Berntsen, J., A. Thomsen, K. Schelde, O.M. Hansen, L. Knudsen, N. Broge, H. Hougaard and R. Hørfarter, 2006. Algorithms for sensor based redistribution of nitrogen fertilizer in winter wheat. Precision Agriculture, 7:65-83.

Olesen, J.E., K. Schelde, A. Weiske, M.R. Weisbjerg, W.A.H. Asman, and J. Djurhuus, 2006. Modelling greenhouse gas emissions from European conventional and organic dairy farms. Agric. Ecosystems Environ., 112, 146-152.

Hensen, A., T.T. Groot, W.C.M. van den Bulk, A.T. Vermeulen, J.E. Olesen and K. Schelde, 2006. Dairy farm CH4 and N2O emissions, from one square metre to the full farm scale. Agric. Ecosystems Environ., 112, 146-152.

Schelde, K., L.W. de Jonge, C. Kjaergaard, M. Laegdsmand and G.H. Rubæk, 2006. Effects of manure application and plowing on transport of colloids and phosphorus to tile drains. Vadose Zone J., 5:445-458.

Boegh, E., M. Thorsen, M.B. Butts, S. Hansen, J.S. Christiansen, P. Abrahamsen, C.B. Hasager, N.O. Jensen, P. van der Keur, J.C. Refsgaard, K. Schelde, H. Soegaard, and A. Thomsen, 2004. Incorporating remote sensing data in physically based distributed agro-hydrological modelling. J. Hydrology, 287, 279-299.

de Jonge, LW, P. Moldrup, GH Rubæk, K. Schelde and J. Djurhuus, 2004. Particle leaching and particle-facilitated transport of phosphorus at field scale. Vadose Zone J., 3, 462-470.

Søgaard, H., N.O. Jensen, E. Bøgh, C.B. Hasager, K. Schelde and A. Thomsen, 2003. Carbon dioxide exchange over agricultural landscape using eddy correlation and footprint modelling. Agric. For. Meteor., 114, 153-173.

Boegh, E., Soegaard, H., Broge, N.H., Hasager, C.B., Jensen, N.O., Schelde, K. and Thomsen, A., 2002. Airborne multispectral data for quantifying leaf area index, nitrogen concentration and photosynthetic efficiency in agriculture. Remote Sensing Environment, 81, 179-193.

Schelde, K., P. Moldrup, O.H. Jacobsen, H. de Jonge, L.W. de Jonge and T. Komatsu, 2002. Diffusion-limited mobilization and transport of natural colloids in macroporous soil. Vadose Zone J., 1, 125-136.