Robert W Malone
(Rob)
Agroecosystems Management Research Unit
Agricultural Engineer
Phone: (515) 294-8327
Fax: (515) 294-8125
2110 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
AMES, IA, 50011-4420
Ma, L., Ahuja, L.R., Nolan, B., Malone, R.W., Trout, T.J., Qi, Z. 2012. Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2): Model use, calibration, and validation. Transactions of the ASABE. 55(4):1425-1446.
Ma, L., Flerchinger, G.N., Ahuja, L.R., Sauer, T.J., Prueger, J.H., Malone, R.W., Hatfield, J.L. 2012. Simulating the surface energy balance in a soybean canopy with SHAW and RZ-SHAW models. Transactions of the ASABE. 55(1):175-179.
Nolan, B.T., Malone, R.W., Gronberg, J., Thorp, K.R., Ma, L. 2012. Verifiable metamodels for nitrate losses to drains and groundwater in the corn belt, USA. Environmental Science and Technology. 46:901-908.
Ma, L., Ahuja, L.R., Saseendran, S.A., Malone, R.W., Green, T.R., Nolan, B.T., Bartling, P.N., Flerchinger, G.N., Boote, K.J., Hoogenboom, G. 2011. A protocol for parameterization and calibration of RZWQM2 in field research. Soil Science Society of America Special Publication Book Chapter. p.1-64.
Fang, Q.X., Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Jaynes, D.B., Thorp, K.R., Green, T.R., Ahuja, L.R. 2012. Modeling the effects of controlled drainage, N rate and weather on nitrate loss to subsurface drainage. Agricultural Water Management. 103:150-161.
Heilman, P., Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Hatfield, J.L., Ahuja, L.R., Boyle, K., Kanwar, R. 2012. Extending results from agricultural fields with intensively monitored data to surrounding areas for water quality management. Agricultural Systems. 106:59-71.
Qi, Z., Ma, L., Helmers, M.J., Ahuja, L.R., Malone, R.W. 2012. Simulating nitrate-nitrogen concentration from a subsurface drainage system in response to nitrogen applicaton rates using RZWQM2. Journal of Environmental Quality. 41(1):289-295.
Qi, Z., Helmers, M., Malone, R.W., Thorp, K.R. 2011. Simulating long-term impacts of winter rye cover crop on hydrologic cycling and nitrogen dynamics for a corn-soybean crop system. Transactions of the ASABE. 54:1575-1588.
Singer, J.W., Malone, R.W., Jaynes, D.B., Ma, L. 2011. Cover crop effects on nitrogen load in tile drainage from Walnut Creek, Iowa, using root zone water quality model (RZWQM). Agricultural Water Management. 98(10):1622-1628.
Malone, R.W., Meek, D.W., Ma, L., Jaynes, D.B., Nolan, B.T., Karlen, D.L. 2011. Quality assurance of weather data for agricultural system model input. In: Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., editors. Methods of Introducing System Models into Agricultural Research. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science of America and Soil Science Society of America. p. 283-296.
Nolan, B.T., Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Green, C.T., Fienen, M.N., Jaynes, D.B. 2011. Inverse modeling with RZWQM2 to predict water quality. In: Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., editors. Methods of Introducing System Models into Agricultural Research. Madison, WI: Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America Meeting. p. 327-363.
Jaynes, D.B., Malone, R.W., Thorp, K.R. 2010. Drainage water management for reducing nitrate losses from tile drained fields. In: Rudebusch, L., (ed.) Getting into soil and water: 2010. Iowa Water Center, Ames, IA. p. 28-30.
Malone, R.W., Meek, D.W., Hatfield, J.L., Ma, L. 2010. Quasi-biennial corn yield cycles in Iowa. American Society of Agronomy Annual Meetings [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2010, Long Beach, CA. CD-ROM.
Fathelrahman, E.M., Ascough II, J.C., Hoag, D.L., Malone, R.W., Heilman, P., Wiles, L., Kanwar, R.S. 2011. An economic and stochastic efficiency comparison of tillage systems in corn and soybean under risk. Experimental Agriculture. 47(1):111-136.
Nolan, T., Puckett, L., Ma, L., Green, C.T., Bayless, E.R., Malone, R.W. 2010. Predicting Unsaturated Zone Nitrogen Mass Balances in Agricultural Settings of the United States. Journal of Environmental Quality. 39(3):1051-1065.
Ma, L., Ahuja, L.R., Malone, R.W., Green, T.R. A Step by Step Procedure for Parameterization, Calibration, Validation, and Application of a System Model in Field Research. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Guzman, J., Fox, G., Malone, R.W., Kanwar, R. 2009. Escherichia coli Transport from Surface-Applied Manure to Subsurface Drains through Artificial Biopores. Journal of Environmental Quality. 38:2412-2421.
Fang, Q., Ma, L., Yu, Q., Ahuja, L.R., Malone, R.W., Hoogenboom, G. 2009. Irrigation Strategies To Improve Water Use Efficiency in the Wheat-Maize Double Cropping System in China. Agricultural Water Management. 97 (8):1165-1174.
Thorp, K.R., Youssef, M.A., Jaynes, D.B., Malone, R.W., Ma, L. 2009. DRAINMOD-N II: Evaluated for an agricultural system in Iowa and compared to RZWQM-DSSAT. Transactions of the ASABE. 52(5):1557-1573.
Ma, L., Malone, R.W., Jaynes, D.B., Thorp, K.R., Ahuja, L.R. 2008. Simulated Effects of Nitrogen Management and Soil Microbes on Soil Nitrogen Balance and Crop Production. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 72:1594-1603.
Thorp, K.R., Jaynes, D.B., Malone, R.W. 2008. Simulating long-term performance of drainage water management across the midwestern United States. Transactions of the ASABE. 51(3):961-976.
Thorp, K.R., Jaynes, D.B. 2007. Using RZWQM-DSSAT to Stimulate Drainage Water Management Across the United States Corn Belt [CD-ROM]. In: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts, Nov. 4-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.
Malone, R.W., Ma, L. 2008. N uptake effects on N loss in tile drainage as estimated by RZWQM. In: Ma, L., Bruulsema, T., Ahuja, L., editors. New Advances in Understanding and Quantification of Plant N Uptake. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press. p. 259-275.
Shipitalo, M.J., Malone, R.W., Owens, L.B. 2008. Impact of glyphosate-tolerant soybean and glufosinate-tolerant corn production on herbicide losses in surface runoff. Journal of Environmental Quality. 37:401-408.
Ma, L., Ahuja, L.R., Malone, R.W. 2007. System Modeling for Soil and Water Research and Management: Current Status and Needs for the 21st Century. Transactions of the ASABE. 50(5):1705-1713.
Meek, D.W., Prueger, J.H., Tomer, M.D., Malone, R.W. 2007. Spectral Procedures Enhance the Analysis of Three Agricultural Time Series [abstract]. In: Applied Statistics In Agriculture Conference Proceedings, April 30-May 1, 2007, Manhattan, KS. p. 17.
Thorp, K.R., Jaynes, D.B., Malone, R.W. 2006. Using RZWQM and Drainmod NII to Simulate Drainage Water Management in Iowa [CD-ROM]. In: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts, Nov. 12-16, 2006, Indianapolis, IN.
Kanwar, R.S., Bakhsh, A., Malone, R.W. 2007. Role of landscape and hydrologic attributes in developing and interpreting yield clusters. Geoderma. 140:235-246.
Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Saseendran, A., Malone, R.W. 2006. Applications of agricultural system models in assessing and managing contamination of the soil-water-atmosphere continuum in agriculture. International Symposium for the Agricultural Environment. International Symposium for the Agricultural Environment.
Heilman, P., Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Hatfield, J.L., Ahuja, L.R., Ayen, J., Boyle, K., Kanwar, R. 2006. Decision support for nitrogen management in tile-drained agriculture. In: Voinov, A., Jakeman, A.J., Rizzoli, A.E. (eds). Proceedings of the iEMSs Third Biennial Meeting: "Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software". International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Burlington, USA, July 2006. CD ROM.
Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Anapalli, S., Malone, R.W. 2006. Application of Agricultural System Models in Assessing and Managing Contamination of Soil-Water-Atmosphere Continuum in Agriculture. International Symposium for the Agricultural Environment. Ghent, Belgium. September 4-6, 2006. (Abstract).
Heilman, P., Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Hatfield, J.L., Ahuja, L.R., Ayen, J., Boyle, K., Kanwar, R. 2006. Decision support for nitrogen management in tile drained agriculture. In: Jakeman, A., Rizzoli, A. (eds). Proceedings of the IEMSs Third Biennial Meeting: "Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software". International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Burlington, USA, July 2006. CD ROM.
Singer, J.W., Malone, R.W., Tomer, M.D., Meade, T.G., Welch, J. 2006. Compost effect on water retention and native plant establishment on a construction embankment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 61(5):268-273.
Heilman, P., Ma, L., Malone, R.W. 2005. Field scale water quality management in the us: state of the art 2005. American Water Resources Association Summer Specialty Conference, Institutions for Sustainable Watershed Management: Reconciling Physical and Management Ecology in the Asia-Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 29, 2005.
Anapalli, S.S., Ma, L., Malone, R.W., Heilman, P., Ahuja, L.R., Kanwar, R.S., Meade, T.G. 2005. Modeling impacts of crop rotations, tillage and N management on crop productivity and water quality using the RZWQM-DSSAT hybrid model. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Nov. 6-10, 2005.
Ma, L., Malone, R.W., Saseendran, S.A., Ahuja, L.R., Heilman, P., Kanwar, R.S. 2006. Nitrate losses in subsurface tile drainage as affected by tillage, crop rotations, and fertilizer management. Biological Systems Simulation Group Proceedings. Fort Collins, CO. April 11-13, 2006.
Malone, R.W., Shipitalo, M.J., Wauchope, R.D., Sumner, H.R. 2004. Residual and contact herbicide transport through field lysimeters via preferential flow. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33:2141-2148.
Malone, R.W., Shipitalo, M.J., Meek, D.W. 2004. Relationship between herbicide concentration in percolate, percolate breakthrough time, and number of active macropores. Transactions of the ASAE. 47(5):1453-1456.
Heilman, P., Armendariz, G.A., Ma, L., Malone, R.W. 2004. A graphical tool for water quality conservation planning. Proc. 13th Internat'l. Soil Conservation Org. Conf., Conserving Soil and Water for Soc.: Sharing Solutions, July 2004, Brisbane, Australia, 6 p.
Malone, R.W., Shipitalo, M.J., Ma, L., Ahuja, L.R., Rojas, K.W., Logsdon, S.D., Weatherington-Rice, J. 2004. Role of macropores in pesticide transport to groundwater. International Workshop on Applications, Enhancements, and Collaborations of ARS RZWQM and GPFARM Models. p. 39-40.
Ma, L., Malone, R.W., Heilman, P., Anapalli, S., Ahuja, L.R., Kanwar, R.S. 2004. Agricultural management effects on crop production and n losses to tile drainage in the nashua study: simulation results with rzwqm. International Workshop on applications, enhancements and collaborations of ARS RZWQM and GPFARM. April 20-22, 2004. Fort Collins. pp. 14-15.
MALONE, R.W., MEADE, T.G., MA, L., ANAPALLI, S.A., KANWAR, R.S., KARLEN, D.L., HATFIELD, J.L., AHUJA, L.R. SIMULATING LATE SPRING NITROGEN TEST EFFECTS ON N LEACHING AND CROP PRODUCTION. CD-ROM. MADISON, WI. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY MEETINGS. 2003.
Ma, Q.L., Wauchope, R.D., Ma, L., Rojas, K.W., Malone, R.W., Ahuja, L.R. 2004. Test of the root zone water quality model (rzwqm) for predicting runoff of atrazine, alachlor and fenamiphos species from conventional-tillage corn mesoplots. Pest Management Science 60:267-276(2004).
SINGER, J.W., MALONE, R.W., MEEK, D.W., DRAKE, D. PREDICTING YIELD LOSS IN INDETERMINATE SOYBEAN FROM POD DENSITY USING SIMULATED DAMAGE STUDIES. AGRONOMY JOURNAL. 2004. V. 96. P. 584-589.
Malone, R.W., Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Wauchope, R.D., Rojas, K.W., Ma, Q. 2004. A review of the root zone water quality model (RZWQM). Pest Management Science. 60:205-221.
Malone, R.W., Shipitalo, M.J., Meek, D.W. 2003. Relationship between herbicide concentration in percolate, percolate breakthrough time, and number of active macropores. ASAE Annual International Meeting. Paper No. 032179.
Malone, R.W., Ma, L., Wauchope, R.D., Ahuja, L.R., Rojas, K.W., Ma, Q., Warner, R., Byers, M. 2004. Modeling hydrology, metribuzin degradation, and metribuzin transport in macroporous tilled and no-till silt loam soil using RZWQM. Pest Management Science. 60:253-266.
MALONE, R.W., LOGSDON, S.D., SHIPITALO, M.J., WEATERINGTON-RICE, J., AHUJA, L.R., MA, L. TILLAGE EFFECT ON MACROPOROSITY AND HERBICIDE TRANSPORT IN PERCOLATE. GEODERMA. 2003. v. 116. p. 191-215.
MA, L., NIELSEN, D.C., AHUJA, L.R., MALONE, R.W., ANAPALLI, S.S., ROJAS, K.W., HANSON, J.D., BENJAMIN, J.G. EVALUATION OF RZWQM UNDER VARYING IRRIGATION LEVELS IN EASTERN COLORADO. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS. 2002. v. 46. p. 39-49.
MALONE, R.W., BONTA, J.V., LIGHTELL, D.R. A LOW-COST COMPOSITE WATER SAMPLER FOR DRIP AND STREAM FLOW. APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE. 2003. v. 19(1). p. 59-61.
MALONE, R.W., MA, L., AHUJA, L.R., KANWAR, R.S. PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE: TILE FLOW. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY MEETINGS. 2002. CD-ROM. MADISON, WI.
MA, L., MALONE, R.W., AHUJA, L.R., KANWAR, R.S. PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE: NITRATE. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY MEETINGS. 2002. CD-ROM. MADISON, WI.
MALONE, R.W., BONTA, J.V., LIGHTELL, D.R. A LOW-COST COMPOSITE WATER SAMPLER FOR DRIP AND STREAM FLOW. ASAE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING. 2002. Paper No. 022148.
OWENS, L.B., MALONE, R.W., HOTHEM, D.L., STARR, G.C., LAL, R. SEDIMENT CARBON CONCENTRATIONS AND TRANSPORT FROM SMALL WATERSHEDS UNDER VARIOUS CONSERVATION TILLAGE PRACTICES. SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 2002. v.67. p.65-73.