Henry Lin Ph.D.

Current Research And Teaching Interests

• Hydropedology
• Critical Zone Science
  
• Pedology
  
• Soil Physics
  
• Hydrology
  
• Geophysics
• Ecosystem Science
  
• Complex Systems
  
• Geospatial and Environmental Modeling
  

Appointment

• 30% Teaching
• 70% Research

Courses Taught

• SOILS 405 - Hydropedology
• SOILS 507 - Environmental Soil Physics

Links

• Penn State Hydropedology Web site
• The Critical Zone
• GeoVISTA
• Environmental Soil Science

Professional Background

• 2012-Present: Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology. Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA.
• 2006–2012: Associate Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA.
• 2001–2006: Assistant Professor of Hydropedology/Soil Hydrology. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA.
• 1998–2001: Assistant Professor of Soils and GIS, Director of Advanced Computing/GIS Laboratory. College of Natural Resources, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI.

Publications:

1. Lin, H.S. (Editor). 2012. Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Academic Press/Elsevier. pp. 800.
2. Takagi, K. and H.S. Lin. 2012. Changing controls of soil moisture spatial organization in the Shale Hills Catchment. Geoderma 173-174:289-302.
3. Castellano, M.J., J.P. Kaye, H.S. Lin, and J.P. Schmidt. 2012. Linking Carbon Saturation Concepts to Nitrogen Saturation and Retention. Ecosystems. doi: 10.1007/s10021-011-9501-3.
4. Tang, J., B. Zhu, T. Wang, X. Cheng, M. Gao, and H.S Lin. 2012. Subsurface flow processes in sloping cropland of purple soil. Journal of Mountain Science 9:1-9.
5. Guo, L., J. Chen, X. Cui, B. Fan, and H. S. Lin. 2012. Application of Ground Penetrating Radar for Coarse Root Detection and Quantification: A Review. Plant and Soil (in press)
6. Zhang, J., H.S. Lin, and J. Doolittle. 2012. Soil Layering and Preferential Flow Impacts on Seasonal Changes of GPR Signals in Two Contrasting Soils. Geoderma (in press)
7. Zhang, Z. B., X., Peng, L. L., Wang, Q. G., Zhao, and H.S. Lin. 2012. Temporal changes of shrinkage behavior of two paddy soils under alternative flooding and drying cycles and its consequences on percolation. Geoderma (in press)
8. Lin, H.S. 2012. Hydropedology: Addressing fundamentals and building bridges to understand complex pedologic and hydrologic interactions. p. 3-40. In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier. 
   
9. Lin, H.S. 2012. Understanding soil architecture and its functional manifestation across scales. p. 41-74.  In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
   
10. Kleidon, A. E. Zehe, and H.S. Lin. 2012. Thermodynamic Limits in the Critical Zone and Its Relevance to Hydropedology. p. 243-284.  In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
11. Wilding, L., M. Nobles, B. Wilcox, C. Woodruff, Jr., and H.S. Lin. 2012. Hydropedology in Caliche Soils Weathered from Glen Rose Limestone of Lower Cretaceous Age in Texas. p. 285-328. In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
12. Zhao, Y., J. Tang, C. Graham, Q. Zhu, K. Takagi, and H.S. Lin. 2012. Hydropedology in the Ridge and Valley: Soil Moisture Patterns and Preferential Flow Dynamics in Two Contrasting Landscapes. p. 381-412.  In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
13. Doolittle, J., Q. Zhu, J. Zhang, L. Guo, and H.S. Lin. 2012. Geophysical Investigations of Soil-Landscape Architecture and Its Impacts on Subsurface Flow. p. 413-448. In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
14. Graham, C., and H.S. Lin. 2012. Subsurface Flow Networks at the Hillslope Scale: Detection and Modeling. p. 559-594. In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
15. Li, X, H.S. Lin., and D. Levia 2012. Coupling Ecohydrology and Hydropedology at Different Spatio-Temporal Scales in Water-Limited Ecosystems. p. 737-758. In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier.
    
16. Lin, H.S. 2012. Hydropedology: Summary and outlook. p. 759-782.  In H. Lin (Editor) Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology. Elsevier. 
    
17. Lin, H.S.  2011. Three principles of soil change and pedogenesis in time and space. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:2049–2070.
18. Lin, H.S. 2011. Hydropedology: Towards new insights into interactive pedologic and hydrologic processes in the landscape. Journal of Hydrology 406:141–145
19. Lin, H.S., J. Hopmans, and D. Richter. 2011. Interdisciplinary sciences in a global network of Critical Zone Observatories. Vadose Zone Journal 10:781–785.
20. Graham, C., and H.S. Lin. 2011. Controls and frequency of preferential flow occurrence: A 175-event analysis. Vadose Zone Journal 10:816–831.
21. Takagi, K. and H.S. Lin. 2011. Temporal evolution of soil moisture spatial variability in the Shale Hills catchment. Vadose Zone Journal 10:832–842.
22. Andrews, D.M. , H.S. Lin, Q. Zhu, L. Jin, and S.L. Brantley. 2011. Dissolved organic carbon export and soil carbon storage in the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone Journal 10:943–954.
23. Jin, L. , D. M. Andrews, G. H. Holmes, H.S. Lin, and S. L. Brantley. 2011. Opening the “black box”: Water chemistry reveals hydrological controls on weathering in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Vadose Zone Journal 10:928–942
    
24. Castellano, M.J., J.P. Schmidt, J.P. Kaye, C. Walker, C. Graham, H.S. Lin, and C. Dell. 2011. Hydrological controls on heterotrophic soil respiration across an agricultural landscape. Geoderma 162:273-280.
    
25. Li, X.Y., S. Contreras, A. Solé-Benet, Y. Cantón, F. Domingo, R. Lázaro, H.S. Lin, B. Van Wesemael, and J. Puigdefábregas. 2011. Controlling factors of infiltration at three spatial scales in a mountainous dry Mediterranean shrubland on dolomite. Catena 86:98-109.
26. Akbar, T.A., H.S. Lin, and J.P. DeGroote. 2011. Development and Evaluation of GIS-based ArcPRZM-3 System for Spatial Modeling of Groundwater Vulnerability to Pesticide Contamination. Computers & Geosciences 37:822–830.
27. Zhu, Q., and H.S. Lin. 2011. Impacts of soil properties, terrain attributes, and crop growth on soil moisture in an agricultural landscape. Geoderma 163:45–54.
28. Lin, H.S. 2010. Sowing the seeds of soil conservation. Science. 327:1078.
29. Lin, H.S. 2010. Earth’s Critical Zone and hydropedology: Concepts, characteristics, and advances. Hydrology and Earth System Science 14:25–45.
30. Lin, H.S. 2010. Comments on energy-based pedogenic models by Field and Minasny (2008) and Rasmussen (2008). Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74:337–339.
31. Lin, H.S. 2010. Linking principles of soil formation and flow regimes. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.013. 393:3-19.
32. Lin, H.S., H.J. Vogel, and J. Seibert. 2010. Towards holistic studies of the Earth’s Critical Zone: Hydropedology perspectives. Hydrology and Earth System Science 14:479-480.
33. Lin, H.S., H. Flühler, W. Otten, and H.J. Vogel. 2010. Soil architecture and preferential flow across scales. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.026. 393:1-2.
34. Zhu, Q., H.S. Lin, and J. Doolittle. 2010. Repeated electromagnetic induction surveys for determining subsurface hydrologic dynamics in an agricultural landscape. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74:1750-1762.
35. Zhu, Q., H.S. Lin, and J. Doolittle. 2010. Repeated electromagnetic induction surveys for improving soil mapping in an agricultural landscape. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74: 1763-1774.
36. Zhu, Q., and H.S. Lin. 2010. Interpolation of soil properties based on combined information of spatial structure, sample size and auxiliary variables. Pedosphere. (In press)
37. Castellano, M.J., J.P. Schmidt, J.P. Kaye, C. Walker, C. Graham, H.S. Lin, and C. Dell. 2010. Hydrological and biogeochemical controls on the timing and magnitude of nitrous oxide flux across an agricultural landscape. Global Change Biology. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02116.x. 16:2711-2720.
38. Zhao, Y., S. Peth, X.Y. Wang, H.S. Lin, and R. Horn. 2010. Temporal stability of surface soil moisture spatial patterns and their controlling factors in a semi-arid steppe. Hydrological Processes. DOI:10.1002/hyp.7665. 24:2507-2519.
39. Luo, L.F., H.S. Lin, and S.C. Li. 2010. Quantification of 3-D soil macropore networks in different soil types and land uses. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.031. 393:53-64.
40. Luo, L.F., H.S. Lin, and J. Schmidt. 2010. Quantitative relationships between soil macropore characteristics and preferential flow and transport. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74:1929–1937.
41. Nobles, M. M., L.P. Wilding, and H.S. Lin. 2010. Flow pathways of bromide and Brilliant Blue FCF tracers in caliche soils. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.014. 393:114-122.
42. Williams, M.R., G. W. Feyereisen, G. J. Folmar, and H.S. Lin. 2010. Experimental system for simulating a natural soil temperature profile during freeze-thaw cycles. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. (in press)
43. Indorante, S.J., J.A. Doolittle, H.S. Lin, M.A. Wilson, and B.D. Lee. 2009. High-intensity soil survey and hydropedologic functional map units. Soil Survey Horizons 50:79–82.
44. Zhu, Q., and H.S. Lin. 2009. Simulation and validation of concentrated subsurface lateral flow paths in an agricultural landscape. Hydrology and Earth System Science 13:1503–1518.
45. Li, X.Y., Z.P. Yang, Y.T. Li, and H.S. Lin. 2009. Connecting ecohydrology and hydropedology in desert shrubs: Stemflow as a source of preferential water flow in soils. Hydrology and Earth System Science 13:1133–1144.
46. Kang, S.J., and H.S. Lin. 2009. Soil-Landscape Patterns in Buffer Zones of Different Order Streams. Geoderma 151:233–240.
47. Luo, L.F., and H.S. Lin. 2009. Lacunarity and Fractal Analyses of Soil Macropores and Preferential Transport Using Micro X-ray Computed Tomography. Vadose Zone Journal. 8:233–241.
48. Zhu, Q., J. Schmidt, H.S. Lin, and R. Sripada. 2009. Hydropedological processes and their implications for nitrogen availability to corn. Geoderma 154:111–122.
49. Lin, H.S., and X.B. Zhou. 2008. Evidence of Subsurface Preferential Flow Using Soil Hydrologic Monitoring in the Shale Hills Catchment. European J. of Soil Science 59:34–49.
50. Lin, H.S. 2008. Opportunities and Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research and Education. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 37:83–91.
51. Luo, L.F., H.S. Lin, and P. Halleck. 2008. Quantifying Soil Structure and Preferential Flow in Intact Soil Using X-ray Computed Tomography. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 72:1058–1069.
52. Kang, S.J., H.S. Lin, W.J. Gburek, G.J. Folmar, and B. Lowery. 2008. Baseflow Nitrate in Relation to Stream Order and Agricultural Land Use. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:808–816.
53. Zhou, X.B., H.S. Lin, and E. White. 2008. Surface Soil Hydraulic Properties in Four Soil Series under Different Land Uses and Their Temporal Changes. Catena 73:180–188.
54. Walker, C., and H.S. Lin. 2008. Soil Property Changes after Four Decades of Wastewater Irrigation: A Landscape Perspective. Catena 73:63–74.
55. Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, P. Owens, and M. Vepraskas. 2008. Hydropedology: Fundamental Issues and Practical Applications. Catena 73:151–152.
56. Schmidt, J.P., and H.S. Lin. 2008. Water and bromide movement in conventionally tilled and no-tilled corn: Contrasting results from pan and wick lysimeters. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 39:108–123.
57. Lin, H.S., E. Brooks, P. McDaniel, and J. Boll. 2008. Hydropedology and Surface/Subsurface Runoff Processes. In M. G. Anderson (Editor-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of Hydrologic Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/0470848944.hsa306.
58. Gangodagamage, C., X. Zhou, and H.S. Lin. 2008. Spatial Autocorrelation. In Shekhar and Xiong (Editors-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of GIS. Part 4. pp. 32-37. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_83.
59. Zhou, X., and H.S. Lin. 2008. Sensitivity Analysis. In Shekhar and Xiong (Editors-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of GIS. Part 22. pp. 1046-1048. Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_1191.
60. Lin, H.S., K. Singha, D. Chittleborough, H.-J. Vogel, and S. Mooney. 2008. Advancing the Emerging Field of Hydropedology, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(48), 490, doi:10.1029/2008EO480009.
61. Lin, H.S., K. Singha, D. Chittleborough, H-J. Vogel, and S. Mooney. 2008. Inaugural International Conference on Hydropedology Offers Outlooks on Synergistic Studies of Multi-Scale Soil and Water Processes. IUSS Bulletin 113:51–54.
62. Young, M. H., H.S. Lin, and B. P. Wilcox. 2007. Introduction to special section on Bridging Hydrology, Soil Science, and Ecology: Hydropedology and Ecohydrology. Geophysical Research Letter 34, L24S20, doi:10.1029/2007GL031998.
63. Kang, S.J., and H.S. Lin. 2007. Detecting temporal patterns of hydrological processes and water quality using wavelet analysis. Journal of Hydrology 338:1–14.
64. Schmidt, J. P. N. Hong, A. Dellinger, D. B. Beegle, and H.S. Lin. 2007. Hillslope-scale variability in corn response to nitrogen linked to in-season soil moisture redistribution. Agronomy Journal 99:229–237.
65. Zhou, X., H.S. Lin, and Q. Zhu. 2007. Temporal stability of soil moisture spatial variability at two scales and its implication for optimal field monitoring. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 4:1185–1214.
66. Schmidt, J. P. N. Hong, G. Folmar, D. B. Beegle, and H.S. Lin. 2007. Optimum nitrogen rate for corn increases with greater soil water availability. Chapter 4. p. 4-1 – 4-10. In T. Bruulsema (ed.) Managing Crop Nitrogen for Weather. International Plant Nutrient Institute, Norcross, GA.
67. Lin, H.S. 2007. Cattle vs. ground beef: What is the difference? Soil Survey Horizons 48:9–10.
68. Lin, H.S. 2007. When it rains. Soil Survey Horizons 48:47.
69. Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, and Y. Pachepsky (Eds.) 2006. Hydropedology: Bridging disciplines, scales, and data. Geoderma 131:255–406.
70. Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, Y. Pachepsky, A. Western, J. Thompson, M. Th. van Genuchten, H. Vogel, and A. Lilly. 2006. Hydropedology: Synergistic integration of pedology and hydrology. Water Resource Research. 42, W05301, doi:10.1029/2005WR004085.
71. Reed, P., R. Brooks, K. Davis, D. DeWalle, K. Dressler, C. Duffy, H.S. Lin, D. Miller, R. Najjar, K. M. Salvage, T. Wagener, and B. Yarnal. 2006. Bridging River Basin Scales and Processes to Assess Human-Climate Impacts and the Terrestrial Hydrologic System. Water Resource Research 42, W07418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004153.
72. Lin, H.S. 2006. Temporal stability of soil moisture spatial pattern and subsurface preferential flow pathways in the Shale Hills Catchment. Vadose Zone Journal 5:317–340.
73. Lin, H.S., W. Kogelmann, C. Walker, and M.A. Bruns. 2006. Soil moisture patterns in a forested catchment: A hydropedological perspective. Geoderma 131:345–368.
74. Wilding, L.P., and H.S. Lin. 2006. Advancing the frontiers of soil science towards a geoscience. Geoderma 131:257–274.
75. Pachepsky, Y. A., W. J. Rawls, and H.S. Lin. 2006. Hydropedology and pedotransfer functions. Geoderma 131:308–316.
76. Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, and Y. Pachepsky. 2006. Revitalizing pedology through hydrology and connecting hydrology to pedology. Geoderma 131:255–256.
77. Gibson, J., H.S. Lin, and M.A. Bruns. 2006. A comparison of fractal analytical techniques on 2- and 3-dimensional computed tomographic scans of soil aggregates. Geoderma 134:335–348
78. Walker, C., H.S. Lin, and D. Fritton. 2006. Is the tension beneath a tension infiltrometer what we think it is? Vadose Zone Journal 5:860–866.
79. Shi, X.Z., D.S. Yu, E.D. Warner, W.X. Sun, G.W. Petersen, Z.T. Gong, and H.S. Lin. 2006. Cross-reference system for translating between Genetic Soil Classification of China and Soil Taxonomy. Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:78–83.
80. Kogelmann, W.J., R.B. Bryant, H.S. Lin, D.B. Beegle, and J. Weld. 2006. Local assessment of the impacts of P-Index implementation in Pennsylvania. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61:20–30.
81. Zhou, X., N. Persaud, H. Wang, and H.S. Lin. 2006. Multifractal scaling of daily runoff time series in agricultural watersheds. Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 42(6):1659–1670.
82. Lin, H.S. 2006. Clarifying misperceptions and sharpening contributions. p. 80-83. In A.E. Hartemink(ed.) The Future of Soil Science. International Union of Soil Sciences, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
83. Lin, H.S. 2006. Book Review: Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, and Soils. J.I. Drever (Ed.). Treatise on Geochemistry. Vol. 5. Elsevier. 626 pp. Hardbound. ISBN 0080437516. Journal of Environmental Quality DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0618. 35:1967–1968.
84. Lin, H.S. 2006. Hydropedology and modern soil survey applications. Soil Survey Horizons 47:18–22.
85. Lin, H.S. 2005. Letter to the Editor on “From the Earth’s Critical Zone to Mars Exploration: Can Soil Science Enter Its Golden Age?” Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:1351–1353.
86. Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, L. Wilding, J. Richardson, M. Kutílek, and D. Nielsen. 2005. Advances in hydropedology. Advances in Agronomy 85:1–89.
87. Lin, H.S., D. Wheeler, J. Bell, and L. Wilding. 2005. Assessment of soil spatial variability at multiple scales. Ecological Modelling 182:271–290.
88. Kogelmann, W.J., H.S. Lin, R.B. Bryant, D.B. Beegle, A.M. Wolf, and G.W. Petersen. 2004. A statewide assessment of the impacts of P-index implementation in Pennsylvania. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 59:9–18.
89. Lilly, A., and Lin, H.S. 2004. Using soil morphological attributes and soil structure in pedotransfer functions. p. 115–142. In Y. Pachepsky and W. Rawls (eds.) Development of Pedotransfer Functions in Soil Hydrology. Elsevier.
90. Lin, H.S. 2004. Hydropedology. Geotimes 49:28–29.
91. Lin, H.S., and S. Rathbun. 2003. Hierarchical frameworks for multiscale bridging in hydropedology. p. 353–371. In Y. Pachepsky, D. Radcliffe, and H.M. Selim (eds.) Scaling Methods in Soil Physics. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
92. Lin, H.S. Hydropedology: Bridging disciplines, scales, and data. Vadose Zone Journal 2:1–11.