Ross Morrison

EDUCATION

BSc, PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biometeorology, peatlands, sustainable agriculture

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Factors affecting the net ecosystem productivity of agroecosystems on mineral soils: a meta-analysis
IL Lloyd, R Morrison, RP Grayson, MV Galdos, PJ Chapman
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 1-32 2025



Biometeorological feedbacks on peatlands: Raising the water table to reduce meteorologically-related stress on cattle
W Gherca, I Forbrich, A Jacotot, SH Knox, PG Leahy, R Morrison, T Sachs, ...
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 360, 110279 2025



Biomethane produced from maize grown on peat emits more CO₂ than natural gas
CD Evans, RL Rowe, BWJ Freeman, JM Rhymes, A Cumming, IL Lloyd, ...
Nature Climate Change 14 (10), 1030-1032 2024



Maize grown for bioenergy on peat emits twice as much carbon as when grown on mineral soil
IL Lloyd, R Morrison, RP Grayson, AMJ Cumming, B D'Acunha, ...
GCB Bioenergy 16 (7), e13169 2024



Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from plasma-treated pig slurry applied to winter wheat
IL Lloyd, RP Grayson, MV Galdos, R Morrison, PJ Chapman
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 1-16 2024



Improved modelled crop water-use and crop productivity using thermal and optical remote sensing data
M Sarfraz Khan, RS Caine, R Morrison, HL Croft
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 10902 2024



Exploratory analysis of the long (er) term dynamics of Nature-based Solutions: the case of agricultural soil properties
N Sah, J Blake, V Bell, J Evans, R Morrison, A Dussaillant
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17900 2024



Rotational Grazing Approaches for Sustainable Peatland Management: A Focus on the Falklands
K Ross, C Evans, R Morrison, S Carter, S Page
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 8348 2024



Improved modelled crop water-use and crop productivity using thermal and optical remote sensing data
MS Khan, RS Caine, R Morrison, HL Croft
EGU24 2024



SpongeScapes: understanding the role of nature-based solutions in improving sponge functioning of landscapes–the case of regenerative agriculture
N Sah, J Blake, B D’Acunha, V Bell, J Evans, R Morrison, A Dussaillant
E3S Web of Conferences 599 2024



Low risk management intervention: Limited impact of remedial tillage on net ecosystem carbon balance at a commercial Miscanthus plantation
RL Rowe, HM Cooper, A Hastings, A Mabey, AM Keith, NP McNamara, ...
GCB Bioenergy 16 (1), e13114 2024



Modelling seasonal Crop water-use and Crop Productivity using Thermal and Optical Remote Sensing data
MS Khan, R Caine, R Morrison, H Croft
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (812), GC51N-0812 2023



State of Knowledge on UK Agricultural Peatlands for Food Production and the Net Zero Transition
IL Lloyd, V Thomas, C Ofoegbu, AV Bradley, P Bullard, B D’Acunha, ...
Sustainability 15 (23), 16347 2023



UK GHG Flux Network-Peatlands
M Coyle, R Morrison, R Artz, A Johnson-Marshall, J Cash
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU-14987 2023



Defra Lowland Peat 2: Managing agricultural systems on lowland peat for decreased greenhouse gas emissions whilst maintaining agricultural productivity. Report to Defra for
CD Evans, R Morrison, A Cumming, A Bodo, A Burden, N Callaghan, ...
Uk Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 2023



Aligning the peatland code with the UK peatland inventory
C Evans, R Artz, A Burden, H Clilverd, B Freeman, A Heinemeyer, ...
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2023



Data-driven Soil Dynamics: Linking Moisture, Temperature and Respiration
D Khamis, M Fry, H Cooper, R Morrison, E Blyth
Fall Meeting 2022 2022



A coupled ground heat flux–surface energy balance model of evaporation using thermal remote sensing observations
BK Bhattacharya, K Mallick, D Desai, GS Bhat, R Morrison, JR Clevery, ...
Biogeosciences 19 (23), 5521-5551 2022



Land-Atmosphere Interactions Exacerbated the Drought and Heatwave over Northern Europe during Summer 2018
PA Dirmeyer, G Balsamo, E Blyth, R Morrison, H Cooper
Authorea Preprints 2022



Data-driven approaches to linking soil moisture and soil carbon
D Khamis, M Fry, H Cooper, R Morrison, E Blyth
2022

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

ECOSTRESS: NASA's next generation mission to measure evapotranspiration from the International Space Station
JB Fisher, B Lee, AJ Purdy, GH Halverson, MB Dohlen, ...
Water Resources Research 56 (4), e2019WR026058 2020
Citations: 382



Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions
CD Evans, M Peacock, AJ Baird, RRE Artz, A Burden, N Callaghan, ...
Nature 593 (7860), 548-552 2021
Citations: 380



Denial of long‐term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences
LS Wijedasa, J Jauhiainen, M Knnen, M Lampela, H Vasander, ...
Global change biology 23 (3), 977-982 2017
Citations: 169



Land‐atmosphere interactions exacerbated the drought and heatwave over northern Europe during summer 2018
PA Dirmeyer, G Balsamo, EM Blyth, R Morrison, HM Cooper
AGU Advances 2 (2), e2020AV000283 2021
Citations: 156



Review of peat surface greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia
SE Page, R Morrison, C Malins, A Hooijer, JO Rieley, J Jauhiainen
ICCT white paper 15, 1-78 2011
Citations: 149



Validation of spaceborne and modelled surface soil moisture products with cosmic-ray neutron probes
C Montzka, H Bogena, M Zreda, A Monerris, R Morrison, S Muddu, ...
Remote sensing 9 (2), 103 2017
Citations: 133



Soil water content in southern England derived from a cosmic‐ray soil moisture observing system–COSMOS‐UK
JG Evans, HC Ward, JR Blake, EJ Hewitt, R Morrison, M Fry, LA Ball, ...
Hydrological Processes 30 (26), 4987-4999 2016
Citations: 132



Benefits and costs of ecological restoration: Rapid assessment of changing ecosystem service values at a UK wetland
KSH Peh, A Balmford, RH Field, A Lamb, JC Birch, RB Bradbury, C Brown, ...
Ecology and evolution 4 (20), 3875-3886 2014
Citations: 93



Responsible agriculture must adapt to the wetland character of mid‐latitude peatlands
BWJ Freeman, CD Evans, S Musarika, R Morrison, TR Newman, SE Page, ...
Global Change Biology 28 (12), 3795-3811 2022
Citations: 57



A Miscanthus plantation can be carbon neutral without increasing soil carbon stocks
AD Robertson, J Whitaker, R Morrison, CA Davies, P Smith, ...
Gcb Bioenergy 9 (3), 645-661 2017
Citations: 57



Improving soil moisture prediction of a high-resolution land surface model by parameterising pedotransfer functions through assimilation of SMAP satellite data
E Pinnington, J Amezcua, E Cooper, S Dadson, R Ellis, J Peng, ...
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25 (3), 1617-1641 2021
Citations: 47



COSMOS-UK: national soil moisture and hydrometeorology data for environmental science research
HM Cooper, E Bennett, J Blake, E Blyth, D Boorman, E Cooper, J Evans, ...
Earth System Science Data 13 (4), 1737-1757 2021
Citations: 46



Interaction of convective organization with monsoon precipitation, atmosphere, surface and sea: The 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign in India
AG Turner, GS Bhat, GM Martin, DJ Parker, CM Taylor, AK Mitra, ...
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 146 (731), 2828-2852 2020
Citations: 41



Multi-scale entropy analysis as a method for time-series analysis of climate data
H Balzter, N Tate, J Kaduk, D Harper, S Page, R Morrison, M Muskulus, ...
Climate 3 (1), 227-240 2015
Citations: 33



The full carbon balance of a rewetted cropland fen and a conservation-managed fen
M Peacock, V Gauci, AJ Baird, A Burden, PJ Chapman, A Cumming, ...
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 269, 1-12 2019
Citations: 29



Simulation of greenhouse gases following land‐use change to bioenergy crops using the ECOSSE model: a comparison between site measurements and model predictions
M Dondini, MIA Richards, M Pogson, J McCalmont, J Drewer, R Marshall, ...
Gcb Bioenergy 8 (5), 925-940 2016
Citations: 28



Seasonal variation of evapotranspiration and its effect on the surface energy budget closure at a tropical forest over north-east India
PK Deb Burman, D Sarma, R Morrison, A Karipot, S Chakraborty
Journal of Earth System Science 128, 1-21 2019
Citations: 27



Land-atmosphere interactions exacerbated the drought and heatwave over Northern Europe during summer 2018, AGU Adv., 2, e2020AV000283
PA Dirmeyer, G Balsamo, EM Blyth, R Morrison, HM Cooper
2021
Citations: 25



Final report on project SP1210: Lowland peatland systems in England and Wales–evaluating greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon balances
C Evans, R Morrison, A Burden, J Williamson, A Baird, E Brown, ...
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 2016
Citations: 25



A study of field-scale soil moisture variability using the COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System (COSMOS) at IITM Pune site
M Mujumdar, MM Goswami, R Morrison, JG Evans, N Ganeshi, ...
Journal of Hydrology 597, 126102 2021
Citations: 22