Dr. Richard Weismiller, Professor Extension Soil and Water Resource Management Specialist Associate Director, International Programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Email: Email Me! Office: 0117 H. J. Patterson Phone: 301.405.1307 Fax: 301.314.2763 AGNR Directory Page

Courses

• ENST 105: Soils and Environmental Quality
• ENST444: Remote Sensing of Agriculture and Natural Resources (3 credits)

Research Projects

• International Training Program (ITP)

Education:

• B.S. in Agronomy from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1964.
• M.S. in Soil Mineralogy from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1966.
• Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry-Mineralogy from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1969.

Representative Publications:

Chapters in Books

• Steinhilber, P. and R.A. Weismiller. 1999. On-Farm Options for Controlling Phosphorus Inputs to the Bay. pp. 169-180. In Agriculture Phosphorus and Management. Andrew Sharpley (ed.), Lewis Publishers, New York, NY.
• Hogan, S.I., R.A. Weismiller, W.L. Magette and B.V. Lessley. 1991. Farmers and the Chesapeake: An Interagency Success Story. pp. 97-104. In 1991 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture.
• Irons, J.R., R.A. Weismiller, and G.W. Peterson. 1989. Soil Reflectance. Chapter 3. pp. 66-106. In Theory and Application of Optical Remote Sensing. Ghassem Asrar (ed.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
• Weismiller, R.A. and W.L. Magette. 1986. How well does your septic system work?. Chapter 5. pp. 10-11. In Baybook, A Guide to Reducing Water Pollution at Home. Citizens Program for the Chesapeake Bay, 6600 York Road, Baltimore, MD.
• Weismiller, R.A., G.E. Van Scoyoc, S.E. Pazar, K. Latz and M.F. Baumgardner. 1985. Use of soil spectral properties for monitoring soil erosion. Chapter 10. pp. 119-127. In Soil Erosion and Conservation. El-Swaify, W.C. Moldenhauer and A. Lo (ed.), Soil Conservation Society of America, 7515 N.E. Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA 50021-9764.
• Mroczynski, R.P. and R.A. Weismiller. 1982. Aerial photography: a tool for strip mine reclamation. Chapter 28. pp. 215-219. In Remote Sensing for Resource Management. Johannsen, C.J. and J.L. Sanders (ed)  Soil Conservation Society of America, 7515 N.E. Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA 50021-97641.

Selected Publications

• Weismiller, R. A., 2006. Soil and Water Degradation, Conference Proceedings, International Symposium, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Bulletinul, Vol 62, 2006.
• Miller, R. J., R.A. Weismiller and V. A. Chernikov, 2006. The Tragedy of the Commons – Is It Happening to the American and Russian Agricultural Soils and Water, Electronic Agro-Journal, Moscow State Agro-Engineering University, Moscow, Russia.
• Weismiller, R. A., 2004. Requirements for successful nutrient management programs “One Experience” Conference Proceedings, International Symposium, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Bulletinul, pp. 18-27, Vol. 61, 2004.
• Miller, R.J., J. Hanson, T. Fretz, and R.A. Weismiller. 2004. Necessary conditions for successful agriculture and rural development. pp. 55-58. Vol. 31, No. 1 Outlook on Agriculture.
• Weismiller, R.A., 2003. Managing nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Conference Proceedings, National Meeting, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Weismiller, R.A., 2003. Requirements for successful nutrient management programs. Symposium Proceedings; World Bank Conference of Agricultural Non-point Pollution in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea Basins. Bucharest, Romania.
• Alfera, L.K. and R.A. Weismiller, 2002. Best management practices to control non-point pollution from agricultural lands within the Black Sea Basin. Symposium Proceedings, World Bank Conference of Agricultural Non-point Pollution in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea Basins. Przysiek, Poland.
• Weismiller, R.A., P.M. Steinhilber and J.L. Salak. 2001. Managing agricultural nutrients in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, Symposium Proceedings, International Conference on Agricultural Science and Technology, Beijing, China.
• Weismiller, R.A. 1997. Maryland’s agricultural nutrient management program. Symposium Proceedings, 7th Stockholm Water Symposium/3rd International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Taylor, A., R.A. Weismiller, M. Woodward, and J. Meisinger. 1990. The calculation of optimum nitrogen fertilization rates in the development of nutrient management programs. pp. 83-88. In New Perspectives in the Chesapeake System.
• Magette, W.L., R.A. Weismiller, B.V. Lessley, J.D. Wood, and C.F. Miller. 1990. Establishing a Demonstration Farm for Agricultural Best Management Practices. Applied Engineering in Agriculture.
• Weismiller, R.A. 1990. Survey Procedures. pg 4. In Soil Survey of Jasper County, Indiana, by Smallwood, B.F. and L.C. Osterholtz. United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
• Weil, R.R. and R.A. Weismiller, and R.S. Turner. 1990. Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater under Irrigated Coastal Plain Soils. Vol. 19, July - September, J. Environ. Qual. 19: 441-448.
• Magette, W.L., R.A. Weismiller, J.S. Angle, and R.B. Brinsfield. 1989. A nitrate groundwater standard for the 1990 farm bill. J. Soil and Water Cons. 44: 491-494.
• Magette, W.L., A. Shirmohammadi, B.V. Lessley and R.A. Weismiller. 1989. Managing ground water quality in relation to agricultural activities. Water Resources Bulletin 25: 599-606.
• Lemley, A. and R.A. Weismiller. 1988. Water quality programming for consumers. Extension Review 59: 17.
• Magette, W.L., R.A. Weismiller and K.C. Gugalis. 1984. Maryland's Chesapeake Bay agricultural education program. J. Soil and Water Cons. 40: 79-81.
• Latz, K., R.A. Weismiller, G.E. Van Scoyoc and M.F. Baumgardner. 1984. Characteristic variations in spectral reflectance of selected eroded Alfisols. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48: 1130-1134.
• Dattavio, C.L., R.P. Mroczynski and R.A. Weismiller. 1980. Aerial survey techniques for locating abandoned strip mine land. J. Environ. Qual. 9: 606-610.
• Stoner, E.R., M.F. Baumgardner, R.A. Weismiller, L.L. Biehl and B.F. Robinson. 1980. Extension of laboratory-measured soil spectra to field conditions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 33: 287-289.
• Weismiller, R.A. and S.A. Kaminsky. 1978. Application of remote sensing technology to soil survey research. J. Soil and Water Cons. 33: 768-771.
• Kirschner, F.R., S.A. Kaminsky, R.A. Weismiller, H.R. Sinclair and E.J. Hinzel. 1978. Map unit composition assessment using drainage classes defined by Landsat data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 42: 768-771.
• Weismiller, R.A., S.J. Kristof, D.K. Scholz, P.E. Anuta, and S.A. Momin. 1977. Change detection in coastal zone environments. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 43: 1533-1539.
• Weismiller, R.A., I.D. Persinger and O.L. Montgomery. 1977. Soil inventory prepared from digital analysis of satellite multi- spectral scanner data and digitized topographic data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 41: 1166-1170.
• Kristof, S.J., F.R. Kirschner, R.A. Weismiller and S.A. Kaminsky. 1976. Inventory of a nature preserve area in Lake County, Indiana using satellite MSS data. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 85: 422-427.
• Weismiller, R.A., J.L. Ahlrichs and J.L. White. 1967. Infrared studies of hydroxy-aluminum interlayer material. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 31: 459-463.
• Ahlrichs, J.L., J.R. Russell, R. Harter and R.A. Weismiller. 1966. Infrared spectroscopy of clay mineral systems. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 75: 247-255.

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