Bekin N., Ashilenje D., Chehbouni A., Bouchaou L., Kool D., Agam N. 2025. Pioneering evidence of the dynamics of water vapor and CO2 fluxes in Sahara Desert soils. JGR-biogeochemistry, 130, e2025JG009193.
Kool, D. and Agam, N., 2024. Multi-spectral surface emissivity as an indicator of soil moisture and soil moisture changes in arid soils. Remote Sensing of Environment 305: 114064.
Heitman, J.L., Kool, D., Carvalho, Henrique D.R., 2023. Soil management considerations for water resiliency in a changing climate. Agronomy Journal 115:2127-2139.
Kool, D., Kustas, W.P., Ben-Gal, A., Agam, N., 2021. Energy partitioning between plant canopy and soil, performance of the two-source energy balance model in a vineyard. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 300: 108328.
Kool, D., Agra, E., Drabkin, A., Duncan, A., Fendinat, P.P., Leduc S., Lupovitch, G., Nambwandja, A.N., Ndilenga, N.S., Nguyễn Thị, T., Poodiack, B., Sagi, L., Shmuel, Y., Maggs-Kölling, G., Marais, E., Pinshow, B., Turner, J.S., Agam, N., 2021. The overlooked non-rainfall water input sibling of fog and dew: daily water vapor absorption on a !Nara hummock in the Namib Sand Sea. Journal of Hydrology 598: 126420.
Tong, B., Kool, D., Heitman, J.L., Sauer, T.J., Gao, Z., Horton, R., 2020. Thermal property values of a central Iowa soil as functions of soil water content and bulk density or of soil air content. European Journal of Soil Science 71: 169-178.
Tian, Z., Kool, D., Ren, T., Horton, R., Heitman, J.L., 2019. Approaches for estimating unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivities at various bulk densities with the extended Mualem-van Genuchten model. Journal of Hydrology 572: 719-731.
Kool, D., Tong, B., Tian, Z., Heitman, J.L., Sauer, T.J., Horton, R., 2019. Soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity dynamics following tillage. Soil and Tillage Research 193: 95-100.
Kool D., Ben-Gal, A., Agam N., 2018. Within-field advection enhances evaporation and transpiration in a vineyard in an arid environment. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 255: 104-113.
Tian, Z., Gao, W., Kool, D., Ren, T., Horton, R., Heitman, J.L., 2018. Approaches for estimating soil water retention curves at various bulk densities with the extended van Genuchten model. Water Resources Research 54: 5584-5601.
Tian, Z., Kool, D., Ren, T., Horton, R., Heitman, J.L., 2018. Determining in-situ unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity at a fine depth scale with heat pulse and water potential sensors. Journal of Hydrology 564: 802-810.
Akuoko, O., Kool, D., Sauer, T.J., Heitman, J.L., Horton, R., 2018. Surface energy balance partitioning in early- and late-tilled bare soils. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 3: 180039.
Li, Y., Kustas, W.P., Huang, C., Kool, D., Haghighi, E., 2018. Evaluation of soil resistance formulations for estimates of sensible heat flux in a desert vineyard. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 260-261: 255-261.
Bustan A., Dag A., Yermiyahu U., Erel R., Presnov E., Agam N., Kool D., Iwema J., Zipori I., Ben-Gal A., 2016. Fruit load governs transpiration of olive trees. Tree physiology 36, 360–391.
Kool D., Kustas W.P., Ben-Gal A., Lazarovitch N., Heitman J.L., Sauer T.J., Agam N., 2016. Energy and evapotranspiration partitioning in a desert vineyard. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 218, 277-287.
Kool D., Heitman J.L., Agam N., Lazarovitch N., Sauer T.J., Ben-Gal A., 2016. In-situ calibration of thermistor-based soil heat pulse probes. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80, 1514-1519.
Mugunga, C.P., Kool, D., Van Wijk, M.T., Mohren, G.M.J, Giller, K.E., 2015. Water use by short rotation Eucalyptus woodlots in southern Rwanda. Agroforestry Systems 89, 1119-1139.
Kool, D., Agam, N., Lazarovitch, N., Heitman, J.L., Sauer, T.J., Ben-Gal, A., 2014. A review of approaches for evapotranspiration partitioning. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 184, 56-70. ***Recognized by Web of Science: as of Jan/Feb 2023, this Highly Cited Paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Agricultural Sciences based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.***
Kool, D., Ben-Gal, A., Agam, N., Šimůnek, J., Heitman, J.L., Sauer, T.J., Lazarovitch, N., 2014. Spatial and diurnal below canopy evaporation in a desert vineyard: Measurements and modeling. Water Resources Research 50, 7035-7049.
Agam, N., Cohen, Y., Berni, J.A.J., Alchanatis, V., Kool, D., Dag, A., Yermiyahu, U., Ben-Gal, A., 2013. An insight to the performance of crop water stress index for olive trees. Agricultural Water Management 118, 79–86.
Holland, S., Heitman, J.L., Howard, A., Sauer, T.J., Giese, W., Ben-Gal, A., Agam, N., Kool, D., Havlin, J., 2013. Micro-Bowen ratio system for measuring evapotranspiration in a vineyard interrow. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 177, 93–100.
Ben-Gal, A., Kool, D., Agam, N., van Halsema, G.E., Yermiyahu, U., Yafe, A., Presnov, E., Erel, R., Majdop, A., Zipori, I., Segal, E., Ruger, S., Zimmermann, U., Cohen, Y., Alchanatis, V., Dag, A., 2010. Whole-tree water balance indicators for short-term drought stress in non-bearing ‘Barnea’ olives. Agricultural Water Management 98, 124–133.
