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Surface albedo and thermal radiation dynamics under conservation and conventional agriculture in subhumid Zimbabwe (Record no. 69145)

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control field MX-TxCIM
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022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
International Standard Serial Number 0167-1987
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International Standard Serial Number 1879-3444 (Online)
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Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106804
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Diop, S.
9 (RLIN) 38751
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Surface albedo and thermal radiation dynamics under conservation and conventional agriculture in subhumid Zimbabwe
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Amsterdam (Netherlands) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Elsevier B.V.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2026.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Peer review
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General note Open Access
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Summary, etc. While conservation agriculture (CA) has been widely evaluated for its biogeochemical effects (e.g soil organic carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions) for climate mitigation, its biogeophysical impacts related to changes in surface albedo remain understudied. This study assessed the biogeophysical effects of CA cropping systems with maize (Zea mays L.) in Zimbabwe. Measurements were conducted continuously over two cropping years at two long-term experiments with contrasting soil characteristics, on an abruptic Lixisol and on a xanthic Ferralsol. The dynamics of surface albedo, longwave radiation, leaf area index, soil moisture and temperature were monitored under three different treatments: conventional tillage (CT, tilled to ∼15 cm), no-tillage (NT) and no-tillage with mulch (NTM, 2.5 t DM ha⁻¹). Our results revealed that, on the Ferralsol, NT and NTM significantly (p < 0.05) increased mean annual albedo (0.17) relative to CT (0.16), resulting in a negative instantaneous radiative forcing (iRF) and indicating a net cooling effect. iRF was stronger in 2021/22 (NT: -0.83 ± 0.17 W m-2; NTM: -1.43 ± 0.7 W m-2) than in 2022/23 (NT: -0.43 ± 0.09 W m-2; NTM: -1.03 ± 0.21 W m-2). Conversely, on the Lixisol, while NT increased surface albedo (0.27 vs. CT: 0.24), NTM significantly reduced albedo (0.23), causing positive iRF (warming). iRF was -3.34 ± 0.69 W m-2 and -2.78 ± 0.77 W m-2 for NT in the first and second cropping year, respectively, and increased from 1.14 ± 0.21 W -2 (2021/22) to 2.77 ± 0.41 W m-2 (2022/23) under NTM. Overall, our results suggest that the soil background albedo is an important site characteristic that needs to be considered and demonstrates the importance of considering biogeophysical effects when promoting practices of CA for climate change mitigation.
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Language note Text in English
591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES
Affiliation Baudron, F. : No CIMMYT Affiliation
597 ## - CGIAR Initiative
Donor or Funder Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
-- CGIAR Research Program on Maize (MAIZE)
-- European Union (EU)
-- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
CGIAR Impact area Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR Initiative Diversification in East and Southern Africa
CGIAR Action areas Resilient Agrifood Systems
CGSpace handle https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176293
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate change mitigation
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 2620
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mulches
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1962
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Conservation agriculture
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 2619
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Conventional farming
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 17435
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Zimbabwe
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4496
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cardinael, R.
9 (RLIN) 7163
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lauerwald, R.
9 (RLIN) 39864
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ferlicoq, M.
9 (RLIN) 39865
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Thierfelder, C.
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
Field link and sequence number INT2939
9 (RLIN) 877
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chikowo, R.
Field link and sequence number 001713580
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
9 (RLIN) 3959
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Corbeels, M.
Field link and sequence number Job0042
Miscellaneous information Formerly Sustainable Intensification Program
9 (RLIN) 1964
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Affholder, F.
9 (RLIN) 6783
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Baudron, F.
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
Field link and sequence number INT3245
9 (RLIN) 910
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ceschia, E.
9 (RLIN) 39866
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Title Soil and Tillage Research
Related parts v. 255, art6. 106804
Place, publisher, and date of publication Amsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier B.V., 2026.
International Standard Serial Number 0167-1987
Record control number G444738
856 #4 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Link text Open Access through DSpace
Uniform Resource Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10883/35853
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