Tools for climate and agriculture
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Here is a note from Karin Gleason of the National Centers for Environmental Information about a new dataset that provides temperature, precipitation and drought data on a county basis. This has been requested by a number of groups over the years, so if you have been looking for it, you can check it out. Here…
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The High Plains Regional Climate Center provides ACIS maps of climate information for the US. I use these maps when I make my own climate summaries. But until now, these have only been produced as static maps. Now, HPRCC has announced that their maps are also being made available as shapefiles which you can use…
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Once the next cold front passes through the Southeast in the next couple of days, fall weather will finally be here. For those of you who love hot weather, and those who hate it, the Midwestern Regional Climate Center has provided this web site which shows the average number of days that the heat index…
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AgWeb has provided a useful set of information on how to plan for and operate a farm or ranch in case of a disaster like a wildfire or hurricane. It includes having an official disaster plan in place before an event occurs as well as what to do once the disaster starts impacting operations. You…
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The Drought Monitor identifies areas of drought, but says nothing about areas where things are unusually wet. There is a new tool called the US Water Watcher Tool that is now available for the entire US from the Northwest Climate Toolbox that allows you to highlight various components of the water cycle, including unusually wet…
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The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning has a new website available for landscape architects which discusses the science of climate change and strategies for adapting to warmer temperatures and rising sea levels. While it is geared for Florida landscape architects, it should contain information that is good for a lot of…
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This week Thursday August 16 at 3 pm EDT I will be giving a webinar through the Climate Learning Network on sources of weather and climate data online. I am gearing this talk towards Extension agents in the Southeast but most of what I discuss will be broadly applicable to other parts of the US…