Tools for climate and agriculture
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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…
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Most of the readers of this blog probably do not use GIS in their daily work, but if you do, here is a unique opportunity to try out a new GIS portal for climate data from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. Here is information on how to access the GIS files from Natalie Humphlett…
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According to calculations provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center on their Perspectives tool, the last May 3 through August 3 (three months) has been in the top ten wettest in many parts of the Southeast. In Virginia and at a few scattered locations elsewhere it has been the wettest on record. The only places…