Tools for climate and agriculture
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If you are ever asked about how climate is changing in the Southeast (and it is, although it is more subtle than some other parts of the US), then here is an excellent web site which provides links to several different resources. You can visit it at https://www.globalchange.gov/explore/southeast-caribbean. I do see that the current events…
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In the past week I’ve run across several sources of maps related to various aspects of climate that you might find useful. NOAA Global Vegetation Health Maps show the conditions of vegetation around the world on zoomable maps. Data are based on satellite scans from space. https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/global-vegetation-health-images for information or go directly to the map browser at https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/vci/VH/vh_browseVH.php.…
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If you are planting trees, you are investing in the future. How do you get the best return on your investment? By making sure that the trees you plant will thrive in the climate 30 or 40 years from now, when it is likely to be warmer with more frequent droughts. Of course, planting a…
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The US Forest Service has produced a series of apps and fact sheets relating climate trends to agriculture and forestry in the US. Here is one app which compared drought frequency in the US between two time periods, one from 1960 to 1986 and the other from 1987 to 2013. As you might expect if…
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On Thursday March 29 there will be a live webinar on Forestrywebinars.net at 2 pm covering two new sources of information on climate and drought data. The information on what will be covered is listed below. The webinar should also be recorded for later viewing. Preregistration is not required. Here is the link to the…
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I love maps and was excited to discover this new mapping tool that allows you to look at climate diversity and change over time across the globe. It was designed by a University of Cincinnati professor and is interactive. You may want to look at the manual (red box at top right) to get the…
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As you know, the last few weeks have been much MUCH above normal in temperature across the Southeast, with temperatures in many places setting daily records for maximum and high minimum temperatures and quite a few stations expected to set all-time February daily and monthly records. One of the results of this warm weather is…