Tools for climate and agriculture
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Have you ever been to Miami? It’s one of the most international cities in the US, with a lot of culture as well as technology. I was really struck by a story from The Guardian earlier this month which describes the problems that Miami is undergoing now from rising sea levels, which are linked in…
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NASA recently released a video describing a new experimental global flood monitoring system based on satellite monitoring of precipitation and soil moisture conditions. The video can be seen on the EarthSky blog posting here. The monitoring system will also predict areas of future flooding based on rainfall upstream from the areas of interest. You can…
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While farmers can readily adapt to trends in climate by changing varieties or crop management strategies, those who grow trees are more likely to be affected by changing climate since the time span to harvest is so long. EFETEC, the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, has a new tool which allows land owners and…
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There are six regional climate centers across the US. While the Southeast is covered by the Southeast Regional Climate Center, each of the centers has a variety of tools that can be used across the country to provide weather and climate data. Today we will focus on the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and look at…
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In this series of blog postings I’ve highlighted some of the different places you can get weather and climate data in the Southeast. Today I highlight FAWN, the Florida Automated Weather Network. FAWN’s home site is https://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/ at the University of Florida. FAWN is a network of over 40 stations scattered across Florida which collect current…
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Last week I talked about mesonets in general and listed several around the Southeast. Today I am going to focus on the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (GAEMN). You can find them at https://www.georgiaweather.net. This is a network of 81 automated stations around Georgia run by the University of Georgia which collect weather data at…
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The Georgia Farm Monitor published a YouTube video news story this week about corn planting in North Georgia, which is finishing up now. The link to the YouTube video is here. The story featured an award-winning farmer in Dawson County north of Atlanta, who won an award in 1973 for the first farmer in Georgia…