Tools for climate and agriculture
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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…
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Extension programs around the country have Master Gardener Programs. Typically, master gardeners receive extensive training and then answer questions via phone, speak at public events and participate in community gardening displays, according to Wikipedia. If you have a Master Gardener program in your area, you might be interested in the CoCoRaHS guide for Master Gardeners. It…
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AgroClimate is a web site developed by scientists associated with the Southeast Climate Consortium. It contains climatological information for stations around the Southeast based on NWS cooperative observers as well as some mesonetworks like Florida’s FAWN. I’ll talk more about mesonetworks next week. One of the most useful things about AgroClimate is its ability to…
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Compared to the wet April we just finished, May has started very dry this year. How does it rank compared to other years? You can use the SERCC’s Perspectives tool to help answer that question (even if you don’t live in the Southeast). The map below shows the regional map perspective on the ranking for…
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In this series on sources of climate and weather information, we’ve looked at the state climatologists and the National Climate Data Center (NCDC–now part of NCEI, the National Centers for Environmental Information) so far. In between these two levels of data sources are the regional climate centers, also part of NOAA. The map of regional…
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The Lawn and Garden Index map for the Southeast shows that in spite of significant rains in many areas of the region, there are still areas that need water, either in the form of rain or irrigation. This map, which is produced by the Alabama State Climatologist, shows the capacity of current soil moisture conditions…