Tools for climate and agriculture

  • The US Geological Survey has a new interactive web site which shows model projections of climate in the US compared to present conditions at https://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/clu_rd/apps/nccv_viewer.asp. This site allows you to look at projections of climate in 2050-2074 compared to the present for a variety of models, regions and months across the US.  It focuses on…

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  • A new smartphone app for cotton irrigation is now available at https://smartirrigationapps.org/.  This app, which was developed by University of Georgia and University of Florida researchers, will help producers irrigate their crops based on local conditions using information from the Georgia Weather Network (formerly GAEMN) and the Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN).  The app recommends…

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