Climate Information for Managing Risks: Partnerships and Solutions for Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Last updated: 05/15/2008



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Poster Directory -- Listed by Topic
    
  [Printable Poster Directory]

 

Extension and application of climate information for agriculture and natural resources   

Michael Andreu − University of Florida, Plant City, FL, United States − The Urban Forest of Tampa: the Role It Plays in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ryan Atwood − UF IFAS Lake Co. Extension, Tavares, FL, United States − Weather Watch Program

Guillermo Baigorria − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Influence of Land Development Patterns on Rainfall and Temperature in the Southeastern USA

Marie Boisserie − COAPS, Tallahassee, FL, United States − Impact of Precipitation Assimilation on Soil Moisture in the Coupled Land-Atmosphere FSU/COAPS Model

Clyde Fraisse − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − AgClimate.org from Tools to Outlooks: Servicing Stakeholders in the U.S.A.

Josh Heitman − North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States − Monitoring Soil Moisture to Manage Climate Impacts in North Carolina

Gerrit Hoogenboom − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Climate Information Analysis Toolkit

Gerrit Hoogenboom − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Weather Monitoring for Agriculture and Natural Resources

Tamara Houston − NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, United States − NOAA National Climatic Data Center's Climate Services for Use in the Agriculture and Natural Resource Sectors

Syewoon Hwang − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Investigating the benefit of improved rainfall forecasts on regional groundwater level predictions 

Edmund Merem − Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States − Contribution of Agricultural Activities towards Climate Change in Mississippi State.

Joel Paz − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Climate Extension Program: Challenges and Opportunities

Joel Paz − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Mitigating the Effects of Severe Drought on Forage-Based Livestock Enterprises via Rapid-Response Extension Programming

Consuelo C. Romero − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Using Climate Information to Determine Irrigation Requirements for Citrus in Florida

Pierre C. Sibiry Traore − ICRISAT, Bamako, Mali − Beyond "Normal" LGP: Mapping Cultivar Adaptation in Variable West African Climates

  

Impacts of climate variability and climate change on agriculture and natural resources   

Farid AitSahlia − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Optimal Crop Planting Schedule and Hedging Strategy

Aaron Benson − Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States − The Economic Consequences of a Popular Drought-Mitigation Policy

Robert Ebel − Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL, United States − Modeling freeze risk and economic potential of Satsuma mandarin grown on the northern coastal fringe of the Gulf of Mexico

Wei Gao − USDA UV-B Monitoring and Reseach Program, Fort Collins, CO, United States − Modeling U.S. Cotton Yields and Climate Stresses during 1979-2005: Preliminary Result

Axel Garcia y Garcia − The University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Spatial and Temporal Dependence of Cotton Water Use and Yield as Related to Climate Variability

Pierre GERARD-MARCHANT − UGA, Athens, GA, United States − Comparison of ENSO indicators and applications to precipitation patterns in the Southeastern US.

Noemi Guindin-Garcia − University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln,, NE, United States − Impact of climate change on water availability for a bioenergy project in the Lajas Valley, Puerto Rico

Gerrit Hoogenboom − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Georgia's Rainfall Variability And The Role Of Teleconnections

Victoria Keener − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Categorical ENSO effects on simulated phosphorus loading in south Florida

Victoria Keener − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Trends in ENSO based precipitation and nutrient load oscillations in the Little River Watershed

Aristide Komze − University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon − Climatic change: local vision of a global phenomenon, the case of Bamena village, West-Cameroon

Chad Kruger − WSU, Wenatchee, WA, United States − Generalized Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Washington Agriculture

Margaret Lamont − FL Coop Unit, Gainesville, FL, United States − Assessment of Coastal Habitat and Listed Species along Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge

Preston Leftwich − Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States − Extreme Rainfall in Florida; Local Climatologies Revisited

Christopher Martinez − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Atlantic and Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures and Corn Yields in the Southeastern USA

Vikram Mehta − Center for Research on the Changing Earth System, Columbia, MD, United States − Decadal Climate Variability and Global Food Security:  A Case Study of Impacts of Decadal Climate Variability on Crop Yields in the Missouri River Basin

Denis Nadolnyak − Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States − Determinants of Agricultural Disaster Payments in the Southeastern U.S.: Is There A Role for Climate Forecasts?

Denis Nadolnyak − Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States − Yield Variability and Irrigation: Analysis of Irrigated Corn Production Adoption Decisions in Alabama

Rabiu Olatinwo − University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − Impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Risk Levels for Peanut

Tomas Persson − The University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States − The Impact of Local Soil and Weather Conditions and Transportation Distance on the Net Energy Value of Corn Ethanol in the Southeastern USA

Carla Roncoli − University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, United States − Farmers' Risk Management Practices and Climate Information Habits in the Southeast US

Susana Russo − Soil Institute, CRN, Buenos Aires, Argentina − Uncertainties in the Argentinean wheat production due to climatic change scenarios

Ramin Shamshiri − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Climate Control in Tropical Lowland Greenhouse of Malaysia

Dong Wook Shin − COAPS/FSU, Tallahassee, FL, United States − Probabilistic Crop Yield Simulations over the Southeast US using Global and Regional Climate Model Products

Daniel Solis − University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States − Climate Variability and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Southeastern US

Nitesh Tripathi − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Temporal Behavior of Water Resources in the Suwannee Basin Relative to ENSO

Richard Weldon − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Weather Event Probabilities used to Forecast Damages in an Agricultural Investment Model

Gail Wilkerson − North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States − Incorporating Climate Forecasts into a Peanut Risk Management Decision Aid

Prem Woli − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Crop Water Stress As Estimated By Water Deficit Index and Some Popular Drought Indices

  

Integrated approaches that combine research, extension, and education in the application of climate information   

Lucia Barrera-Arenas − Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburra, Medellin, Colombia − ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PARK FOR WATER CONSERVATION

Kenneth Boote − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Using Crop Models with Historical Weather to Manage Strategic Risks in Crop Management

James Dobson − University of North Carolina - Asheville, Asheville, NC, United States − Communicating Climate Information for Integrated Decision Support at the County and Regional Level

Tapan Pathak − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Use of Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation Technique to Estimate Genetic Parameters in CROPGRO Cotton model

Natalia Peres − University of Florida, Wimauma, FL, United States − Development of a Disease Forecasting System for Strawberries as a Tool on AgClimate

John Pipoly III − UF-IFAS/Broward County Extension Education Section, Davie, FL, United States − Implementation of Florida-Friendly Landscaping Principles Across an Urban Landscape as a Catalyst for Reduction in Factors Contributing to Climate Change

Cheryl Porter − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Improvements to the DSSAT Cropping Systems Model for Climate Change Research

  

Short- and long-term needs and opportunities for education to ensure the effective use of climate information by decision makers   

Marnie Carroll − Dine College, Shiprock, NM, United States − Regional and Local Carbon Flux Information from a Continuous Atmospheric CO2 Network in the Rocky Mountains and Southwest

Simon Cook − Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical CIAT, Cali, Colombia − A System of Drought Insurance for Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas

Emmanuel Dugan CSIR-Soil Research Institute, Kumasi, GhanaApplication of CROPGRO-PEANUT Model to Evaluate Groundnut Growth and Yield in Some Farming Zones of Ghana

Solomon Haile − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Soil Carbon Sequestration in Silvopastoral Systems: Relative Contribution of Trees and Warm-Season Grasses

Barry Heimlich − Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States − Florida’s Resilient Coasts: Policy Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change

Harvey Hill − Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada − A Discussion of Steps Being Taken to Develop Climate Decision Support Tools in the Canadian Agricultural Sector by Agriculture Canada

  

Stakeholder needs for climate information related to agriculture and natural resources   

Norman E. Breuer − University of Miami - SECC, Gainesville, FL, United States − KBDI Forecasts for Fire Management Decisions in Georgia and Florida

Pamela Knox − Unversity of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States − Identifying Climate Information Needs of Water Managers in the Southeastern United States

James Novak − Auburn University, Auburn University, AL, United States − The Impact of ENSO on Rainfall Insurance Purchase Decisions

Tapan Pathak − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Use of Climate Indices in Cotton Yield Risk Assessment for the Southeastern USA

Carla Roncoli − University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, United States − Media Representations of ENSO in the Southeast US

  

State of knowledge on climate variability and climate change at seasonal, decadal, and multi-decadal time scales   

Guillermo Baigorria − University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States − Geospatio-temporal Daily Rainfall Data Generation

Mo. Bannayan − UGA, Griffin, GA, United States − Daily Weather Realization Conditioned on ENSO Phase using k-NN approach

Jesse Bell − The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States − Hydrologic Cycle Alterations to Different Climate Change Scenarios in a Tallgrass Prairie: A Modeling Analysis

Andreas Klik − BOKU University, Vienna, Austria − Seasonal Differences in Rainstorms Between Sites in Austria and Southeast USA

Young-Kwon Lim − Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States − Regional Climate Simulation of Seasonal Surface Temperature and Precipitation by Downscaling Approach over the Southeast United States

Eugene Takle − Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States − NARCCAP: Future Scenarios of Regional Climates for Assessing Impacts of Climate Change

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