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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Agricultural community; Temperature; Precipitation; U.S. Corn Belt.
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Interpreting Temperature- And Precipitation-Related Scientific Information For The Agricultural Community In The U.S. Corn Belt, Shuwei Dai
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Climate change has been widely recognized in the U.S. Corn Belt, but what does it really mean to the agricultural community? In an era of explosive information, isolating useful climate change data and interpreting these data in usable ways is critical to the success of the broad corn production industry. In this study, three key questions are answered: (1) How have temperature and precipitation changed in the Midwest since 1980? (2) What is the best method to estimate thermal time for corn when temperature data are limited to a daily timescale? and (3) What are the historical effects of temperature …