Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 12 of 12
Full-Text Articles in Meteorology
Umphlett Qci 2015, Natalie A. Umphlett
Umphlett Qci 2015, Natalie A. Umphlett
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Highlights for the Basin
Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies
Late Hard Freeze
Late Freezes Extended Growing Season
Warm Fall Delays Bird Migrations
Monitoring Water Resources Across the Basin
3-Month Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
Droughtscape- Fall 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape- Fall 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
CONTENTS
Director’s column.........................1
NDMC 20th anniversary .............. 2
Employment opportunity..............3
Third quarter 2015 climate summary ...................................... 4
Third quarter 2015 impacts summary ...................................... 6
Workshop in Ethiopia...................8
San Antonio multi-hazard tournament .................................. 9
Healthy soil is drought buffer ............. 10
U2U Award ................................ 11
Cost-benefit analysis for utilities managing drought......................12
NDMC helps with rural poll questions on climate..................13
Introducing our post-docs..........14
South Korean visitors ................ 14
Umphlett Qci Sept 2015, Natalie Umphlett
Umphlett Qci Sept 2015, Natalie Umphlett
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Highlights for the Basin
Temperature and Precipitation Anomalie
Streamflow
Heavy Rains Continued
Positive and Negative Impacts to Agriculture
Persistent Smoke from Wildfires
3-Month Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
Modeling Gross Primary Production Of Maize And Soybean Croplands Using Light Quality, Temperature, Water Stress, And Phenology, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson, Andrew E. Suyker, Xiangming Xiao
Modeling Gross Primary Production Of Maize And Soybean Croplands Using Light Quality, Temperature, Water Stress, And Phenology, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson, Andrew E. Suyker, Xiangming Xiao
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Vegetation productivity metrics, such as gross primary production (GPP) may be determined from the efficiency with which light is converted into photosynthates, or light use efficiency (ϵ). Therefore, accurate measurements and modeling of ϵ is important for estimating GPP in each ecosystem. Previous studies have quantified the impacts of biophysical parameters on light use efficiency based GPP models. Here we enhance previous models utilizing four scalars for light quality (i.e., cloudiness), temperature, water stress, and phenology for data collected from both maize and soybean crops at three Nebraska AmeriFlux sites between 2001 and 2012 (maize: 26 field-years; soybean: …
Droughtscape- Summer 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape- Summer 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
CONTENTS
Director’s column.........................1
New Drought Risk Management Research Center ......................... 3
Second quarter 2015 climate summary ...................................... 4
Second quarter 2015 impacts summary ...................................... 6
Caribbean region an innovator in drought early warning..................8
Wind River Reservation tribes move toward drought planning ............... 10
Ranchers, U.S. Forest Service, University of Arizona co-develop drought plans.............................12
Summer blockbuster from CoCoRaHS: Assessing Drought in the U.S........................14
Western states drought coordinators meet......................14
Umphlett Qci June 2015, Natalie A. Umphlett
Umphlett Qci June 2015, Natalie A. Umphlett
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Highlights for the Basin
Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies
Drought Conditions
Water Supplies Recovering
Heavy Rains Cause Flooding
Agriculture Impacts
3-Month Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
Drougthscape- Spring 2015, Kelly Smith
Drougthscape- Spring 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
CONTENTS
Director’s column.........................1
South Plains ranch workshops ........... 3
First quarter drought summary .............. 4
First quarter impacts summary .............. 6
Gary’s favorite pond, D1-4...........8
NDMC’s Haigh leads U2U pubs ..............10
SW MT watersheds convene.................12
Wind River monitors drought..................13
Morocco’s new drought index................14
NE Brazil drought monitoring.....16
EU’s drought initiative................16
U.S. Drought Monitor Forum ..... 16
How CO tourism coped in 2012........... 17
Umphlett Qci March 2015, Natalie Umphlett
Umphlett Qci March 2015, Natalie Umphlett
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Highlights for the Basin
Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies
Mountain Snowpack
Agriculture
Recreation and Tourism
Forestry
Drought Impacts Continue
3-Month Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook
Drougthscape- Winter 2015, Kelly Smith
Drougthscape- Winter 2015, Kelly Smith
Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-
CONTENTS
Director’s report...........................1
Central U.S. 2012 report..............3
Oct.-Dec. drought summary ........ 4
2014 drought summary................6
Caribbean capacity building ........ 8
Drought impacts in 2014..............9
California timeline 2014.............12
UC Davis ranching workshop .... 14
NASA SMAP data......................16
Global drought info system........17
Community Capitals .................. 18
Evaluation and assessment.......19
Indicator-impact research .........20
NDMC on YouTube....................21
The Gravity Environment Of Zhouqu Debris Flow Of August 2010 And Its Implication For Future Recurrence, Diandong Ren, Lance M. Leslie, Xinyi Shen, Yang Hong, Qingyun Duan, Rezaul Mahmood, Yun Li, Gang Huang, Weidong Guo, Mervyn J. Lynch
The Gravity Environment Of Zhouqu Debris Flow Of August 2010 And Its Implication For Future Recurrence, Diandong Ren, Lance M. Leslie, Xinyi Shen, Yang Hong, Qingyun Duan, Rezaul Mahmood, Yun Li, Gang Huang, Weidong Guo, Mervyn J. Lynch
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
This study investigates the geological background of the August 7-8, 2010 Zhouqu debris flows in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu, and possible future occurrence of such hazards in the peri-Tibetan Plateau (TP) regions. Debris flows are a more predictable type of landslide because of its strong correlation with extreme precipitation. However, two factors affecting the frequency and magnitude of debris flows: very fine scale precipitation and degree of fracture of bedrock, both defy direct observations. Annual mean Net Primary production (NPP) is used as a surrogate for regional precipitation with patchiness filtered out, and gravity satellite measured regional mass …
Development Of A Long-Term (1884-2006) Serially Complete Dataset Of U.S. Temperatures And Precipitation For Climate Services, Jinshing You, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Martha Shulski, Mark D. Svoboda, Michael J. Hayes
Development Of A Long-Term (1884-2006) Serially Complete Dataset Of U.S. Temperatures And Precipitation For Climate Services, Jinshing You, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Martha Shulski, Mark D. Svoboda, Michael J. Hayes
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Serially complete climate datasets with no missing data are necessary for a diverse group of users working in many economic sectors. In this article we describe the procedures used to create a Serially Complete Data set (SCD) for the U.S. We include the selection criterion applied to potential SCD stations, the various procedural steps and the details applied to each step. A few observations that were not previously digitized were obtained from observers official paper reports. The methods used to estimate missing data are the Spatial Regression Test and the Inverse Distance Weighting technique. Using the criterion for selecting stations …
A Historical Perspective On Nebraska’S Variable And Changing Climate, Martha Shulski, William Baule, Crystal J. Stiles, Natalie A. Umphlett
A Historical Perspective On Nebraska’S Variable And Changing Climate, Martha Shulski, William Baule, Crystal J. Stiles, Natalie A. Umphlett
High Plains Regional Climate Center: Personnel Publications
Nebraska is situated at the intersection of the northern and southern Great Plains, exhibiting a dramatic longitudinal gradient for precipitation and humidity, and benefiting from groundwater resources. The continental climate is highly variable temporally both for temperature and precipitation. Our assessment of long-term meteorological observations shows that over the last century the annual average temperature in Nebraska has warmed approximately 0.6°C, which is similar to the increase in the global average temperature over the same time period. Furthermore, we found minimum temperatures have warmed more than maximum temperatures, and winter and spring show the strongest warming. We found no significant …