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Applications at the Intersection of Weather and Climate Mark Brooks

Applications at the Intersection of Weather and Climate Mark Brooks State Climate Office of North Carolina NC State University Raleigh, NC August 6, 2010 3 rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group Charlotte, NC. State Climate Office of NC. Climate-environment interaction

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Applications at the Intersection of Weather and Climate Mark Brooks

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  1. Applications at the Intersection of Weather and Climate Mark Brooks State Climate Office of North Carolina NC State University Raleigh, NC August 6, 2010 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group Charlotte, NC

  2. State Climate Office of NC • Climate-environment interaction • Extension • Research • Education 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  3. NC ECONet • Standard weather parameters plus: • Solar radiation • Photosynthetically active radiation • Soil temperature • Soil moisture • Evapotranspiration 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  4. Climate Services • Role of NC State Climate Office • Examples 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  5. Time Scales • Weather • Right now • Short-term • Climate • Long range • Past and future 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  6. Tourism Agriculture Construction Transportation Health Energy Retail 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  7. Frequent Climate Questions • Weather on a particular date? • Time series for the month or YTD • Departure from normal? • # rain days 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  8. Role of State Climate Office • Local expertise • Translate public’s needs • Provide data • Educate • Research • Multi-disciplinary • Support 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  9. Examples 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  10. NC DOT

  11. Conventional Approach 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  12. Precipitation Estimates from RADAR • Radar provides high spatial resolution. • Reflectivity very sensitive to droplet diameter. • Z = reflectivity factor • N = refractivity • D = droplet diameter 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  13. Solution (RADAR+ gages) • MPE = Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimates • Digital precipitation estimates from NCEP at a resolution of 4.765 km. • RADAR + surface gages • Best of both worlds! 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

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  20. Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  21. Cucurbit Downy Mildew NOAA SECART - Raleigh, NC - July 20, 2010 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  22. NOAA SECART - Raleigh, NC - July 20, 2010 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  23. Challenges • Disseminating information • Relationships between climate and society • Numerical weather models • High-quality environmental observations • Quality Control 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  24. Mark Brooks State Climate Office of NC NC State University mark_brooks@ncsu.edu 919-515-1446

  25. Supplementary slides 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  26. www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/cronos

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  29. Regional Climate Centers 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  30. Turf grass Irrigation Management System • algorithm-based irrigation guidance www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/tims 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  31. MPE www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/mpe_departure/ 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  32. Cucurbit Downy Mildew http://cdm.ipmpipe.org 3rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Weather Working Group – Charlotte, NC – August 6, 2010

  33. Acknowledgements • North Carolina Agricultural Research Service. • Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development at NC State University. • Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education • NOAA/NWS, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, USDA, USGS • Bob Holman, Matt Lauffer, NC DOT • Charles Peacock, Dan Bowman, Jenifer Reynolds, Emily Erikson, NCSU Crop Sci. • Thomas Keever, Wendy Britton, and Peter O, NCSU Plant Pathology • Asimina Mila, NCSU Plant Pathology • Colleagues who helped initiate and maintain the AgNet program before 1997 • All staff colleagues and graduate students at the State Climate Office of NC.

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