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A Multi-disciplinary assessment of the Southeastern United States Climate. The Special Issue. The Southeast Climate Consortium Florida Climate Institute Water Institute (UF). Features. 15 Articles 46 Authors
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A Multi-disciplinary assessment of the Southeastern United States Climate The Special Issue The Southeast Climate Consortium Florida Climate Institute Water Institute (UF)
Features • 15 Articles • 46 Authors • Articles in Ecology, Climatology, Hydrology, Social Science, Economy, and Crop Science • Covers time scales of seasonal to interannual, decadal, climate change, and weather extremes • Involves authors from academia, government, industry and 3 graduate students as lead authors
Features (behind the scene) • Involved 36 peer reviewers across the world spanning 5 continents! • One year from start to published journal (started on July 1, 2012 and published online 30 July, 2013) • Generous monetary support from SECC, FCI and WI, which realized the publication as a supplemental issue
Conclusions The Special Issue has shown • We are the first regional multi-disciplinary organization in the climate arena to embark on this successful endeavor---WE DID IT!!!! • Local climate information has to be generated “organically”, scientifically, and pass the test of peer review.