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2. Making climate model forecasts more useful
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Power, S.B. (author), Plummer, N. (author), and Alford, P. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Language:
- Enlish
- Publication Date:
- 2007-10-30
- Published:
- CSIRO Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10132
- Journal Title:
- Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 58(10) : 945-951
- Notes:
- Journal currently known as: Crop and Pasture Science, Via CSIRO Journals., There is considerable potential for seasonal to inter-annual climate forecasts derived from dynamic models of the earth’s climate to be used widely to help improve management of important real-world issues in a variety of different areas (e.g. disaster management, agriculture, water management, health, natural resource management, food security, and insurance). Unfortunately, several factors currently inhibit this potential, e.g. low skill, low awareness, mismatches in what model forecasts can provide and what users need, and the complexity and probabilistic nature of the information provided. Substantial effort around the world is currently directed towards reducing these impediments. For example, climate model development continues behind the scenes, and techniques such as multi-model ensemble forecasting are progressing rapidly. Communication strategies that enable probabilistic information to be communicated more effectively have been developed and exciting developments such as the emergence of the Argo float program have dramatically improved our ability to initialise forecast systems. We can also look forward to greater computing power in the future, which will allow us to increase the resolution of the models used to perform forecasts. Research on the integration of climate forecasts with risk-management tools more useful to managers is also occurring. The great potential for much wider use of climate model forecasting cannot be denied. However, it will only be realised if models continue to be developed further, if climatic variability continues to be closely monitored from the surface, the atmosphere, the ocean, and from space, and if these data are made readily available to the research community.
3. Satellites will shed better light on world problems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Librero, Felix (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1982-07
- Published:
- Philippines: Communicators for Agricultural and Rural Development, Laguna, Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10059
- Journal Title:
- CARD News
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(3) : 4-5, 7-8
- Notes:
- This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder.
4. The purdue center for commercial agriculture crop basis tool
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thompson, Nathanael M. (author), Mintert, James R. (author), and Isleib, James (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08
- Published:
- United States: Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12330
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- v. 57, n. 4
- Notes:
- 5 pages, The Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Crop Basis Tool is an open-access web-based tool that provides members of the grain industry with access to weekly historical and contemporaneous corn and soybean basis data for local market regions in the eastern Corn Belt. Previously unavailable to most producers in the region, the information the Crop Basis Tool provides has the potential to greatly improve producers' marketing risk management decisions through improved basis forecasts. In addition, there are a myriad of opportunities for Extension personnel to incorporate the Crop Basis Tool in their marketing risk management education and outlook programming.