News & Updates

Workshop on Sustainable Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels:
September 28-30, 2010, Atlanta, GA. http://www.swcs.org/roadmap

NOAA's 35th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop:
October 4-7, 2010, Raleigh, NC. http://continuingeducation.ncsu.edu/noaa/index.html

SECC Fall Planning Meeting:
November 8-10, 2010, Miami, FL. Details will be posted in the fall.

Florida Climate Institute Kickoff Event:
November 16, 2010, Tallahassee, FL. http://coaps.fsu.edu/fcikickoff/ .

23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change at the AMS Annual Meeting:
January 23 - 27, 2011, Seattle, WA. http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/

Land & Sea Grant National Water Conference:
January 31 - February 1, 2011, Washington, DC. http://www.usawaterquality.org/conferences/2011/

Publications:

Novak J, Nadolnyak D. 2010. Climate effects on rainfall index insurance purchase decisions. Journal of the ASFMRA 2010: 23-35.

Reyes M, Suda H, Brooks M, Boyles R. 2010. Proposed standard for automatic calculation of rainfall erosivity. Applied Engineering for Agriculture 26: 401-403.

Press Release:

Stooksbury D. 2010. Abnormally dry conditions return to parts of Georgia. University of Georgia 2010: July 21.

Professional awards and honors:

SECC member John Christy was one of four scientists worldwide selected to speak at the InterAcademy Council (IAC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Review Meeting in Montreal on June 15, 2010. Dr. Christy and the other scientists presented on the IPCC process of compiling climate change science. For more information about the meeting and the IPCC review, visit http://reviewipcc.interacademycouncil.net/IACIPCCMontreal.html.

Major grant awards:

McNider R (PI), Hoogenboom G, and the Drought Mitigation Institute at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Use of satellite data and model products in improving the categorization, delineation and mitigation of drought in the Gulf of Mexico region. NASA. $481,000.

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