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New non-technical sea level rise article by Gary Mitchum
Gary Mitchum from the University of South Florida has written a new article to explain Sea Level Rise in the Southeast for non-technical audiences. Click here for more info

La Niña Watch
La Nina is Here. La Niña is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2011-12. Click here for more info

News & Updates

New AgroClimate Tool: Citrus Copper Application Scheduler:
The Citrus Copper Application Scheduler helps citrus growers decide when they should apply copper to protect their groves against a number of diseases such as melanose and canker. The model takes into account rainfall and fruit growth and will help growers avoid under- or over-applying copper, reducing their costs and environmental concerns without compromising the protection of the fruit against diseases. This product was developed in cooperation with Dr. Dewdney, a plant pathologist at the UF Citrus Research and Education Center located in Lake Alfred, FL, and will be tested with growers via the UF-IFAS extension faculty working in the region. Workshops to demonstrate the tool to growers are being planned for the near future.

New FSU Environmental Minute Radio Program :
Please join us for the Environmental Minute, a new radio program featuring environmental experts from The Florida State University. The program airs Mondays and Wednesdays on WFSU 88.9FM. Click here for more info

2011 FSU COAPS Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast. :
This year's forecast calls for 17 named storms, including 9 hurricanes. Click here for more info

Recent Publications:

Ortiz BV, Fraisse C. 2011. Climate variability associated with La Nina or El Nino phases: introducing the climate risk tool. Alabama Cooperative Extension System Agronomy and Soil Series. Timely Information: Agriculture & Natural Resources.June, 2011

Stefanova, L., V. Misra, S. C. Chan, M. Griffin, J. J. O'Brien, andT. J. Smith III 2011. A proxy for high-resolution regional reanalysis for the Southeast United States: assessment of precipitation variability in dynamically downscaled reanalyses, Climate Dynamics, (accepted)

Announcement:

La Niña Watch
On 4 August 2011 NOAA issued a La Niña Watch. The current ENSO status is Neutral, but NOAA reports a 50-50 probability of either Neutral or La Niña conditions later this year. Click here for more info


Meeting Announcements:

Workshop for FL State University System Climate Change Task Force :
November 15, 2011, Gainesville, FL

Annual Meeting of the Florida Climate Institute :
November 14, 2011, Gainesville, FL


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