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Natural Resources and Environment

This page contains information on meteorological and climatological issues related to agriculture. Includes such topics as weather data, atmospheric sciences, and natural disasters.
Drought and Weather
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
Provides a list of Web sites, reports, and articles dealing with drought and weather as they relate to agriculture.
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Dry landClimate Change and Global Warming
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for article citations in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on global warming and climate change from January 2005 to the present. Or search for books from 2000 to the present.
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Sun shining through wheatJoint Agricultural Weather Facility
USDA. World Agricultural Outlook Board.; DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Provides current agricultural weather information and produces numerous reports, such as the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin, the United States Drought Monitor, and the Daily Agricultural Weather Highlights (PDF|~100 KB).
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Clouds and skyNational Water and Climate Center
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Provides information on water resources, including conservation planning and climate. Some publications available include climate data sets, climate reports for soil survey regions, snowpack updates, drought reports, and climate analyses for wetlands.
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National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.
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Crop Weather
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Reports planting, fruiting, harvesting progress and overall condition of selected crops in major producing states. Links to Crop Progress reports and the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin.
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Climate Predictions: How to Interpret and Use Them in Agriculture  (PDF|477 KB)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Explains how climate forecasts are developed and how they can be used in an agricultural context.
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TornadoDisaster and Drought Assistance
United States Department of Agriculture.
Provides links for farmers and rural residents to assist in recovering from natural disasters.
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DroughtDrought Information Center
DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Contains publications, maps, weather outlooks, and current assessments of drought situations throughout the United States.
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Earth from spaceEarth Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Contains aerial and satellite imagery related to the atmosphere, oceans, land, energy, and biological resources. Also contains educational articles on various topics related to earth systems.
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Whole Earth System
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Provides informative overviews of various earth system interactions between the climate and the environment, such as oceans, the atmosphere, land, and the water cycle.
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World AgroMeteorological Information Service
World AgroMeteorological Information Service.
Provides current agricultural weather bulletins for 23 countries.
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Last Modified: Sep 24, 2008  
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