Feb 08 2007

Land Surface Heterogeneity and Summer Climate Predictability in the U.S. Midwest

Published under Land Use

Today’s department seminar is by Prof. Jimmy Adegoke from the Departement of Geosciences at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. The talk is titled “Land Surface Heterogeneity and Summer Climate Predictability in the U.S. Midwest.”

Abstract:

This presentation will explore local and regional scale impacts of agricultural and urban land use changes on climate processes, and the associated feedbacks with particular emphasis on the central United States. Specifically, the roles of contrasting forested and agricultural land covers in the initiation and subsequent evolution of summertime cloud patterns in the U.S. Midwest; and the impact of agricultural practices, including irrigation, on the surface climate of the U.S. High Plains will be discussed. Results from recent modeling studies that examine the role of urbanization and soil moisture variability in modifying local warm season precipitation regimes will also be presented.

From Prof. Adegoke’s website, we see that he has a paper in press about this very topic, and a pre-print was found after a short search.

Adegoke, J. O., Pielke, R. A. Sr., and Carleton, A. M., 2006: Observational and modeling studies of the impacts of agriculture-related land use change on climate in the central U.S. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. (In press)

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    1. # Impacts of Agriculture-Related Land Use Change on Climate in the Central U.S. : Atmozon 14 Feb 2007 at 2:14 pm

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