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Good News!! GOES-13 is back online. Solar Radiation Data is Available For Downloading
Good News!! GOES-13 is back online. Solar Radiation Can be downloaded by clicking HERE The GOES-13 satellite was offline from September 25 through October 19, 2012. During this time, solar radiation data for PR and the northern Caribbean Region were … Continue reading
Posted in agricultura, agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, earth, energy, engineering, environment, land, nature, Puerto Rico, RAINFALL, remote sensing, renewable energy, science, security, solar energy, solar power, Technology, water, weather, wind energy
Tagged agriculture, climate, GOES, GOES Satellite, nature, Puerto Rico, science, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Solar Radiation, technology, variables, water, Water Balance
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Replacement Weather Satellite for GOES East
Replacement Weather Satellite for GOES East This is bad news for the Caribbean Region. And this is very bad news for those of you that regularly download solar radiation data from pragwater.com or rely on results from GOES-PRWEB. The National … Continue reading
Posted in Caribbean, climate, earth, education, engineering, environment, hydrology, land, nature, ocean, Puerto Rico, reefs, remote sensing, science, Technology, water, weather
Tagged Caribbean, climate, digital, education, environment, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, land, nature, Puerto Rico, remote sensing, satellite, science, technology, water
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Is Global Warming Real?
I gave this homework assignment to my Agroclimatology class today. Perhaps you would like to try it? Homework Problem: Do you believe that global warming is real? Please read the articles and watch the YouTube video at the following links … Continue reading
Posted in climate, climate change, environment, ethics, global warming, justice, land, morality, natural disasters, nature, poor, remote sensing, renewable energy, science, security, water
Tagged climate, climate change, education, environment, Food Crisis, global warming, GOES Satellite, justice, nature, remote sensing, research, satellite, science, Solar Radiation, water
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Course offerings this semester at UPRM: Ag Hydrology and Agroclimatology (TMAG)
I will be offering the following two courses this semester at UPR-Mayaguez. Please click links for more information. TMAG 4038 Agricultural Hydrology TMAG 5017 Agroclimatology
Posted in agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, education, energy, engineering, environment, global warming, hydrology, organic agriculture, science, Technology
Tagged agriculture, café, Caribbean, climate, climate change, coffee, coffee production, crop water requirement, education, environment, evapotranspiration, Food Crisis, global warming, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, irrigation, land, panel solar, Puerto Rico, remote sensing, satellite, science, soil moisture, water, Water Balance
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DAILY, MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MAPS FOR 23 HYDROCLIMATE VARIABLE FOR PUERTO RICO
DAILY, MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MAPS FOR 23 HYDROCLIMATE VARIABLE FOR PUERTO RICO
Posted in agricultura, agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, earth, education, environment, hydrology, nature, organic agriculture, remote sensing, science, Technology, water, weather
Tagged agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, crop water requirement, development, education, environment, evapotranspiration, Food Crisis, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, irrigation, Puerto Rico, Solar Radiation, technology, water, Water Balance
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Solar data available for the northern Caribbean
Solar data available for the northern Caribbean Daily and hourly data are available for download. The download site also includes images of yesterday’s solar radiation for Puerto Rico (INSOLRICO.JPG) and Hispaniola (INSOLCARB.JPG). Some example data are given below.
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Tagged Caribbean, climate, development, Dominican Republic, GOES, GOES Satellite, Haiti, Puerto Rico, satellite, science, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Solar Radiation
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Evapotranspiration in Puerto Rico, Parts 1-5 on Youtube
IITF Science Seminar Series USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) Satellite-Based Daily Evapotranpiration Estimation in Puerto Rico Presented by Eric Harmsen Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Since this presentation was given in June of 2009, we … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Caribbean, climate, education, environment, global warming, hydrology, land, organic agriculture, science, Technology
Tagged agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, crop water requirement, education, environment, evapotranspiration, Food Crisis, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, irrigation, land, open source, Puerto Rico, remote sensing, satellite, science, soil moisture, Solar Radiation, water, Water Balance
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Course offerings next semester at UPRM: Ag Hydrology and Agroclimatology
I will be offering the following two courses next semester at UPR-Mayaguez. Please click links for more information. TMAG 4038 Agricultural Hydrology TMAG 5017 Agroclimatology
Posted in agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, education, energy, engineering, environment, global warming, hydrology, organic agriculture, science, Technology
Tagged agriculture, café, Caribbean, climate, climate change, coffee, coffee production, crop water requirement, education, environment, evapotranspiration, Food Crisis, global warming, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, irrigation, land, panel solar, Puerto Rico, remote sensing, satellite, science, soil moisture, water, Water Balance
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Monthly Average Solar Radiation Images Available for Puerto Rico
Monthly average solar radiation images for Puerto Rico can be downloaded at the following link: http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_MONTHLY_RESULTS/solar_radiation/ The images includes 26 months of data starting in January 2010. Other atmospheric/hydrologic data images are also available at the following link: http://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/
GOES-PUERTO RICO WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE (GOES-PRWEB) IS NOW OPERATIONAL
GOES-PRWEB is finally operational. I would like to thank my student, Victor Reventos, who made it possible through his Python programming skills. Here is a link to the results: http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_RESULTS/ New results will be published daily. Historical results are available … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, education, energy, global warming, hydrology, land, science, Technology
Tagged agriculture, Caribbean, climate, climate change, crop water requirement, development, digital, education, environment, evapotranspiration, Food Crisis, global warming, GOES, GOES Satellite, hydrology, irrigation, land, panel solar, Puerto Rico, remote sensing, satellite, science, soil moisture, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Solar Radiation, Water Balance
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