Solar projects continue in rural Haiti
Pragwater.com is proud to support the design of solar radiation projects in Haiti.
CLICK HERE to download hourly or daily integrated solar radiation data for Haiti.
Haiti
CROP WATER USE ( HARGREAVES ET EQUATION) WOLFRAM ALPHA WIDGET
CROP WATER USE ( HARGREAVES ET EQUATION) NEW WOLFRAM ALPHA WIDGET. Reference: Hargreaves, G. H. and Z. A. Samani, Reference Crop Evapotranspiration from Temperature. Appl. Eng. Agric., ASAE. 1(2). 1985,. pp.96-99.
Widget Application: Suppose you want to schedule irrigation by replacing the water evapotranspired by your crop each day. 1. Click on the appropriate link to get yesterdays solar radiation for your location: Puerto Rico or Northern Caribbean, 2. Check the internet for the average daily air temperature at your location (average = (minimum + maximum)/2), 3. Get the appropriate crop coefficient for your crop from this link, and 4. Finally, enter solar radiation, air temperature and crop coefficient into the widget to estimate ET. Multiply ET x acres x 1069.0663 to get the number of gallons of water you need to apply to your field.
Bill Gates to world: Spend more on farming
PUERTO RICO SEISMIC NETWORK/RED SÍSMICA DE PUERTO RICO
PUERTO RICO SEISMIC NETWORK/RED SÍSMICA DE PUERTO RICO
Available in English
Disponible en español
Vision
To be the leading center in the monitoring, warning and information, research and education of earthquakes and tsunamis in the Caribbean.
Mission
Inform in a reliable and timely manner the generation and effects of earthquakes and tsunamis for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Rescued Meteorological Data for the Caribbean Region – Excellent Historical Resource
Rescued Meteorological Data for the Caribbean Region – Excellent Historical Resource
These data are stored in NOAA’s digital library under the heading: Data Rescue Caribbean. Many of the recorded measurements are from the first half of the 20th Century.
For other interesting historical NOAA documents, check out the following link: http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/
NPR: The Challenge Of Measuring Relief Aid To Haiti
CLIMATE IMPACT EQUITY LENS (CIEL) – CLIMATE CHANGE GETS PERSONAL
CLIMATE IMPACT EQUITY LENS (CIEL) – CLIMATE CHANGE GETS PERSONAL
Spanish Version
The Climate Impact Equity Lens (CIEL) is a new tool for comparing the net climate impacts felt by diverse individuals around the world, and for tracking individual impacts over time. CIEL demonstrates that climate change will affect each person differently.
At present, very little is being done to prevent dangerous climate change. Some people are already experiencing damages from changing temperatures and weather patterns, and from sea-level rise – but everyone is enjoying the “benefit” of not paying for more ambitious emission reductions. Looking only at today’s impacts, most – but not all – of us are net winners (saving more from inaction than we lose from climate damages). Over the course of this century, net losers will become more common; in the next century, it will be hard to find people who still benefit from inaction.
CIEL provides a graphic display of changes over time in each individual’s net economic impact from climate change. You can download several CIEL publications and a tool that allows you to input individual characteristics to estimate the personal impact of climate change.
The Climate Impact Equity Lens (CIEL) is a new tool for comparing the net climate impacts felt by diverse individuals around the world, and for tracking individual impacts over time. CIEL demonstrates that climate change will affect each person differently.
(Excerpted from CIEL website, 2011, Stockholm Environment Institute, 11 Curtis Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145, USA. Phone: 1(617) 627-3786. Email: CIEL@sei-us.org)
Yesterday’s Solar Radiation in the Northern Caribbean
Haiti earthquake: two years on, and just half of promised aid has been delivered
Haiti earthquake: two years on, and just half of promised aid has been delivered (theguardian)
These pictures are from my trip to Haiti in July of 2010.
pragwater.com is not just for Puerto Rico
Two weeks ago, pragwater.com started using a free online service called ClusterMaps. We were happy to learn that pragwater.com has received visits from people all over the world, 27 countries in all. Here is the breakdown:
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