FINCA ALZAMORA WEATHER DATA AVAILABLE ONLINE

Today a new weather station was installed in the Finca Alzamora, UPRM campus, Mayaguez Puerto Rico.  Data from the weather station are available from two websites:  WeatherLink  or WeatherUnderground.  The WeatherUnderground site allows you to download archived data in a coma delimited text format that can be imported into Excel.  Data being collected include:  air temperature, dew point temperature, RH, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, UV index, soil moisture tension and soil temperature.  A value of the reference evapotranspiration is available on the WeatherLink page.  We are still working out a few kinks, but should have it running smoothly within a few days.

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The weather station was purchased with funds from the UPRM NOAA CREST Project.

Solar Radiation Data Available for Northern Caribbean Region

Solar radiation data can be downloaded for the Northern Caribbean Region.  Daily, monthly and annual data are available.

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Daily Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) for Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Daily reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is now available for Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  CLICK HERE to visit the new pragwater page, which provides a link to the daily image data and the method background information.  The page also provides information related to the practical application of the results for scheduling irrigation in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This research received partial funding from the following sources: NOAA-CREST (grant NA06OAR4810162) and USDA Hatch Project (Hatch-402). Special thanks to Dr. John Mecikalski for providing the solar radiation data, and Alejandra Rojas for providing various GIS maps used in this research. I would like to thank my student, Victor Reventos, who made this possible through his Python programming skills.

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NASA Beautifully Observes Photosynthesis From Space (VIDEO)

NASA Beautifully Observes Photosynthesis From Space (VIDEO)

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The North Pole Has Melted. Again.

“It’s a shallow lake. It’s a cold lake. But it is, actually, a lake,…”

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Solar energy map of Australia

Solar energy map of Australia

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Top 10 U.S. Cities for Solar (Hint: They Aren’t the Sunniest)

Top 10 U.S. Cities for Solar (Hint: They Aren’t the Sunniest)

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Solar Radiation Data Available for Northern Caribbean Region

Solar radiation data can be downloaded for the Northern Caribbean Region.  Daily, monthly and annual data are available.

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New Book: Evapotranspiration Principles and Applications for Water Management

I am happy to announce that our new book will be released soon.
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