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Courses offered this semester at UPRM: Farm Irrigation and Agroclimatology (TMAG)

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I will be offering the following two courses this semester at UPR-Mayaguez. Please click the following links for the course fliers.

TMAG 5017 Agroclimatology

TMAG 4019 Farm Drainage and Irrigation Systems

Please feel free to contact me if you would like additional information about either course.

Eric Harmsen, Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
email: harmsen1000@hotmail.com, eric.harmsen@upr.edu
phone: 787-955-5102
websites: http://pragwater.com , http://bahai.org

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Course offerings this semester at UPRM: Farm Irrigation and Agroclimatology (TMAG)

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I will be offering the following two courses this semester at UPR-Mayaguez. Please click the following links for the course fliers.

TMAG 5017 Agroclimatology

TMAG 4019 Farm Drainage and Irrigation Systems

Please feel free to contact me if you would like additional information about either course.

Eric Harmsen, Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
email: harmsen1000@hotmail.com, eric.harmsen@upr.edu
phone: 787-955-5102
websites: http://pragwater.com , http://bahai.org

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NOAA CREST SUMMER CAMP at UPRM

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Students from across Puerto Rico attended the NOAA CREST Summer Camp this week on the UPRM Campus.  This afternoon, they attended a workshop by Dr. Eric Harmsen, which focused on the use of GOES-PRWEB for scheduling irrigation in Puerto Rico.  Irrigation scheduling is important for water conservation and for achieving optimal crop yields.  The presentation is provided below:

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An Agricultural Application of GOES-PRWEB

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In this presentation a simple, web-based method for scheduling irrigation is presented.  The presentation was given at the 8th Annual NOAA CREST Symposium, The City College of City University of New York, NY, June 5-6, 2013.

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New Book: Evapotranspiration Principles and Applications for Water Management

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I am happy to announce that our new book will be released soon.
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Good News!! GOES-13 is back online. Solar Radiation Data is Available For Downloading

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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 not available.  However, the water and energy balance algorithm (GOES-PRWEB) continued to function with estimated solar radiation data.  GOES-PRWEB results for solar radiation and 24 other hydro-climate variables are available at

https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/

 

Course offerings this semester at UPRM: Ag Hydrology and Agroclimatology (TMAG)

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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

Recursos de Agua de Puerto Rico

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Recursos de Agua de Puerto Rico

A great website with tons of information about Puerto Rico’s water resources

http://recursosaguapuertorico.com/

A new dissertation on Flood Prediction Limitations in Small Watersheds with Mountainous Terrain and High Rainfall Variability

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Flood Prediction Limitations in Small Watersheds with Mountainous Terrain and High Rainfall Variability

Ph.D. Dissertation by Alejandra María Rojas González, Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, July 2012.

Testbed Subwatershed (TBSW) location within the 4 km by 4 km NEXRAD pixel and rain gauge network.

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