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USDA Products and Perspectives OFCM – Phased Array Radar Meeting
March 20-21, 2007Silver Spring, MD
USDA Products and Perspectives OFCM – Phased Array Radar Meeting
March 20-21, 2007Silver Spring, MD
By:Eric Luebehusen,
Agricultural Meteorologist
USDA – Office of the Chief EconomistWorld Agricultural Outlook BoardJoint Agricultural Weather Facility
By:Eric Luebehusen,
Agricultural Meteorologist
USDA – Office of the Chief EconomistWorld Agricultural Outlook BoardJoint Agricultural Weather Facility
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Background:
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Background:
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Background:
Office of the Chief EconomistOffice of the Chief Economist
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Background:
Office of the Chief Economist
(World Agricultural Outlook Board)
Office of the Chief Economist
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Background:
Office of the Chief Economist
· Economists/Commodity Analysts
(World Agricultural Outlook Board)
Office of the Chief Economist
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Background:
Office of the Chief Economist
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
· 7 Meteorologists· Economists/Commodity Analysts
(World Agricultural Outlook Board)
Office of the Chief Economist
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Background:
Office of the Chief Economist
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
· 7 Meteorologists· Economists/Commodity Analysts
(World Agricultural Outlook Board)
Office of the Chief Economist
· 2 Meteorologists, 1 Student Intern
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Background:
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
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Background:
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
• Partnership began in 1940 when the Weather Bureau was transferred from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Department of Commerce (DOC).
• Agreement was formalized in 1958
• JAWF was created in the late 1970’s as a result of former USSR crop failures and subsequent “Great Grain Robbery”. Staffed by meteorologists from USDA and DOC to provide early alert to potential problem areas.
• Located at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
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Primary Responsibility:
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Primary Responsibility:
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Primary Responsibility:
Support Economists in Crop Assessment Decision Making,
ultimately helping them develop their Commodity Forecasts
(a.k.a. WASDE)
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Primary Responsibility:
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Primary Responsibility:
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Primary Responsibility:
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WASDE Support (Wx):
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WASDE Support (Wx):
Meteorologists are called upon to provide detailed Weather-Crop assessments prior to
Lock-Up, and radar plays an important role…
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Radar Products Used @ JAWF
Daily Wx Briefings incorporate current composites and loops; In this case (last Tues),
monitoring the potential for flood-related fieldwork delays in Texas.
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Keeping abreast of current conditions via radar at the highest-possible resolution is key to USDA/WAOB operations.
Radar data web sites provide a highly-valued service to USDA staff.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Radar Products Used @ JAWF
60-Day Total Pcp
USDA Meteorologists rely heavily on “as-is” products such as these 60-Day precipitation graphics provided by the NWS’s Southern
Region Headquarters Precipitation Analysis Products.
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USDA Meteorologists rely heavily on “as-is” products such as these 60-Day precipitation graphics provided by the NWS’s Southern
Region Headquarters Precipitation Analysis Products.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
60-Day PNP
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Radar data are also used track tropical cyclones in key agricultural areas…
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
60-Day PNP
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Radar Products Used @ JAWF
“Static” imagery provide a good first-guess of potential crop impacts.
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Here, Wilma crosses srn Florida during October, 2005.
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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But there is a need to do more than just “look” at imagery, which is where GIS comes in to play...
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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But there is a need to do more than just “look” at imagery, which is where GIS comes in to play...
Radar Products Used @ JAWF
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Geo-referenced radar data allowed USDA staff to assess problem areas and potential
crop impacts. Here, the track of the storm’s center likely caused lodging of mature, unharvested sugarcane.
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In addition, GIS-ready data allow for simple calculations (such as this summation) to further highlight potential
problem areas.
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In many cases, radar data fills in the gaps between station
observations. In this case, it provided evidence of what
“didn’t” happen.
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WASDE Support (Wx):
JAWF has become very much GIS-Driven, and the more products
which are GIS ready, the better!
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WASDE Support (Wx):
Products like these are used frequently by top-level USDA staff.
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SummaryReal-time data are
used daily, in briefings given by NWS staff
and by USDA meteorologists.
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SummaryArchives of static imagery are useful for preliminary
assessments .
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Summary
Archives of geo-referenced imagery are even more useful for crop-weather
assessments .
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SummaryRadar products, often
enhanced and customized in-house, are a key
component in many of the graphics presented to
USDA upper-level management.