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Climate Services—A USDA Perspective
Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources, Portland, OR; and T. Puterbaugh and R. Motha
The climate and weather services requirements of individual USDA agencies
reflect the varied and diverse missions and programs that currently exist
throughout the Department. Internet access to both real-time and historical
climate data, along with software tools to support critical economic and
natural resource decisions are essential to the Department's mission. This
presentation outlines these critical mission areas and their dependence on
climate information to support climate-based decisions dealing with
production agriculture, water supply availability, drought assessment and
other natural resource conservation activities.
Session 6, Climate Services (Room 619/620)
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Room 619/620
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