The Enviro-weather System: Weather-Driven IPM and Natural Resource Management Tools for Michigan

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The Enviro-weather SystemWeather-Driven IPM and
Natural Resource Management Tools for Michigan

• Jeff Andresen
• Dept. of Geography
• Michigan State University

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Enviro-weather

• A collaborative project of
• Michigan Climatological Resources Program
• MSU Integrated Pest Management Program
• Supported by
• Project GREEEN, the Michigan Agricultural
• Experiment Station, MSU Extension, private
  donors, and
• MSU departments of Crop Soil Sciences,
  Entomology,
• Forestry, Geography, Horticulture, and Plant
  Pathology

www.enviroweather.msu.edu
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Components of Enviro-weathersweb information
system
Enviroweather
Michigan Automated Weather Network
www.enviroweather.msu.edu
www.agweather.geo.msu.edu/mawn
IPM Resources
www.ipm.msu.edu
www.enviroweather.msu.edu
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Tracy Aichele Chief programmer
Steve Marquie System Engineer
Mike Brewer Jeff Andresen Co-Directors
Aaron Pollyea Data quality control
Jim Brown Systems analyst
Beth Bishop Program Coordinator
Joy Landis IPM Resources integration
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Michigan Automated Weather Network
Stations purchased by commodity groups, local
businesses, individual growers.
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Wireless technology
Cell IP
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CSI MDNR Sites
Potential New Weather Station Sites
Alger Bradley Spinchot Lake Holly
FDS MDNR Sites
Atlanta Indian River Leota Drummond
Is Gwinn Pelkie La Branche Randville Rexton Rudyar
d Wakefield
New Enviro- Weather Stations
Arlene - active Berrien Springs - active Hickory
Corners/KBS - active Romeo - active Keeler -
active Branch Co active Sigma by fall 08
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Plant models
Enviro-weather
Pest models
Resource models irrigation
Weather summaries
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Information via Personal Digital Assistant
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Recent Research and Development

• Development of weather-driven management tools
• Influence of microclimate/topography
• Use of remotely-sensed data
• Use of weather forecasts
• Consideration of climatological data

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Apple Scab Infection FrequencySWMREC, 1999
Growing Season
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Apple Scab Infection SeveritySWMREC, 1999
Growing Season
Apple Scab Infection Frequency SWMREC, 2000
Growing Season
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Grape 2000
Simulated Black Rot Infection Frequency (Grape)
SWMREC, 2000 Growing Season
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Use of Geographic Information Systems
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Use of NWS NEXRAD Precipitation Estimates
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Estimated vs. Observed Hourly Precipitation
Statistics NOAA HPD and MAWN sites May-September
1999-2002
Observed Precipitation
NOAA HPD
MAWN
Yes No Yes No
Yes 0.0639 0.0222 Yes 0.0295 0.0182
No 0.0184 0.8954 No 0.0259 0.9263
Estimated Precipitation
n 34357 hours
n 194523 hours
NOAA HPD
MAWN
-0.100 -0.009
0.615 0.114
Mean diff. (mm)
Mean abs. diff (mm)
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Simulated Leaf Wetness (wheat) 1201 24 May -
1200 26 May 2005
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NWS National Digital Forecast Database
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Questions?
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