Applied Climate Sciences Program
The Applied Climate Sciences program is one of seven program areas in the School of Natural Resources (SNR). Known most recently as the Department of Agricultural Meteorology, the proud tradition of agricultural meteorology and climatology at the University of Nebraska continues in this program area. Interdisciplinary investigations take place in the areas of climate impacts and variability; drought monitoring, mitigation and planning; environmental biophysics; global climate change; High Plains climate; micrometeorology; and severe weather, among others.
Because weather and climate are such prominent factors in the Great Plains region and have a deep impact on the welfare of its people and economy, an agricultural meteorology program was begun at UNL in the 1960s. The program continues today within SNR.
Students interested in weather and climate with an emphasis in natural resources can pursue a specialization in agricultural meteorology at the master's and Ph.D. level within the agronomy major through an agreement between the SNR and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. They can also pursue one of two specializations in the undergraduate major in Natural Resource Sciences through SNR: Bio-Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Assessment and Impacts.
Related Links
- Applied Climate Sciences (ACS)
- Carbon Sequestration Program (CSP)
- Drought for Kids (sponsored by National Drought Mitigation Center)
- Great Plains Regional Center of National Institute for Global Environmental Change (GPRC-NIGEC)
- High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC)
- National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
- Nebraska Climate Prediction
- Nebraska Network for Isotopes in Precipitation (NNIP)
- On-line education module about Evapotranspiration
- On-line education module about Solar Radiation
- UNL Climate Prediction Group
Participating Faculty
