UNL Links
UNL Water, Drought and Research Sites Worth a Look
hybridmaize.unl.edu/index.htm:
A computer program that simulates the growth of corn crop under non-limiting or
water-linited conditions based on daily weather data.
marketjournal.unl.edu
A free, educational outreach effort from UNL's Extension Division. Market
Journal provides a wide range of updates & analysis including current
grain/livestock market commentary, weather, climate and soil moisture updates
and risk management strategies.
real.unl.edu/h20
This is the download page for UNL's Water Optimizer program. The WO
Program allows users to place data into a spreadsheet, including soil type &
irrigation system options. Producers then fill in pertinent data to
calculate crops that will be most profitable with the given cost & available
water.
www.cropwatch.unl.edu
The Crop Watch website covers many current topics on irrigation, water use &
crop production.
www.drought.unl.edu/dm/index.html
Indices, outlooks & new that represents a consensus of federal and academic
scientists to help producers & others cope with drought. The site
includes current conditions, forecasts and drought management strategies.
www.hprcc.unl.edu
UNL's High Plains Regional Climate Center site, which contains climate data,
climate products & publications related to water use.
www.ianrpubs.unl.edu
Research-based information in a wide range of topics written by Extension
educators & specialists in UNL's Institute of Agriculture & Natural
Resources (IANR).
bse.unl.edu/About/ExtEds.htm
Faculty & staff in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering offer
knowledge, perspective & research findings on a variety of agricultural
engineering topics, many of them related to irrigation, water use & water
quality.
http://watercenter.unl.edu
The UNL Water Center is at the center of many of UNL's efforts to implement
water research, education & public outreach functions. There are also
links on this site to a number of educational, non-profit and research sites
pertaining to water.
http://ppc.unl.edu
NU's Public Policy Center provides assistance to policymakers & researchers
on a wide range of public policy issues. The Center works with
policymakers in all three branches of government at local, state and federal
levels. The center works with University researchers from all campuses in
the NU system.
http://wrri.unl.edu
UNL's Water Resources Research Initiative promotes collaboration among research
faculty in strength areas such as groundwater hydrology, water quality and
emerging contaminants, non-point source pollution & best management
practices, climate change, irrigation, drought prediction & mitigation,
remote sensing & GIS, economics, and policy and law.