Irrigation Effects on Growing Season Precipitation in the U.S. Great Plains

Bring your own lunch and join Dr. Hu and Conservation Nebraska at the Nebraska History Museum for a special presentation, "Irrigation Effects on Climate in the U.S. Great Plains"!
Observations have indicated that compared to the six decades before 1960 the frequency of dry summers in the U.S. Great Plains was lowered by 20% in the six decades after 1960. In the meantime, there was sharp increase in the recent six decades in both the rate and coverage of groundwater irrigation in the region repeated every summer for agricultural production. In this conversation, we will discuss the potential effect of irrigation in the Great Plains on changes of its growing season precipitation and underline physical processes.
Guests are encouraged to bring a lunch to this event. Snacks will be provided.
In-person registration here: secure.ngpvan.com/5N4meO9JwUumlF6snbbYkQ2
Online registration here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_skK39U1qTdqPO8I119eZhg

Dr. Qi S. Hu earned his PhD degree in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in 1992. Dr. Hu worked as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Columbia from 1995-99 and also served as the Director of the Missouri Climate Center and the Missouri State Climatologist. He came to the School of Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1999. He earned his full professorship at UNL in 2009. Dr. Hu served as an Editor of the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology from 2002-22, and has been the Editor-in-Chief of JAMC since 2023.