Drought and Agriculture
Who is Working
- J.K. Gilless (College of Natural Resources, U.C. Berkeley)
- Michael Wehner (Lawrence-Berkeley National Labratory)
- David Zilberman (Agricultural and resource Economics, U.C. Berkeley)
Undergrads
- Eric Wieser
- Vanessa Rivas
Objectives
- To develop multi-model projections of soil moisture using the Community Land Model and the CMIP5 climate models.
- To pair climate information generated in objective 1 (above) with socio economic data in order to evaluate adaptation to climate change as well as technology adoption alternatives to the agricultural sector in the Midwest.
Related Sites
http://oasisinitiative.org/
http://www.lbl.gov/