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X-WR-CALDESC:Bring your own lunch and join Dr. Hu and Conservation Nebraska
  at the Nebraska History Museum for a special presentation\, 'Irrigation E
 ffects on Climate in the U.S. Great Plains'!\n\nObservations have indicate
 d that compared to the six decades before 1960 the frequency of dry summer
 s in the U.S. Great Plains was lowered by 20% in the six decades after 196
 0. In the meantime\, there was sharp increase in the recent six decades in
  both the rate and coverage of groundwater irrigation in the region repeat
 ed every summer for agricultural production. In this conversation\, we wil
 l discuss the potential effect of irrigation in the Great Plains on change
 s of its growing season precipitation and underline physical processes.\n
 \nGuests are encouraged to bring a lunch to this event. Snacks will be pro
 vided.\n\nIn-person registration here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/5N4meO9Jw
 UumlF6snbbYkQ2\n\nOnline registration here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina
 r/register/WN_skK39U1qTdqPO8I119eZhg\n\n\nDr. Qi S. Hu earned his PhD degr
 ee in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in 1992. Dr. Hu wor
 ked as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Columbia f
 rom 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 Re
 sources 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 Edito
 r-in-Chief of JAMC since 2023.
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DESCRIPTION:Bring your own lunch and join Dr. Hu and Conservation Nebraska 
 at the Nebraska History Museum for a special presentation\, 'Irrigation Ef
 fects on Climate in the U.S. Great Plains'!\n\nObservations 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 repeate
 d 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.\n\n
 Guests are encouraged to bring a lunch to this event. Snacks will be provi
 ded.\n\nIn-person registration here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/5N4meO9JwUu
 mlF6snbbYkQ2\n\nOnline registration here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/
 register/WN_skK39U1qTdqPO8I119eZhg\n\n\nDr. Qi S. Hu earned his PhD degree
  in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in 1992. Dr. Hu worke
 d as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Missouri-Columbia fro
 m 1995-99 and also served as the Director of the Missouri Climate Center a
 nd the Missouri State Climatologist. He came to the School of Natural Reso
 urces of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1999. He earned his full pr
 ofessorship at UNL in 2009. Dr. Hu served as an Editor of the Journal of A
 pplied Meteorology and Climatology from 2002-22\, and has been the Editor-
 in-Chief of JAMC since 2023.
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LOCATION:In-person at the Nebraska History Museum or via Zoom
SUMMARY:Irrigation Effects on Growing Season Precipitation in the U.S. Grea
 t Plains
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