TY - JOUR
AB - Computer Techniques and Meteorological Data Applied to Problems of Agriculture and Forestry: A Workshop, 30-31 March 1981, Anaheim, Calif. Albert Weiss University of Nebraska, Panhandle Station 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff, Nebr. 69361 "Agricultur e is the Nation' s biggest industry. Its assets, total- the United States and eight foreign countries, attended this ing $1,090 billion on Januar y 1, 1981, are equal to abou t 88 workshop . percent of the capital assets of all manufacturing corpora- Th e objectives of this workshop were: tions in the United States." That statement, from the Fact Book of U.S. Agriculture (USDA, Miscellaneous Publication 1) to explore the potential of modern electronics in data 1063, Novembe r 1981), plus the interest that all of us should collection and information dissemination; have in the foo d an d fiber produce d in the United States, de- scribes the paramoun t importance of agriculture. An indus- 2) to assess the curren t status of biological knowledge as it try of this magnitude needs better weather information for relates to weather factors; bot h short-term operations and long-range planning than it has received in the past. While we currentl y have surpluses of 3) to 
TI - meeting reviews
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
DO - 10.1175/1520-0477-63.10.1162
DA - 1982-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-meteorological-society/meeting-reviews-7jyev0AiJY
SP - 1162
EP - 1183
VL - 63
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -