Active Research Projects in 2006-2009

• Takle, E. S., 2006-2008: Development and evaluation of downscaling tools for near-surface flow (Collab Res. with S. C. Pryor, Indiana Univ.). NSF

• Takle, E. S., Z. Pan, and M. Segal, 2006-09: Evaluating effects of climate changes on Midwest agroecosystems using a climate-crop coupled model. National Institute for Climate Change Research (DOE).

• Colletti, J., J. Tyndall, J. Thompson, R. Arritt, S. Hoff, and E. Takle, 2004-08: Vegetative environmental buffers to mitigate odor and aerosol pollutants emitted from poultry production sites. USDA National Research Initiative.

• Mearns, L. O., and the NARCCAP team, 2005-2008: The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Using multiple GCMs and RCMs to simulate future climates and their uncertainty. National Science Foundation.

• Kling, C., E. S. Takle, P. W. Gassman, H.-F. Hennessy, and S. Secchi, 2006-2008: Interactive drivers of land-use/land-cover change in agricultural area: climate and land-manager choices. NASA/USDA ROSES-2005.

• Gleason, M. L., S. E. Taylor, M. D. Duffy, P.A. Domoto, D. Lewis, G. Nonnecke, E. S. Takle, and D. Mueller, 2005-2008: National effort to implement IPM decision support tools using site-specific weather technology. USDA National Research Initiative.

• Takle, E. S., 2006-2008: Development and evaluation of downscaling tools for near-surface flow (Collab Res. with S. C. Pryor, Indiana Univ.).  NSF  

• Williams, R. C., and E. S. Takle, 2006-2007:  Assessment of Iowa climatic data and its integration into the AASHTO mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedure.  Iowa Department of Transportation. 

• Sarkar, P. P., W. A. Gallus, Jr., E. S. Takle, F. L. Haan, Jr., H. Hu, and V. Dayal, 2006-2007:  Reducing wind-induced damages from storms.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

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