Tools

Rainman StreamFlow

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Forecasting weather | Comments : 0 Comments

broccoli field

Rainman StreamFlow is a decision-support tool that helps farmers to predict rainfall at a specific location within a specified time period and can be used to: Analyse records for individual locations for seasonal, monthly and daily patterns. Forecast seasonal rainfall based on the Southern Oscillation Index or Sea Surface Temperatures. Use group locations for spatial [...]

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Irrigation Optimiser

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Managing and understanding climate | Comments : 0 Comments

field with spray irrigation

Irrigation Optimiser helps growers to decide what irrigated crops to plant based on water availability. The tool may have applicability for vegetable producers, but – like CropMate – all the development work and testing has been carried out with rice or grain producers. Irrigation Optimiser is a web-based tool that identifies the optimal allocation of [...]

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CropMate

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Managing and understanding climate | Comments : 0 Comments

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

CropMate is a web-based application that helps growers analyse climate and weather information for their location so that they can make informed planning and management decisions at different points during the crop cycle. Although designed primarily for grain producers and associated industries, CropMate could also prove useful for vegetable growers in eastern Australia. The software [...]

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