Federal Grant Imalimbikitsa Weather and Soil Monitoring Network Kuti Athandize Alimi a Wisconsin

Mphatso ya $ 9 miliyoni yochokera ku dipatimenti yaulimi ku US yathandizira kuyesetsa kukhazikitsa njira yowunikira nyengo ndi nthaka kuzungulira Wisconsin. Network, yotchedwa Mesonet, ikulonjeza kuthandiza alimi podzaza mipata munthaka ndi nyengo.
Ndalama za USDA zidzapita ku UW-Madison kuti apange zomwe zimatchedwa Rural Wisconsin Partnership, zomwe cholinga chake ndi kupanga mapulogalamu ammudzi pakati pa yunivesite ndi matauni akumidzi.
Ntchito imodzi yotereyi idzakhala kupanga Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet. Chris Kucharik, wapampando wa dipatimenti ya Agronomy ku Yunivesite ya Wisconsin-Madison, adati akukonzekera kupanga ma network a 50 mpaka 120 malo owunikira nyengo ndi nthaka m'maboma kudera lonselo.
Oyang'anirawo amakhala ndi ma tripods achitsulo, pafupifupi mamita asanu ndi limodzi, okhala ndi masensa omwe amayesa liwiro la mphepo ndi momwe akulowera, chinyezi, kutentha ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa, adatero. Oyang'anira amaphatikizanso zida zapansi pa nthaka zomwe zimayesa kutentha kwa nthaka ndi chinyezi.
"Wisconsin ndi chinthu chodabwitsa poyerekeza ndi anansi athu ndi mayiko ena mdziko muno pankhani yokhala ndi netiweki yodzipereka kapena kusonkhanitsa deta," adatero Kucharik.
Kucharik adati pakadali pano pali oyang'anira 14 m'malo ofufuza zaulimi aku yunivesite m'malo ngati Door County peninsula, ndipo zina mwazomwe alimi akugwiritsa ntchito tsopano zimachokera kugulu la anthu odzipereka a National Weather Service. Iye adati deta ndi yofunika koma amangonena kamodzi patsiku.
Ndalama za feduro zokwana $9 miliyoni, pamodzi ndi $1 miliyoni zochokera ku Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, zidzalipira ogwira ntchito yowunikira komanso ogwira ntchito omwe akufunika kuti apange, kusonkhanitsa ndi kufalitsa zanyengo ndi nthaka.
"Ndife odzipereka kwambiri kuti tipange denser network yomwe ingatilole kuti tikhale ndi nthawi yeniyeni yeniyeni ya nyengo ndi deta ya nthaka kuti tithandizire moyo wa alimi akumidzi, oyang'anira nthaka ndi madzi ndi kupanga zisankho za nkhalango," adatero Kucharik. "Pali mndandanda wautali wa anthu omwe angapindule nawo pakuwongolera maukonde."
Jerry Clark, mphunzitsi wa zaulimi ku yunivesite ya Wisconsin-Madison ku Chippewa County Extension Center, adati gululi lophatikizidwa lidzathandiza alimi kupanga zisankho zofunika pa kubzala, kuthirira ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo.
"Ndikuganiza kuti sizimathandiza kokha pakupanga mbewu, komanso pazinthu zina zosayembekezereka monga feteleza komwe kungakhale ndi phindu," adatero Clark.
Makamaka, Clark adati alimi azikhala ndi malingaliro abwino ngati nthaka yawo ndi yodzaza kwambiri kuti ivomereze feteleza wamadzimadzi, zomwe zingachepetse kuipitsidwa kwamadzi.
Steve Ackerman, Wachiwiri kwa Chancellor wa UW-Madison pa kafukufuku ndi maphunziro omaliza maphunziro, adatsogolera njira yofunsira thandizo la USDA. Senator wa Democratic US Tammy Baldwin adalengeza zandalamazo pa Disembala 14.
"Ndikuganiza kuti ichi ndi chothandiza kwambiri pakufufuza pasukulu yathu komanso lingaliro lonse la Wisconsin," adatero Ackerman.