Ndalama Zothandizira Boma Zimalimbikitsa Network Yoyang'anira Nyengo ndi Nthaka Kuti Ithandize Alimi a ku Wisconsin

Ndalama zothandizira za $9 miliyoni kuchokera ku Unduna wa Zaulimi ku US zathandizira kuti pakhale njira yowunikira nyengo ndi nthaka kuzungulira Wisconsin. Njira yowunikira nyengo, yotchedwa Mesonet, ikulonjeza kuthandiza alimi podzaza mipata mu dothi ndi deta ya nyengo.
Ndalama zothandizira za USDA zidzapita ku UW-Madison kuti apange chomwe chimatchedwa Rural Wisconsin Partnership, chomwe cholinga chake ndi kupanga mapulogalamu ammudzi pakati pa yunivesite ndi matauni akumidzi.
Pulojekiti imodzi yotereyi idzakhala kupanga Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet. Chris Kucharik, wapampando wa Dipatimenti ya Zaulimi ku Yunivesite ya Wisconsin-Madison, anati akukonzekera kupanga netiweki ya malo 50 mpaka 120 owunikira nyengo ndi nthaka m'maboma onse m'boma.
Iye anati ma monitor ali ndi ma tripod achitsulo, otalika pafupifupi mamita awiri, okhala ndi masensa omwe amayesa liwiro la mphepo ndi komwe ikupita, chinyezi, kutentha ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa. Ma monitor awa akuphatikizaponso zida zapansi panthaka zomwe zimayesa kutentha kwa nthaka ndi chinyezi.
"Wisconsin ndi chinthu chosazolowereka poyerekeza ndi anansi athu ndi mayiko ena mdziko muno pankhani yokhala ndi netiweki yodzipereka kapena netiweki yosonkhanitsira deta," adatero Kucharik.
Kucharik adati pakadali pano pali ma monitor 14 m'malo ofufuzira zaulimi aku yunivesite m'malo ngati Door County peninsula, ndipo zina mwa deta zomwe alimi akugwiritsa ntchito tsopano zimachokera ku netiweki ya National Weather Service mdziko lonse ya odzipereka. Iye adati detayo ndi yofunika koma imanenedwa kamodzi patsiku.
Ndalama zothandizira boma zokwana $9 miliyoni, pamodzi ndi $1 miliyoni kuchokera ku Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, zidzalipira antchito owunikira ndi ogwira ntchito omwe akufunika kuti apange, kusonkhanitsa ndi kufalitsa deta ya nyengo ndi nthaka.
"Tadzipereka kwambiri kupanga netiweki yowonjezereka yomwe ingatithandize kukhala ndi chidziwitso chaposachedwa cha nyengo ndi nthaka kuti zithandize alimi akumidzi, oyang'anira malo ndi madzi komanso kupanga zisankho zokhudzana ndi nkhalango," adatero Kucharik. "Pali mndandanda wautali wa anthu omwe adzapindule ndi kusintha kwa netiwekiyi."
Jerry Clark, mphunzitsi wa zaulimi ku Chippewa County Extension Center ku University of Wisconsin-Madison, anati gridi yolumikizidwayi ithandiza alimi kupanga zisankho zofunika pankhani yobzala, kuthirira ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo.
"Ndikuganiza kuti zimathandiza osati kokha pakupanga mbewu, komanso pazinthu zina zosayembekezereka monga feteleza komwe kungakhale ndi phindu," adatero Clark.
Makamaka, Clark anati alimi adzakhala ndi lingaliro labwino ngati nthaka yawo ili yodzaza kwambiri moti singalandire feteleza wamadzimadzi, zomwe zingachepetse kuipitsidwa kwa madzi otuluka.
Steve Ackerman, wachiwiri kwa chancellor wa UW-Madison wofufuza ndi maphunziro apamwamba, ndiye adatsogolera njira yofunsira thandizo la USDA. Senator wa chipani cha Democratic ku US Tammy Baldwin adalengeza ndalamazo pa Disembala 14.
"Ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zabwino kwambiri pofufuza pa sukulu yathu komanso lingaliro lonse la Wisconsin," adatero Ackerman.