"The Development and Evaluation of a Soil Moisture Indes (SMI) using Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) Soil Moisture Data in Nebraska for the 1999-2006 Growing Season"; Eric Hunt; Advisors-Ken Hubbard and Don Wilhite.
Soil Moisture is an important parameter in the hydrological balance and is essential for understanding land-surface interactions. While spatial coverage of soil moisture is poor across most of the United States, impedance probes have been used to measure soil moisture throughout Nebraska in the Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) since 1999. With eight years of continuous data at selected sites, we were able to derive a Soil Moisture Index (SMI) that is based on an actual water content () and a known field capacity and wilting point. The SMI is a continuous function and is scaled from 5.0 to -5.0, with 5.0 representing at field capacity and -5.0 representing at wilting point. Since the inception of the soil moisture network in 1999, periodic episodes of drought have affected all areas of Nebraska. Thus the SMI was used in this manuscript to analyze growing seasons (April 1-October 1) from 1999-2006 at six carefully selected sites throughout Nebraska. The SMI proved to be effective at depicting the onset of drought and at identifying soil recharge, or lack thereof, when heavy rainfall events followed a significant dry spell.
Special Seminar: Genome Sequencer FLX 454 Next-Generation Sequencing
Next-Generation Sequencing technology from Roche and 454 Life Sciences allows you to obtain over 100,000,000 bases and 400,000 reads in a single sequencing run. Read lengths average 200-300 base pairs.
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The UHC will be holding flu shot clinics for UNL students, faculty, and staff. Flu vaccinations cost $20 and payment by cash or check is required at the time of the vaccination. For those with Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance, a claim will be filied for them by UHC staff for possible reimbursement (please bring your insurance information with you to the clinic), however you will still need to pay at time of shot. Flu vaccinations are also available by appointment at UHC for those unable to attend a clinic.
Klezmer, the music of the Eastern European Jews, shimmers with all of the chutzpah, joy, and soulful emotion of the itinerant Yiddish troubadours who performed throughout Europe for 400 years. The Shirim Klezmer Orchestra honors klezmer's historic origins, celebrates American jazz-influenced klezmer as it developed through the 20th century, and manages to put its own clever klezmer twist on classical standards such as "Peter and the Wolf," and Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker." Billboard says "Shirim's genre-crossing conception is a delight and its playing a joy."
