Precipitation forecasting utility for proactive agroecosystem management: A case study from the Texas Gulf LTAR site.

ABSTRACT: Precipitation is a primary driver of plant production across most agroecosystems. As such, enhanced precipitation forecasting will directly benefit agroecosystem management planning and decisions related to stocking rates, crop selection, restoration seedings, and wildfire fuel loads. When precipitation occurs primarily through convective storms, as is the case in the southern Great Plains, precipitation can be extremely dynamic and difficult to forecast. Providing stakeholders accurate estimates of forecast utility would provide them with the information necessary for proactive land management decision-making. In this case study at the Texas Gulf Long-Term Agroecosystem Research site, the objectives were to (1) optimize individual forecast models acquired from National Oceanic and Atmosph

SUBMITTER: Schantz MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723340 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature