Contributers

Oklahoma Mesonet

  • Mesonet charter entities
  • Mesonet Steering Committee
  • Former Mesonet Steering Committee members

Oklahoma State University Mesonet groups

  • OSU Mesonet faculty and professionals
  • Oklahoma Mesonet agricultural committee
  • Oklahoma Mesonet OSU DASNR Initiative Team

Grant teams

  • OK FIRE
  • Urban Water Conservation
  • Predicting First Hollow Stem
  • Stored Grain Pest Model
  • PB-Piedmont

Model development teams

  • Team consultants
  • Alfalfa Weevil model
  • Cattle Stress index
  • Degree-day unit calculators
  • Dispersion model
  • Evapotranspiration model
  • Fire danger model
  • Lesser grain borer model
  • Peanut leaf spot model
  • Pecan casebearer model
  • Pecan scab model
  • Rusty grain beetle model
  • Spinach white rust model
  • Watermelon anthracnose model

 

OKLAHOMA MESONET

Mesonet Charter Entities:

  • Oklahoma State University

    • Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
    • Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  • University of Oklahoma

    • Oklahoma Climatological Survey
    • School of Meteorology

Mesonet Steering Committee:

  • Ken Crawford, Director and State Climatologist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey; Regents Professor, OU School of Meteorology
  • Ron Elliott, P.E., Professor and Department Head, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Kevin Kloesel, Assistant Dean, OU College of Atmospheric and Geographic
  • Stephen Stadler, Professor and State Geographer of Oklahoma, OSU Department of Geography
  • David Stensrud, Research Meteorologist, Models and Assimilation Team Leader, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory
  • Bob Woods, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northeast District

Former Mesonet Steering Committee Members:

  • Gerrit Cuperus, Retired Regents Professor and IPM Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Chuck Doswell, Retired Laboratory Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory
  • Mike Eilts, President and CEO, Weather Decision Technologies
  • Howard Johnson, Retired State Climatologist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Renee McPherson, Associate Director, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

 

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MESONET GROUPS

OSU Mesonet Faculty and Professionals:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Laura McKay, Associate Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Oklahoma Mesonet Agricultural Committee (1998-2005):

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • James Kilby, Lead Electrical Technician and Field Technician Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • David Lalman, Associate Professor, OSU Department of Animal Science
  • Stephen Stadler, Professor and State Geographer of Oklahoma, OSU Department of Geography
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Mesonet Agricultural Committee Chair)
  • Bob Woods, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northeast District

Oklahoma Mesonet OSU DASNR Initiative Team (2005-current):

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Richard Grantham, Assistant Research Professor, Director of Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostic Laboratory, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Mesonet DASNR Initiative Team Leader)
  • Bob Woods, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northeast District

 

MESONET AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE GRANT TEAMS

OK FIRE: Weather-based Decision Support System for Wildland Fire Mangers in Oklahoma, Joint Fire Science Program (Total Budget - $321,000):

  • Terrence Bidwell, Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science (Grant Co-PI)
  • Stdrovia Blackburn, Graphic Design Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Grant Co-PI)
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Use of Weather-based Management Tools for Urban Water Conservation, DASNR Team Initiative Proposal Grant (Total Budget - $49,000):

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Dwayne Cartmell, Assistant Professor, OSU Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and 4-H Youth Development
  • Briley Elliott, MA Graduate Student, OSU Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and 4-H Youth Development
  • David Hillock, Assistant Extension Specialist and Master Gardener Coordinator, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Brian Jervis, Extension Educator, OSU OCES Tulsa County
  • Mike Kizer, Associate Professor, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Dennis Martin, Professor, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Ray Ridlen, Extension Educator, OSU OCES Oklahoma County
  • Shelly Sitton, Assistant Professor, OSU Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and 4-H Youth Development
  • Mike Smolen, Professor, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Samantha Wagner, Extension Educator, OSU OCES Cleveland County
  • Bob Woods, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northeast District

Development of a Weather-based Model for Predicting First Hollow Stem in Winter Wheat, Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation Grant (Total Budget - $15,000):

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Grant PI)
  • Jeff Edwards, Assistant Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • Eugene Krenzer, Emeritus Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science

Stored Grain Insect Pest Model: Implementation and Validation for Lesser Grain Borer and Rusty Grain Beetle, OSU IPM grant (Total Budget - $14,500):

  • Bart Cardwell, Extension Educator and Interim CED, OSU OCES Garfield County
  • Jim Criswell, Professor and Extension Pesticide Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
  • Peter Edde, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Roger Gribble, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northwest District
  • Christian Nansen, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Tom Phillips, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology (Grant Co-PI)
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Grant Co-PI)

Evaluation of PB-Piedmont for Operational Application to Oklahoma Forest and Rangeland, USDA Forest Service Research Agreement (Total Budget - $13,000):

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (Grant PI)
  • Gary Achtemeier, Research Meteorologist, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

 

MESONET AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MODEL TEAMS

Advisor Product Team Consultants:

  • Stdrovia Blackburn, Graphic Design Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Jared Bostic, Senior Systems Administrator, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Gerrit Cuperus, Retired Regents Professor and IPM Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • David Demko, Lead Mesonet Operator and Data Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Ron Elliott, P.E., Professor and Department Head, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Justin Greenfield, Senior Software Engineer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Nicki Hickmon, Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Jessica Thomale, Former Senior Software Engineer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Michael Wolfinbarger, Director of Technology, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Alfalfa Weevil Advisor:

  • Richard Berberet, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Gerrit Cuperus, Retired Regents Professor and IPM Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Phil Mulder, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Cattle Stress Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • David Lalman, Associate Professor, OSU Department of Animal Science
  • Glen Selk, Professor, OSU Department of Animal Science
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Jessica Thomale, Former Senior Software Engineer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Dan Waldner, Former Associate Professor, OSU Department of Animal Science

Degree-day Heat Unit Calculator:

  • JC Banks, Professor and Southwest Research and Extension Center Director, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Bill Raun, Regents Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Dispersion Advisor:

  • Derek Arndt, Acting State Climatologist and Public Safety Outreach Program Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Jessica Thomale, Former Senior Software Engineer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Fire Danger Advisor:

  • Derek Arndt, Acting State Climatologist and Public Safety Outreach Program Manager, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Roberta Bartlette, Forester, USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
  • Larry Bradshaw, Meteorologist, USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
  • Bob Burgan, Retired, USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Dave Engle, Former Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • Justin Greenfield, Senior Software Engineer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Ralph Nelson, Jr., Retired, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

Irrigation Scheduler:

  • John Cadell, Professor, OSU Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Ron Elliott, P.E., Professor and Department Head, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Mike Kizer, Associate Professor, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Mike Smith, Regents Professor, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Lesser Grain Borer Advisor:

  • Bart Cardwell, Extension Educator and Interim CED, OSU OCES Garfield County
  • Peter Edde, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Roger Gribble, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northwest District
  • Nicki Hickmon, Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Christian Nansen, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Tom Phillips, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Peanut Leaf Spot Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • John Damicone, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Lijun Wu, Former MS Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Pecan Casebearer Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Gerrit Cuperus, Retired Regents Professor and IPM Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Richard Grantham, Assistant Research Professor and Director of Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostic Laboratory, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Dean McCraw, Emeritus Professor, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Phil Mulder, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Pecan Scab Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Gerrit Cuperus, Retired Regents Professor and IPM Coordinator, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Dean McCraw, Emeritus Professor, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Mike Smith, Regents Professor, OSU Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Sharon von Broembsen, Emeritus Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Rusty Grain Beetle Advisor:

  • Bart Cardwell, Extension Educator and Interim CED, OSU OCES Garfield County
  • Peter Edde, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Roger Gribble, Area Extension Specialist, OSU OCES Northwest District
  • Nicki Hickmon, Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • Christian Nansen, Former PhD Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Tom Phillips, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Spinach White Rust Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • John Damicone, Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Rafal Jabrzemski, Scientific Programmer and Analyst, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
  • MJ Sullivan, Former MS Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Albert Sutherland, CPH, CCA, Assistant Extension Specialist, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Mark Trent, Former MS Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Watermelon Anthracnose Advisor:

  • JD Carlson, Associate Researcher, OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Jim Duthie, Assistant Professor, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Ryan Kirk, Former MS Graduate Student, OSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  • Billy McPherson, Former Senior Scientific Programmer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey