I-Federal Grant Ivuselela Inethiwekhi Yokuqapha Isimo Sezulu Nomhlaba ukuze Usize Abalimi base-Wisconsin

Uxhaso lwezigidi ezingu-9 zamarandi oluvela eMnyangweni Wezolimo wase-US lusheshise imizamo yokwakha inethiwekhi yokuqapha isimo sezulu nenhlabathi ezungeze iWisconsin. Inethiwekhi, ebizwa nge-Mesonet, ithembisa ukusiza abalimi ngokuvala izikhala kudatha yenhlabathi kanye nesimo sezulu.
Uxhaso lwe-USDA luzoya e-UW-Madison ukuze kwakhiwe lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Rural Wisconsin Partnership, okuhloswe ngayo ukudala izinhlelo zomphakathi phakathi kwenyuvesi namadolobha asemakhaya.
Enye iphrojekthi enjalo kuzoba ukwakhiwa kwe-Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet. UChris Kucharik, usihlalo woMnyango Wezolimo eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison, uthe uhlela ukwakha inethiwekhi yeziteshi zokuqapha isimo sezulu ezingama-50 kuye kwezingu-120 kanye nenhlabathi ezifundeni zonkana.
Ama-monitor ahlanganisa ama-tripods ensimbi, angaba ngamamitha ayisithupha ubude, anezinzwa ezikala isivinini somoya nesiqondiso, umswakama, izinga lokushisa kanye nemisebe yelanga, esho. Ama-monitor ahlanganisa nezinsimbi ezingaphansi komhlaba ezikala izinga lokushisa lomhlabathi kanye nomswakama.
"IWisconsin yinto exakile uma iqhathaniswa nomakhelwane bethu nezinye izifundazwe ezweni mayelana nokuba nenethiwekhi ezinikezele noma inethiwekhi yokuqoqwa kwedatha," kusho uKucharik.
U-Kucharik uthe njengamanje kunabaqaphi abayi-14 eziteshini zocwaningo lwezolimo zasenyuvesi ezindaweni ezifana ne-Door County peninsula, futhi enye idatha abalimi abayisebenzisayo manje ivela kunethiwekhi yeNational Weather Service yamavolontiya. Uthe i-data ibalulekile kodwa ibikwa kanye ngosuku.
Isibonelelo sikahulumeni esingu-$9 million, kanye nesigidi esingu-$1 esivela ku-Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, sizokhokhela abasebenzi abaqaphayo kanye nabasebenzi abadingekayo ukuze bakhe, baqoqe futhi basabalalise idatha yesimo sezulu nenhlabathi.
"Sizibophezele ngempela ekudaleni inethiwekhi ye-denser ezosivumela ukuthi sibe nesimo sezulu sakamuva sesikhathi sangempela kanye nedatha yomhlabathi ukuze sisekele izimpilo zabalimi basezindaweni zasemakhaya, abaphathi bomhlaba namanzi kanye nokuthatha izinqumo zamahlathi," kusho uKucharik. “Kunohlu olude lwabantu abazohlomula kulokhu kuthuthukiswa kwenethiwekhi.”
UJerry Clark, uthisha wezolimo eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison eChippewa County Extension Centre, uthe igridi edidiyelwe izosiza abalimi ukwenza izinqumo ezibalulekile mayelana nokutshala, ukuchelela nokusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi akusizi nje kuphela ngombono wokukhiqiza izitshalo, kodwa nakwezinye izinto ezingalindelekile ezifana nokuvundisa lapho kungaba nezinzuzo ezithile," kusho uClark.
Ikakhulukazi, uClark uthe abalimi bazoba nombono ongcono wokuthi umhlabathi wabo ugcwele kakhulu yini ukwamukela umanyolo owuketshezi, onganciphisa ukungcoliswa kwamanzi.
USteve Ackerman, iphini likashansela we-UW-Madison kwezocwaningo kanye nemfundo eneziqu, uhole inqubo yesicelo sesibonelelo se-USDA. USenator weDemocratic Alliance uTammy Baldwin umemezele uxhaso ngoDisemba 14.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyisibusiso sangempela sokucwaninga ngekhampasi yethu nawo wonke umqondo weWisconsin," kusho u-Ackerman.