Recent Publications

Sandstrom, M., D. Changnon, and B. Flood, 2007: Improving our understanding of H. zea migration in the Midwest: Assessment of Source Populations. Symposium Proceeedings on Helicoverpa zea Susceptibility to Pyrethroids in the Midwest. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2007-0MDD-01-RV, 9 pp.

Changnon, D., M. Sandstrom, and M. Bentley, 2006: Midwestern high dew point events 1960-2000. Physical Geography, 27, 494-504.

Changnon, D., and S.A. Changnon, 2006: Unexpected impacts of drought 2005 on Illinois crop yields: Are weather-crop relationships changing? Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 99, 37-50.

Sandstrom, M., D. Changnon, and B.R. Flood, 2005: How Weather and Climate Impact Your Pest Management Decisions. Vegetable Insect Management, Chapter 1A, 23-29.

Changnon, S.A. and D. Changnon, 2005: Importance of sky conditions on the record 2004 Midwestern crop yields. Physical Geography, 26, 99-111.

Sandstrom, M.A, R.G. Lauritsen, and D. Changnon, 2004: A central U.S. summer extreme dew-point climatology (1949-2000). Physical Geography, 25, 191-207.

Changnon, D., 2004: Improving outreach in atmospheric sciences: Assessment of users of climate products. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 601-606.

Changnon, D., M. Sandstrom, and C. Schaffer, 2003: Relating changes in agricultural practices to increasing dew points in extreme Chicago heat waves. Climate Research, 24, 243-254.

Changnon, D., S.A. Changnon, and S.S. Changnon, 2001: A method for estimating crop hail losses in uninsured periods and regions. J. Applied Meteor., 40, 84-91.

Recent Presentations

Sandstrom, M., 2007: Invited presentation. Current H.zea Forecasting Update. Lepidopteran Aerobiology Modeling System (LAMS) Workshop held at Penn State University, 27-29 June, 2007.

Changnon, D., 2007: Invited presentation. Enhancing our dialogue with decision makers: A “win-win” situation for climate scientists. First Climate Working Group Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, 16 February, 2007.

Sandstrom, M., and D. Changnon, 2007: The development of an insect migration forecast product for pest management: An example of interaction among atmospheric scientists and the product user. WAS*IS session of the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology, 87th Annual AMS meeting, San Antonio, TX, 14-18 January, 2007.

Sandstorm, M.A., D. Changnon, and B. Flood, 2006: Invited presentation. Improving our understanding of CEW and insect migration in the Midwest. 79th Annual Processing Crops Conference. Midwest Food Processors Association. Appleton, WI, 29 November, 2006.

Sandstrom, M.A., D. Changnon, and B. Flood, 2006: Invited presentation. Improving our understanding of H. zea migration in the Midwest: Assessment of source populations. Symposium: Another Series of Unfortunate Events? Increasing Concerns about Helicoverpa zea Susceptibility to Pyrethroids in the Midwestern U.S. North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Bloomington, IL, 26-29 March, 2006.

Changnon, D., 2005: Invited presentation. Communicating and Collaborating with Specific User Groups: Focus on Agricultural Users. Weather and Society Integrated Workshop (WAS*IS) held in Boulder, CO, November 7-11, 2005.

Changnon, D., 2005: Invited presentation. Developing relationships among key players in the Weather Enterprise: User perspectives from the agriculture sector. National Research Council Committee on “Estimating and Communicating Uncertainty in Weather and Climate Forecasts.” Held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), September 21-23, 2005, in Boulder, CO.

Changnon, D., M. Sandstrom, R. Lauritsen, and M. Bentley, 2005: Can changing agricultural practices influence Midwestern dew points? 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 85th Annual AMS Meeting, 9-13 January, 2005, San Diego, CA.

Changnon, D., and M. Sandstrom, 2004, Invited presentation: What’s all the sweat about? Given to the central Illinois and central Indiana chapters of the American Meteorological Society, Covington, IN, July, 22, 2004.

Changnon, D., 2004: Climate and business applications: Focused needs in a changing world. Invited paper for the Seminar on the Lifelong Work of Stan Changnon, at the AMS’ 14th Conference on Applied Climatology, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004.

Changnon, D., and S.A. Changnon, 2003, Invited presentation: Assessment of issues related to usage of climate predictions in the U.S. agribusiness sector and utility industry. AMS and Columbia University Policy Forum: Improving Responses to Climate Predictions, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April 23-24, 2003.