Indiana Climate Office in the News

6/15/2008 Tim Evans, INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Purdue study: More rain, floods expected-Dev Niyogi

6/13/2008 Brian Wallheimer, INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Lafayette's parks revise 5-year plan-Dev Niyogi

6/12/2008 JOURNAL AND COURIER

Rain And Flooding Likely To Continue-Dev Niyogi

6/11/2008 Gary Truitt, HOOSIER AG TODAY

Donations, money pour in for flood victims

6/11/2008 Mary Beth Schneider, INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Heavy rain impacts summer farming, fun-Dev Niyogi

6/9/2008 WLFI.COM

This spring seems wetter than it is-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

6/4/2008 Curt Slyder, JOURNAL AND COURIER

Spring planting 2 weeks behind late-May average-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

5/28/2008 CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Get trained to spot storms

5/7/2008 Jenna Buelher, CARROLL COUNTY COMET

Remembering the blizzard of '78

1/26/2008 Andy Graham, THE HERALD-TIMES, BLOOMINGTON

Floodwaters creep back into homes

1/12/2008 INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Study: Warmer weather ahead

1/2/2008 INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Quick take: Cooling off at last

10/10/2007 JOURNAL AND COURIER

Later-planted corn yields could nose dive

10/1/2007 KANSAS FARMER

Drought patterns explain much about Indian's crop yields

10/1/2007 Tom J. Bechman, INDIANA PRAIRIE FARMER

After drought, effects on hay, corn and beans linger-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

9/27/2007 THE HERALD-TIMES, BLOOMINGTON

High temperatures, low precipitation creating many problems

9/4/2007 Susan A. Steeves, LAFAYETTE ONLINE NEWS

August storms set rainfall record

9/17/2007 GARY POST TRIBUNE

Parking should be easy for Americans…-Dev Niyogi

9/12/2007 INDEPENDENT ONLINE

Downpours not enough to make up for season's shortfall

8/21/2007 Mishele Wright, MARION CHRONICLE TRIBUNE

Much-needed rain to ease by fair time-Dev Niyogi

7/19/2007 Savannah Worley, THE HERALD-TIMES, BLOOMINGTON

Drought now, small crop yields come fall

7/15/2007 MARION CHRONICLE TRIBUNE

Rain crucial for East Central Indiana corn

7/15/2007 MUNCIE STAR PRESS

More splashes in cities' pools

7/13/2007 JOURNAL AND COURIER

Purdue: Next Few Weeks Critical For State's Corn Crop-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

7/5/2007 INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS

Rain may ease drought in some localities'-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

6/26/2007 AP, THE HERALD-TIMES, BLOOMINGTON

Recent Rain Puts Small Dent In Indiana Drought-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

6/25/2007 INDYCHANNEL.COM

Dry conditions threaten county weather systems

6/21/2007 REPORTER TIMES

Climate provokes senior to save lives

6/20/2007 Connie Lee, THE EXPONENT

Cold weather not going anywhere

4/13/2007 JOURNAL AND COURIER

Rotary learns why every drop counts

3/14/2007 Brandon Hatfield, THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN

Get Growing Use average frost-free dates as planting guide

3/2/2007 FORT WAYNE NEWS SENTINEL

Hole lot of trouble

2/27/2007 Louisa Murzyn, NWITIMES.COM

Rainfall will extend flood risk from melting snow

2/25/2007 Elizabeth Gardner, LAFAYETTE ONLINE NEWS

State climatologist says "Oops!"'

2/20/2007 AP, HERALD TIMES

State climatologist misses mark

2/10/2007 Rob Schneider, JOURNAL AND COURIER

Midwest Feeling Effects Of El Ni–a

1/9/2007 Teresa Smith, WARSAW TIMES UNION

Nationwide rainfall network expanding here

11/28/2006 NOBLESVILLE LEDGER

Many Weather Factors Needed for Accurate Climate Change Predictions

11/6/2006 NEWSWISE

First frost could be near Be prepared, forecasters warn gardeners

10/11/2006 Jean Starr, NWITIMES.COM

Many weather factors needed for accurate climate change predictions -Dev Niyogi

8/11/2006 INNOVATIONS REPORT

Poison ivy tops list of garden dangers-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

7/16/2006 Larry Caplan, EVANSVILLE COURIER PRESS

State Climate Office Partners With National Organization

6/27/2006 Inside Indiana Business, INSIDEINDIANABUSINESS.COM

Farmers get early start

4/18/2006 Jason Miller, THE NEWS-DISPATCH

Caption only: No school? Snowy fun!

3/22/2006 THE DESERET NEWS

Spring Storm Hinders Travel in Midwest

3/22/2006 AP, WASHINGTON POST

Researchers: Plant Biology Factor in Weather Forecasting-Dev Niyogi

3/13/2006 Sara Goudarzi, FOX NEWS

Scientists create improved storm forecast model-Dev Niyogi

3/12/2006 Rick Callahan, USA TODAY

 
Warmer winter forecast for Hoosier State

11/23/2005 FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE

Freeze-Dried Mats Of Microbes Awaken In Antarctic Streambed: Study-Dev Niyogi

8/23/2005 SPACE DAILY

Heat hits farmers-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

6/28/2005 Doug LeDuc, NEWS-SENTINEL

Flooded roads present potential danger to citizens-Kenneth L. Scheeringa

1/14/2005 Kaitlin Vanderpool, PURDUE EXPONENT

Source: American Meterological Society

News Excerpts

February 9, 2007

Voice of America News Interview: Global Warming Report

Blizzard surprised state climatologist

By THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR

A week after a blizzard buried parts of Indiana, the state's official climatologist concedes that his forecast for a mild February was a bit off the mark.

Dev Niyogi, an assistant professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue University, ranks his winter forecast in the could-do-better category.

He had forecast that the winter season - Dec. 1 through Feb. 28 - would include warmer-than-normal temperatures during February.

But as Hoosiers shivered from recent below-zero weather, Niyogi couldn't ignore the obvious.

"We all know it has not been warm, which is what we anticipated it ought to be," he said. "Clearly, we will have to look at what other factors we should be looking at so we have a better outcome the next time around."

Niyogi said pinpointing a storm like the one that dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of north-central Indiana is difficult on a short-term basis and impossible months in advance.

Before last week's storm, he said, three similar systems threatened to lash the state, including an ice storm that stopped at the Illinois-Indiana state line.

Actually, much of Niyogi's forecast proved accurate. As he predicted, December started out cold, and was followed by extreme swings from warmer to frigid days.

But Ken Scheeringa, an associate state climatologist, joked that during the recent blizzard, he had friends call and ask him whether he had turned "the dials" the wrong way.

Niyogi, who became state climatologist in 2005, oversees the office that's the official archive of daily weather observations across Indiana and also studies the state's climate.

The 34-year-old grew up in Bombay, India, and initially wanted to become an engineer. But his fascination with smoke plumes flowing from Bombay's tall chimneys eventually led him to atmospheric studies.

Niyogi received a degree in civil engineering in India and came to the U.S. in 1994 to study atmospheric sciences.

Because of his title, Niyogi fields calls from reporters, something he said he relishes because it gives him a chance to keep weather-related issues before the public.

Telling people that he's the state climatologist is a good line to use at a party, but not during a blizzard, Niyogi said.

When the weather's nice, that's another story.

"I take all the credit for it," he said.

November 6,2006

    Current climate change impact models that consider only one weather variable, such as increasing temperature, sometimes spawn unsubstantiated doomsday predictions, according to researchers at Purdue and North Carolina universities.

Climate change studies that assess the full range of interactions among temperature, radiation, precipitation and land use can better aid humans to prepare for extreme shifts in weather patterns, the scientists report in a special issue of the journal Global and Planetary Change.

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State Fair 8 /17 /2005

This year on Purdue Day at the Indiana State Fair, Associate Iclimate Director Ken Scheeringa and five Iclimate team members drove down to manage the Iclimate booth. Team members answered visitor's questions and met other grad students in the School of Science . Located in the Science Program section, IClimate booth visitors were fascinated by the many double-bottles filled with water, that with a twist of the hand, would produce a swirling “funnel cloud;” here IClimate team member Brian Wolfe explains how this phenomenon occurs.

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