
Title
Mesonet Operations ManagerOffice Building
Off-CampusMailing Address
Aberdeen Regional Center-CES13 2nd Ave SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Biography
Nathan's interest is in providing statewide weather data that is useful to a wide audience and really benefits his native South Dakota. Whether in agriculture, emergency management, water management or just a citizen checking the weather, there isn't a South Dakotan whose life isn't touched by weather everyday. Once Mesonet data is collected and archived, it is put to work again by researchers at State and beyond to find solutions to benefit residents and industries of the state.Committee Activities
Upper Missouri River Basin Monitoring Network, United States Army Corps of Engineers-Governance/Siting Committee
-Instrumentation Committee (lead)
-Data Management Committee
Executive Committee, National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network (NCSMMN)
Functional Standards & Practices Subcommittee, American Association of State Climatologists
Professional Memberships
American Association of State ClimatologistsAmerican Meteorological Society
Area(s) of Research
Fiebrich, C. A., Brinson, K. R., Mahmood, R., Foster, S. A., Schargorodski, M., Edwards, N. L., Redmond, C. A., Atkins, J. R., Andresen, J. A., & Lin, X. (2020). Toward the Standardization of Mesoscale Meteorological Networks, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37(11), 2033-2049. Retrieved Jun 10, 2021, from https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/37/11/JTECH-D-20-0078.1.xml“A Strategy for a National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network” (https://www.drought.gov/documents/strategy-national-coordinated-soil-moisture-monitoring-network) contributing author
American Association of State Climatologists “Recommendations and Best Practices for Mesonets” contributing author (https://stateclimate.org/best-practices/)
Cosh, MH, Caldwell, TG, Baker, CB, Bolten, JD, Edwards, N, Goble, P, Hofman, H, Ochsner, TE, Quiring, S, Schalk, C, Skumanich, M, Svoboda, M, Woloszyn, ME. Developing a strategy for the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network. Vadose Zone J. 2021;1−13. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20139
Applications of Research
Agriculture pesticide applicationSoil climate
Crop yield estimation
Fire weather
Public safety (severe weather, heat stress)
Drought monitoring
Hydrology (evapotranspiration, soil moisture, precipitation)
Department(s)
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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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Mesonet at SDState