Air Quality

Issues relating to agricultural emissions, carbon sequestration and production of crops for alternative bio-based fuels.

• NRCS Air Quality

• Agricultural Air Quality Task Force

• Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
  Jointly operated by USDA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), JAWF tracks weather in the principal agricultural regions of the world.

• Water and Climate Center
  Excellent resource for obtaining information about mountain snowpack in the western United States via the NRCS SNOTEL network. Useful site for obtaining climate and hydrological information from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and National Weather Service, including water supply forecasts for the western United States.

• NRCS Air Resource Action Plan
  NRCS strategic plan to incorporate air resource considerations in ecosystem-based assistance for management of natural resources.

• Agriculture and Climate Change
  Issue Brief describing the impacts of agriculture on global climate change.

• Air Quality and Climate Change Links