May-June 2002

Cover: A new sensor orbiting the Earth aboard NASA's Terra satellite is collecting the most detailed measurements ever made of the sea's surface temperature. The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) is measuring sea surface temperature at twice the accuracy of previous satellites. Taken Jan. 1-8, 2001, this image shows cold water upwelling near the coast of Peru, and joining the South Equatorial Current, which flows westward across the Pacific Ocean. Thermal expnasion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice due to global warming have very lilely contributed to the documented rise on sea level (1 to 2 millimeters annually) during the 20th century. Image by Jesse Allen, based on data provided by the MODIS OCEAN Team and the university of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Remote Sensing Group.

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California Agriculture, May-June 2002

Volume 56, Number 3
A warmer California: Assessing the impacts of climate change

peer-reviewed research articles

Global climate change will affect: air, water in California
by Bryan C. Weare
pp89-96, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p89
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Contract use widespread in wine grape industry
by Rachael E. Goodhue , Dale M. Heien , Hyunok Lee , Daniel A. Sumner
pp97-102, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p97
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Avocado thrips: New challenge for growers
by Mark S. Hoddle , Joseph G. Morse , Phil A. Phillips , Ben A. Faber , Karen M. Jetier
pp103-107, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p103
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Graft-transmissible agent causes bark necrosis and stem pitting in plum trees
by Diana B. Marini , Adib Rowhani , Jerry K. Uyemoto
pp108-111, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p108
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Water will drive California response to climate change
by Richard Howitt , Jay Lund
pp82, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p82
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Trade Center air laden with very fine particles, DELTA scientists find
Editors
pp84, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p84a
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Carbon dioxide hampers nitrate incorporation by plants
Editors
pp84-85, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p84b
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Super-sensitive nitrogen dioxide detector identifies greenhouse gases
Editors
pp85, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p85
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World grapples with climate change
by Janet Byron
pp86-88, doi#10.3733/ca.v056n03p86
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