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State	Application Area	ET Meth	Ref crop	Contact	Contact Information	Verified Date	e-mail address	Internet Site
AK
AL *	all	Penman	grass	Rodger R. Getz, President	AWIS Weather Services, Inc., 1735 East University Dr., Suite 101, PO Box 3267, Auburn, AL 36831-3267, Phone (334) 826-2149 x 104, FAX (334) 826-2152	5/20/99	rgetz@awis.com	http://www.awis.com *
AR
AZ	Central, Southern, Western	1977-PM, hourly	grass	Dr. Paul Brown	Extension Specialist, Soils, Water and Environmental Science Dept., 429 Shantz Building #38, Univ. of AZ, Tucson, AZ 85721	3/16/99	azmet@ag.arizona.edu	http://ag.arizona.edu/azmet/
CA	Northern	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
CA	all	CIMIS 1977 Penman, hourly	grass	CIMIS Richard Snyder	Biometeorologist, University of California, Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. Davis, CA 95616-8627	4/02/99	rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu	http://www.dpla.water.ca.gov/cgi-bin/cimis/cimis/hq/main.pl
CA	all	CIMIS – Modified Penman	grass	CIMIS Dr. Simon Eching Dr. Baryohay Davidoff	California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS), California Department of Water Resources 1020 9^th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, Phone (916) 327-1618	4/14/99	seching@water.ca.gov baryohay@water.ca.gov	http://www.dpla.water.ca.gov/cgi-bin/cimis/cimis/hq/main.pl
CA	all	CIMIS	grass	WaterRight Dr. David F. Zoldoske	Director, Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University – Fresno, 5370 N. Chestnut Avenue M/S 18, Fresno, CA 93740-8021, Phone (559) 278-2066, FAX (559) 278-6033	4/14/99	david_zoldoske@csufresno.edu	http://www.wateright.org/
CO	Northeast	82 KP (Ag) ASCE PM (Turf)	alf - ag grass - turf	Mark Crookston Brent Mecham	No. CO Water Conservancy Dist., 1250 N. Wilson, P.O. Box 679, Loveland, CO 80537, Phone [Mark] (970) 667-2437 x 262, [Brent] (970) 667-2437 x 324, FAX (970) 663-6907	2/25/99	mcrookston@ncwcd.org bmecham@ncwcd.org	http://www.ncwcd.org/cgi-bin/ncwcd?go=Irrigation_Management_Service
CO	all	82 KP	alf	CoAgMet Dr. Tom Mckee	CSU - Atmospheric Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, Phone (970) 491-8545	2/25/99	tom@ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu	http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu
CO	part			AgMet - Ken Hubbard	Nebraska High Plains Center			http://hpccsun.unl.edu
CT *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
DE *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
DE	Sussex Co.	Penman-Monteith	grass	Dean Dey	CES Research and Education Center, RD 6 Box 48, Georgetown, DE 19947, Phone (302) 856-7303 x 324	4/05/99	dey@udel.edu	http://www.rec.udel.edu
FL	SW Water Mgt Dist	Modified – Mod BC (AGMOD)	grass	Ron Cohen, P.E.	Agricultural and Irrigation Engineer, Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34609, (352) 796-7211 ext 4300, Fax (352) 544 2328.	5/5/99	ron.cohen@swfwmd.state.fl.us	http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu
FL	Suwannee River Water Mgt. Dist.	SCS BC	grass	William H. Kirk, P.G.	Suwannee River Water Management District, 9225 County Road 49, Live Oak, FL 32060, (800) 226-1066, in FL (904) 362-1001, FAX (904) 362-1056	5/10/99	kirk_b@srwmd.state.fl.us	http://www.imok.ufl.edu/faculty/obreza.htm
GA		Priestley-Taylor	PET	Gerrit Hoogenboom	Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Griffen, GA 30223, Phone (770) 229-3438, FAX (770) 228-7218	3/31/99	gerrit@gaes.griffin.peachnet.edu	http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu
HI
IA				Dr. Richard Carlson	Professor of Climatology, Dept. Agronomy, Iowa State University		richard@iastate.edu
IA				Dr. Jerry Hatfield	Director of the USDA National Soil Tilth Lab, Ames, IA		hatfield@iastate.edu
ID	Southern part	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
ID	all	82 KP FAO-BC	alf alf	Dr. Richard G. Allen	University of Idaho Research and Extension Center, Kimberly, Idaho 83341 208 423 6601		rallen@kimberly.uidaho.edu
ID	Southern part	AgriMet	alf	WaterRight Dr. David F. Zoldoske	Director, Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University – Fresno, 5370 N. Chestnut Avenue M/S 18, Fresno, CA 93740-8021, Phone (559) 278-2066, FAX (559) 278-6033	4/14/99	david_zoldoske@csufresno.edu	http://www.wateright.org/
IL	all	Thornthwaite		Don Pitts	USDA - NRCS, 1902 Fox Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, Phone (217) 398-5285	3/16/99	don.pitts@il.usda.gov
IL	Champaign	Evap Pan		Audrey Bryan	State Water Survey, Univ. of IL, 2204 Griffith Dr., Champaign, IL 61820	3/16/98	wxobservr@sws.uluc.edu
IN
KS	all	Mod. Penman	alf	Dr. Freddie Lamm Dr. Danny Rogers Dr. Mahbub Alam Dr. Todd Trooien Dr. Gary Clark	Professors, Research or Extension Engineers with Kansas State University	3/19/99	flamm@oz.oznet.ksu.edu drogers@bae.ksu.edu malam@oz.oznet.ksu.edu ttrooien@oz.oznet.ksu.edu gclark@falcon.bae.ksu.edu	http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/SWAreaOffice/Irrigation/et00.htm
KS	South Central GMD #2	Mod. Penman	grass	Michael T. Dealy	Manager, Equus Beds Groundwater Mangement District #2, 313 Spruce St., Halstead, KS 67056-1925, Phone (316) 835-2224, FAX (316) 830-2210	4/06/99	equusbed@ink.org
KS	Southwest, GMD #3	Mod. Penman	alf	Kent Shaw	Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District #3, 409 Campus Drive, Garden City, KS 67846, (316) 275-7147	3/23/99	kentshaw@midusa.net	http://www.ink.org/public/ksgm
KS	Northwest, GMD #4	Mod. Penman	alf	Ray Luhman	Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District #4, PO Box 905, Colby, KS 67701, phone (785) 462-3915	3/23/99	Rluhman@colby.ixks.com
KS	South Central, GMD #5	Penman - Monteith	grass	Sharon Falk – Manager Joe Allen – Conservation Specialist	Big Bend Groundwater Management District #5, PO Box 7, Stafford, KS 67578, phone (316)234-5352	4/08/99	gmd5@midway.net
KS				Dr. Ken Hubbard, Director	High Plains Climate Center Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) -		khubbard@hpccsun.unl.edu	http://www.hpccsun.unl.edu
KY				Dr. Richard C. Warner	KY Cooperative Extension , University of Kentucky, Agricultural Engineering Bldg., Lexingotn, KY 40546-0276, Phone (606) 257-3000		rwarner@bae.uky.edu
LA
MA *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
MD *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
ME *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
MI
MN	Selected Sites	Mod. Penman & mod. JH	alf	Jerry Wright	West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, Minnesota (320) 589-1711	5/23/99	jwright1@extension.umn.edu
MN	Selected Sites	Mod. Penman & mod. JH	alf	Mark Seeley	Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate, Univ. of Minnesota (617) 625-4724	5/23/99	mseeley@soils.umn.edu
MO	all	Mod. PM	grass	Pat Guinan	University of Missouri-Columbia, 100 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MI 65211	3/16/99	agpg@showme.missouri.edu	http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/index.htm
MS
MT	West side	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
MT	East side	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Tim Grove	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 36900, Billings, MT 59107-7759	4/28/99	tgrove@gp.usbr.gov	http://www.gp.usbr.gov/agrimet/agrimet_station_list.htm
MT	all	AgriMet	alf	WaterRight Dr. David F. Zoldoske	Director, Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University – Fresno, 5370 N. Chestnut Avenue M/S 18, Fresno, CA 93740-8021, Phone (559) 278-2066, FAX (559) 278-6033	4/14/99	david_zoldoske@csufresno.edu	http://www.wateright.org/
NC				Dr. D. C. Sanders	Extension Horticultural Specialist, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina State University			http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-33-e.html
ND	All	Jensen-Haise	Grass & Alfalfa	Dr. Thomas F. Scherer	Extension Engineer, NDSU Ext. Agricultural Engineering, 1221 Albrecht Ave., Box 5626, Fargo, ND,58105-5626, phone (701) 231-7239, FAX (701) 231-1008	4/05/99	tscherer@ndsuext.nodak.edu	http://www.ext.nodak.edu/weather/cropwater
ND	All	Modified Penman	Grass	Dr. John W. Enz, North Dakota Ag. Weather Network (NDAWN)	Agricultural Climatologist, Professor - Dept. of Soil Science, Box 5638, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5758, Phone (701) 231-8576, FAX (701) 231-7861	5/26/99	jenz@badlands.nodak.edu	http://www.ext.nodak.edu/weather/ndawn
NE				Dr. Ken Hubbard, Director	High Plains Climate Center Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) -		khubbard1@unl.edu	http://hpccsun.unl.edu for fee
NH *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
NJ *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
NJ *	South and Central	Mod. PM	grass	Steve Quesenberry	Coordinator, South Jersey RC&D, 251 Bellevue Ave., Hammonton, NJ 08037, Phone (609) 561-3223	6/3/99	steve.quesenberry@nj.usda.gov	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
NJ *	South and Central	Evaporation Pan		Keith Arneson	Rutgers Extension Staff Meterologist, Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551, Phone (732) 932-9551	6/3/99	arnesen@envsci.rutgers.edu
NM	all			Dr. Ted Sammis	Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, MSC 3Q, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, tele (505) 646-2104	3/31/99	tsammis@nmsu.edu	et - http://weather.nmsu.edu/ models - http://weather.nmsu.edu/ crops - http://weather.nmsu.edu/
NV
NY *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
OH		Weather Parameters and Evap Pan		Dr. Jim R. Holman	Computing and Statisical Services, Ohio Agric. Res. And Dev. Ctr., Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Ave. Wooster, OH 44691, Phone 330/263-3772, FAX 330/263-3784	3/19/99	holman.2@osu.edu	http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weather
OK	all	PM	grass	Mesonet, Dr. Mike Kizer	Extension Irrigation Specialist, Oklahoma State University, Biosystems &Ag. Engr. Department, 228 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, Phone (405) 744-8421, FAX (405) 744-6059	6/2/99	mkizer@okstate.edu	http://okmesonet.ocs.ou.edu/
OK	all	PM	grass	Mesonet, Dr. J.D Carlson	Mesonet Ag Meterologist, Oklahoma State University, Biosystems &Ag. Engr. Department, 214A Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, Phone (405) 744-6353, FAX (405) 744-6059	6/2/99	jdc@okstate.edu	http://radar.metr.ou.edu/agwx
OK	southwest			Donna Kirby	Manager, Lugert-Altus Irrig. Dist., (Mesonet ET Products for SW OK)			http://www.usbr.gov/rsmg/nexrad/stage3.html
OK				Weather and Climatological Data				http://www.ocs.ou.edu/climatedata/climatedata.html
OR	all	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
OR	all			Dr. Richard Cuenca	Dept. Bioresources Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3906		cuenca@engr.orst.edu
OR	western			John Selker et.al.	Dept. Bioresources Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3906, (541) 737-6304		selkerj@ccmail.orst.edu	http://biosys.bre.orst.edu/bre/docs/irrigationguide.html
OR	Eastern & central basin	AgriMet	alf	WaterRight Dr. David F. Zoldoske	Director, Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University – Fresno, 5370 N. Chestnut Avenue M/S 18, Fresno, CA 93740-8021, Phone (559) 278-2066, FAX (559) 278-6033	4/14/99	david_zoldoske@csufresno.edu	http://www.wateright.org/
PA *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
RI	All	Penman & Evap Pan	grass	Art Gold	Dept. of Natural Resources Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Phone (401) 874-2903	4/28/99
RI *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
SC				Dr. Carl Camp Dr. John Sadler	Agricultural Engineers. USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center, 2611 West Lucas St., Florence, SC 29501-1242, Phone (843) 669-5201 (Carl x 107), FAX (843) 669-6970	5/20/1999	camp@florence.ars.usda.gov sadler@florence.ars.usda.gov	http://www.florence.ars.usda.gov
SC				Dr. Dale E. Linvill	Professor of Ag. Meterology, Dept. of Ag. and Bio. Engr, 230 McAdams Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29633, Phone (864) 656-4070	5/20/1999	dlnvll@clemson.edu
SD				Dr. Ken Hubbard, Director	High Plains Climate Center Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) -		khubbard@hpccsun.unl.edu	http://hpccsun.unl.edu/weather/html/awdn_diagram.html
SD				South Dakota Automatic Weather Data Network (SD-AWDN)				http://www.abs.sdstate.edu/ae/weather/awdn_day.htm
TN
TX	Northern	PM		Thomas and Gary Marek				http://amarillo2.tamu.edu/nppet/petnet1.htm
TX	east			MesoNet Dr. Tim Doggett	Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Texas A&M, (806) 742-3477
TX	Bushland		alf	Dr. Terry Howell	Research Leader.USDA-ARS, Conservation & Product Research Laboratory, P.O. Drawer 10, Bushland, TX 79012, phone (806) 356-5746, FAX (806) 356-5750		tahowell@ag.gov	http://www.cprl.ars.usda.gov/petweb.htm
TX	North, Central, South	Penman – Monteith	grass	Dr. Guy Fipps	Associate Professor & Extension Agricultural Engineer, Texas A&M University, Agricultural Engineering Department, 207 Scoates Hall, College Station, TX 77843-2117, Phone(409) 845-7454, FAX (409) 847-8828	3/31/99	g-fipps@tamu.edu	http://texaset.tamu.edu
TX	all		grass	J. Borrelli	Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, Phone (806) 742-3481, FAX (806) 742-3488
UT	all		alf	Dr. Robert Hill	Utah State University, Biological and Irrigation Engineering, Logan, UT 435-797-2791		bobh@ext.usu.edu	http://nrwrt1.nr.state.ut.us/manuals/consumpt/cfwea.htm
UT	all		grass	Dr. Don Jensen	Utah State Climatologist, Utah Climate Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT			http://climate.usu.edu/
VA				Blake Ross	Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0303	4/12/99	bbross@vt.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
VT *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
VT *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
WA	Columbia Basin	82 KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
WA *	major ag irrigated	82 KP FAO24- Penmand	alf grass	PAWS Dr. Mary J. Hattendorf	AG Meteoroligist/PAWS System Coordinator WSU PAWS, 24106 N. Bunn Rd., Prosser, WA 99350, VOICE: (509)-786-9219 FAX: (509)-786-9370	5/24/99	mhattend@tricity.wsu.edu wsupaws@prosser.wsu.edu	http://frost.prosser.wsu.edu/
WA	Columbia Basin	AgriMet	alf	WaterRight Dr. David F. Zoldoske	Director, Center for Irrigation Technology, California State University – Fresno, 5370 N. Chestnut Avenue M/S 18, Fresno, CA 93740-8021, Phone (559) 278-2066, FAX (559) 278-6033	4/14/99	david_zoldoske@csufresno.edu	http://www.wateright.org/
WI				Bill Bland	Bill Bland Dept. of Soil Science, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison		wlbland@facstaff.wisc.edu	http://bob.soils.wisc.edu/wimnext/sunwater.html
WV *		Penman-Monteith	grass (?)	Art DeGaetano	Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University	3/19/99	atd2@cornell.edu	http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu *
WY	Afton	82KP	alf	AGRIMET Mr. Peter Palmer	AgriMet Coordinator, USDI - Bureau of Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234, Phone (208) 378-5283	4/28/99	ppalmer@pn.usbr.gov	http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
WY	all	Penman (?)	grass	Dr. Larry Pochop	Professor of Civil Engineering Room 2098, Engineering Building, University of Wyoming, College of Engineering, Box 3295, Laramie, WY 82071-3295 Office Phone : (307) 766-3326, Fax Number: (307) 766-4444	4/30/99	pochop@uwyo.edu

ET methodology comparative reports over the years

YEAR	Title	Author
Rev. 1977	FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 24 – "Crop Water Requirements"	Author: J. Doorenbos, et. al.
1983	USBR - Comparison of Equations Used for Estimating Agricultural Crop Evapotranspiration with Field Research	Author: Robert W. Hill, et.al.
1990	ASCE Manual No. 70 - Evaporation and Irrigation Water Requirements	Edited by: Marvin E. Jensen, et.al.
1993	NRCS, Part 623 NEH, Chapter 2 - Irrigation Water Requirements	Lead Author: Derrel L. Martin
1994	Developments in Atmospheric Science 22, Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, and Climate Data	Author: Elsevier, R., R. Burman and L. Pochop
1994	Research Report 145 - Consumptive Use of Irrigated Crops in Utah	Project Director: Robert W. Hill
1996, 2^nd Ed.	ASCE Manual No. 28 – Hydrology Handbook, Chapter 4 – Evaporation and Transpiration
1998	FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56 – "Crop Evapotranspiration, Guidelines for Computing Crop Water Requirements"	Author: Richard G. Allen, et. al.

USA ET Information Sources, Specialist and Consultants not listed above

Name	Title	Address	City/State	Phone	e-mail address
Marvin E. Jensen	Consultant	1207 Springwood Drive	Fort Collins, CO 80525-2850	Office: 970/226-5402, FAX: 970/223-3519	mjensen419@aol.com
Derrel L. Martin	Professor	University of Nebraska, Biological Systems Engineering, LW Chase Hall	Lincoln, NE 68583-0726	Office: 402/472-1586, FAX: 402/472-6338	dlmartin@unlnotes.unl.edu
Thomas L. Spofford	Irrigation Engineer	Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center, 101 SW Main St., Suite 1600	Portland, OR 97204-3224	Office: 503/414-3075, FAX: 503/414-3101	tspofford@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
Ivan A. Walter	Consultant	W.W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc., 3700 S. Inca St.	Englewood, CO 80110	Office: 303/761-4130, FAX: 303/761-2802	wwwheeler@worldnet.att.net
James L. Wright	Soil Scientist	USDA – Agricultural Research Service, NW Irrigation and Soils Research Lab, 3793 N 3600 E	Kimberly, ID 83341	Office: 208/423-6501, FAX: 208/423-6555	wright@kimberly.ars.pn.usbr.gov