Full Name
E. Ray Garnett
Job Title
Mr.
Company/Organization
Agro-Climatic Consulting
Speaker Bio
Biography
Ray Garnett is physical geographer/scientist and independent consultant who operates Agri-Climatic Consulting (ACC) a home-based business that advises clients on global crop conditions and climatic risks factors, including the prospect of human induced global warming. He has worked in this field for 49 years over 20 with Canadian Wheat Board's Weather and Crop Surveillance Department. Along with Dr. M. L. Khandekar he co-founded and coordinated the Long-Range Weather and Crop Forecasting Working Group that held four meetings with proceedings across Canada in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2001. In 2016 he received the Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology awarded by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
Education
B.A. (Political Science), University of Winnipeg, 1969
M.Sc. (Physical Geography), University of Saskatchewan, 2002
Dissertation
Long-Lead Forecasting of Precipitation and Yields in Saskatchewan Using Teleconnection Indices. Master's Thesis. University of Saskatchewan 2002
Professional Employment
Independent Consultant/Agro-Climatic Consulting (ACC) Home based business January 1999 to present that advises clients on global crop conditions and climatic risk factors.
• Employed by the Canadian Wheat Board 1970-1999.
Grain Transportation (3 yrs.), Weather and Crop Surveillance Department (23 yrs) Planning and Communications (2 yrs.)
• Along with Dr. M.L Khandekar co-founded and coordinated the Long-Range Weather and Crop Forecasting Working Group. Meetings with proceedings were held in: Saskatoon, Sk. 1993, Winnipeg, Mb 1995, Dorval, Que. 1997, Regina, Sk. 2001.
Peer reviewed publications:
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L.1992.The Impact of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Anomalies on Indian Monsoon Droughts and Floods and World Grain Yields, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 61:113-118.
Garnett, E. R., M.L. Khandekar, and J.C. Babb. 1998. On the utility of ENSO and PNA indices for long-lead forecasting of summer weather over the crop-growing region of the Canadian Prairies, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 60, 37-45.
Garnett, E.R., Nirupama, N., Haque, C.E. and T.S. Murty 2006. Correlates of Canadian Prairie summer rainfall: implications for crop yields, Climate Research, Vol.32:25-33.
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L. 2015. Determinants of Summer Weather
Extremes over the Canadian Prairies: Implications for Long Lead Grain Forecasting. Natural Hazards, Vol. 76 (DOI 10.1007/s11069-014-1543-3)
Garnett, E.R and Khandekar, M.L. 2017 Weather and Climate Extremes on the Canadian Prairies: An Assessment with a Focus on Grain Production. Environment and Ecology Research 5(4): 255-268, 2017 (DOI:10.1313189/eer.2017.050402)
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L.2018. Increasing Cold Weather Extremes since the New Millenium: An Assessment with a Focus on Worldwide Economic Impacts. Modern Environmental Science and Engineering. May 2018, Volume 4, No.5, pp 427-438.
Khandekar, M. L. and Garnett, E.R. 2020 Global Warming (GW) & Extreme Weather (EW). A short Communication Are Cold Extremes on the Rise? Earth & Environmental Research and Reviews. Volume 3, Issue 3: 170-179.
Garnett, E.R. Khandekar, M.L. and Kaur, Rupinder 2021. Is Diminishing Solar Activity Detrimental to Canadian Prairie Agriculture? Earth & Environmental Research and Reviews Volume 3, Issue 3: 170-179.
Awards: 2016 Recipient of the Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology awarded by
the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanography Society
Ray Garnett is physical geographer/scientist and independent consultant who operates Agri-Climatic Consulting (ACC) a home-based business that advises clients on global crop conditions and climatic risks factors, including the prospect of human induced global warming. He has worked in this field for 49 years over 20 with Canadian Wheat Board's Weather and Crop Surveillance Department. Along with Dr. M. L. Khandekar he co-founded and coordinated the Long-Range Weather and Crop Forecasting Working Group that held four meetings with proceedings across Canada in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2001. In 2016 he received the Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology awarded by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
Education
B.A. (Political Science), University of Winnipeg, 1969
M.Sc. (Physical Geography), University of Saskatchewan, 2002
Dissertation
Long-Lead Forecasting of Precipitation and Yields in Saskatchewan Using Teleconnection Indices. Master's Thesis. University of Saskatchewan 2002
Professional Employment
Independent Consultant/Agro-Climatic Consulting (ACC) Home based business January 1999 to present that advises clients on global crop conditions and climatic risk factors.
• Employed by the Canadian Wheat Board 1970-1999.
Grain Transportation (3 yrs.), Weather and Crop Surveillance Department (23 yrs) Planning and Communications (2 yrs.)
• Along with Dr. M.L Khandekar co-founded and coordinated the Long-Range Weather and Crop Forecasting Working Group. Meetings with proceedings were held in: Saskatoon, Sk. 1993, Winnipeg, Mb 1995, Dorval, Que. 1997, Regina, Sk. 2001.
Peer reviewed publications:
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L.1992.The Impact of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Anomalies on Indian Monsoon Droughts and Floods and World Grain Yields, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 61:113-118.
Garnett, E. R., M.L. Khandekar, and J.C. Babb. 1998. On the utility of ENSO and PNA indices for long-lead forecasting of summer weather over the crop-growing region of the Canadian Prairies, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 60, 37-45.
Garnett, E.R., Nirupama, N., Haque, C.E. and T.S. Murty 2006. Correlates of Canadian Prairie summer rainfall: implications for crop yields, Climate Research, Vol.32:25-33.
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L. 2015. Determinants of Summer Weather
Extremes over the Canadian Prairies: Implications for Long Lead Grain Forecasting. Natural Hazards, Vol. 76 (DOI 10.1007/s11069-014-1543-3)
Garnett, E.R and Khandekar, M.L. 2017 Weather and Climate Extremes on the Canadian Prairies: An Assessment with a Focus on Grain Production. Environment and Ecology Research 5(4): 255-268, 2017 (DOI:10.1313189/eer.2017.050402)
Garnett, E.R. and Khandekar, M.L.2018. Increasing Cold Weather Extremes since the New Millenium: An Assessment with a Focus on Worldwide Economic Impacts. Modern Environmental Science and Engineering. May 2018, Volume 4, No.5, pp 427-438.
Khandekar, M. L. and Garnett, E.R. 2020 Global Warming (GW) & Extreme Weather (EW). A short Communication Are Cold Extremes on the Rise? Earth & Environmental Research and Reviews. Volume 3, Issue 3: 170-179.
Garnett, E.R. Khandekar, M.L. and Kaur, Rupinder 2021. Is Diminishing Solar Activity Detrimental to Canadian Prairie Agriculture? Earth & Environmental Research and Reviews Volume 3, Issue 3: 170-179.
Awards: 2016 Recipient of the Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology awarded by
the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanography Society
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