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Offline Downlinerz2

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Web Site For Leaf Peepers
« on: September 26, 2011, 03:22:18 PM »
    I found this website today that is interesting and may come in handy for some of your websites. You can look at the Foliage reports that have maps of color change % and amount of leaf fall.  Many of you may have heard of it already but for those who haven't like me it is at:

        http://www.foliagenetwork.com/

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Re: Web Site For Leaf Peepers
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 03:52:57 PM »
The National Weather Service Cooperative Program Managers encourage participation in the National Phenology Network
http://www.usanpn.org/
Phenology: a branch of science dealing with the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena (as bird migration or plant flowering)
Phenology refers to recurring plant and animal life cycle stages, or phenophases, such as leafing and flowering, maturation of agricultural plants, emergence of insects, and migration of birds
« Last Edit: September 26, 2011, 03:56:09 PM by wxtech »
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Re: Web Site For Leaf Peepers
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 05:20:00 PM »
    That is an interesting site Al.  Thanks!  I will check it out more thouroughly later tonite.