Mailing Address: North Dakota State University
Soil Science Department
235 Walster Hall
PO Box 5638
Fargo, ND 58105

Phone: 701-231-8574
Fax: 701-231-7861
email: barbara.mahoney@ndsu.edu

Web: North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN)
Web: North Dakota State Climatologist

Primary Activities:

Quality control of data collected from the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) Inventory of weather station sensors (maintenance, location, history, etc.)

Assist with climatic data summaries and analyses.

Assist State Climatologist with dissemination of climatic data and information.

Academic Background:

1998                 M.S. Soil Science (Soil Physics), North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.
1991                 B.S. Mathematics, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN.

Professional Experience:

1998-Present     Research Specialist II, ND Ag Weather Network (NDAWN), Dept. of Soil Science, NDSU.

• Quality control of NDAWN climatic data.
• Maintain climatic data databases.
• Assist with climatic data analyses.
• Assist with public data requests and NDAWN publicity.

1996-1998         Ag Research Technician III, Sugarbeet Extension, Department of Soil Science, NDSU.

• Pesticide application. Equipment calibration and maintenance.
• Research plot care and maintenance.
• Operation of sugarbeet planter test stand.
• Data handling and analysis.

1993-1996         Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Soil Science, NDSU.

• Thesis: Mahoney, B. A. 1998. Modeling water and nitrogen fate in undisturbed lysimeters using LEACHN M.S. Thesis. North Dakota State University. Fargo, ND.