1. Overview of the SECC mission, strategy, and programs
Keith Ingram
Coordinator, Southeast Climate Consortium

2. SECC History
Three universities, U. Miami, Florida State U., and U. Florida established the Florida consortium in 1997 with funding from NOAA Climate Program Office as a Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Center
SECC – RMA partnership established in We are now in our second continuation
Federal Grant through CSREES began in We are now in our 5th CSREES grant.

3. Mission
The mission of the Southeast Climate Consortium is to use advances in climate sciences, including improved capabilities to forecast seasonal climate, to provide scientifically sound information and decision support tools for agriculture, forestry, and water resources management in the Southeastern USA.
As a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team, the SECC conducts participatory research and outreach to a broad community of potential users and forms partnerships with extension and education organizations to ensure that SECC products are relevant and reliable.

4. SECC Members University of Florida
Crop modeling, extension, hydrology, decision systems, linking crop and climate models, down-scaling
Florida State University
Climate sciences, state climatologist, down-scaling
University of Miami
Decision analysis, evaluation
University of Georgia (since 2002)
Crop modeling, evaluation, hydrology, extension, state climatologist
University of Alabama – Huntsville (since 2003)
Climate sciences, state climatologist
Auburn University
(since 2003)
Agricultural and resource economics, hydrology
North Carolina State University (since 2007)
Crop pest modeling, state climatologist

5. SECC Strategic Themes Climate Agricultural Research
Water Resources Management
Decision Analysis / Assessment
Agricultural Extension
AgClimate
AgroClimate

6. Climate Information Development and Delivery System
Research Faculty
Climate Agriculture
Water Resources Decision Analysis
Extension Faculty
Climate Extension Specialists
Prototype AgClimate
Prototype CoastalClimate
Prototype SEWaterClimate
Agricultural & Forest Commodity Specialists
Information Delivery
State Climatologists
Cooperative Extension Services
AgroClimate
Extension Agents
Decision Makers
Agricultural producers, Green industry managers, Forest managers, Water resource managers, Policy makers

7. Important Issues Strategy for continued federal funding
Ear mark
Competitive grants
Competition for RISA
RMA continuation
Regional issues
Drought, NIDIS, and other efforts regarding water resources
Climate change – new, broader clientele
Expanded coverage for AgroClimate and SECC