Eric Luebehusen

As an employee of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, his key responsibility is to provide analysis in support of the USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate. He has developed over 100 operational yield regression models to support the WASDE, using innovative techniques to merge satellite and weather data into a dynamic process that provides WAOB economists with real-time yield forecasts. Eric was an author of the US Drought Monitor for over 10 years, spearheading the effort to use GIS data to improve the product’s accuracy and detail. He has also worked for: the Maryland Department of the Environment as an air quality modeler and forecaster; NOAA’s Satellite Analysis Branch as an operational meteorologist; and the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, gaining valuable experience at the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility.