Agricultural Meteorology

What you'll learn

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Understand major weather elements, atmospheric processes and their influence on crop growth, development and agricultural production.
Interpret rainfall, temperature, humidity, radiation, wind and evapotranspiration for practical crop and water management decisions.
Apply agroclimatic indices, crop-weather relationships and weather forecasts to improve agricultural planning and farm advisories.
Evaluate weather hazards and climate-change impacts and identify suitable adaptation and climate-resilient agricultural strategies.
Requirements

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No previous knowledge on the subject is required. Just grab your notebook and pen to mark important concepts for future use.
Description

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Agricultural Meteorology is a comprehensive course designed to develop a clear understanding of the relationship between weather, climate and agricultural production. Weather affects almost every stage of crop production - from seed germination and crop establishment to flowering, grain filling, harvesting and final yield. Understanding agricultural meteorology therefore helps students, researchers and professionals make better decisions regarding crop planning, irrigation, nutrient management, pest and disease management, harvesting and climate-risk management.
The course begins with the fundamentals of meteorology, weather and climate and gradually covers the composition and structure of the atmosphere, solar radiation, air and soil temperature, atmospheric humidity, pressure, wind, clouds and precipitation. You will also study important applied topics such as the Indian monsoon, crop-weather relationships, evapotranspiration, crop coefficients, growing degree days, heliothermal and photothermal units, agroclimatic indices, weather forecasting and agrometeorological advisory services. Special attention is given to agricultural weather hazards including drought, flood, frost, heat waves, cold waves, cyclones and hailstorms, along with approaches for managing weather-related risks in agriculture. The course also introduces climate change, greenhouse gases, climate-smart agriculture, adaptation and mitigation strategies, weather instruments, automatic weather stations, remote sensing and modern applications of agrometeorology.
Wherever appropriate, concepts are supported with agricultural examples, formulas, numerical problems, diagrams and practical interpretations, making the course useful for both academic learning and competitive examinations. This course is suitable for Bachelor and Masters Agriculture students, horticulture and allied-science students, agricultural competitive-exam aspirants, researchers, teachers, extension professionals and anyone interested in understanding weather and climate applications in agriculture. By the end of the course, learners should be able to connect meteorological principles with practical crop production, weather-based farm management and climate-resilient agriculture.
Who this course is for

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Beginner to advance course for all of them who are associated with Agricultural sciences or want to have knowledge on weather elements and how they are affecting agricultural production system.
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