Introductory Agro meteorology and climate change
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Chandaka Deepthi
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Course Name : Introductory Agro meteorology and climate change
Code(Credit) : ASAG1202(1-1-0)
Course Objectives
- To study about different climatic factors affecting crop growth and development
- Study about different weather aberrations
- Study about climate change, it's cause and impacts
Learning Outcomes
- On successful completion, this course, it offers a wide scope in employment, skill development and entrepreneurship
Course Syllabus
Theory
Earth atmosphere- its composition, extent and structure; Atmospheric weather variables; Atmospheric pressure, its variation with height; Wind, types of wind, daily and seasonal variation of wind speed, cyclone, anticyclone, land breeze and sea breeze; Nature and properties of solar radiation, solar constant, depletion of solar radiation, short wave, longwave and thermal radiation, net radiation, albedo; Atmospheric temperature, temperature inversion, lapse rate, daily and seasonal variations of temperature, vertical profile of temperature, Energy balance of earth; Atmospheric humidity, concept of saturation, vapor pressure, process of condensation, formation of dew, fog, mist, frost, cloud;
Precipitation, process of precipitation, types of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail, cloud formation and classification; Artificial rainmaking. Monsoon- mechanism and importance in Indian agriculture, Weather hazards - drought, floods, frost, tropical cyclones and extreme weather conditions such as heat-wave and cold-wave.Agriculture and weather relations; Modifications of crop microclimate, climatic normals for crop and livestock production. Weather forecasting- types of weather forecast and their uses. Climate change, climatic variability, global warming, causes of climate change and its impact on regional and national Agriculture.
Practical:
Visit of Agrometeorological Observatory, site selection of observatory, exposure of instruments and weather data recording. Measurement of total, shortwave and longwave radiation, and its estimation using Planck’s intensity law.Measurement of albedo and sunshine duration, computation of Radiation
Intensity using BSS. Measurement of maximum and minimum air temperatures, its tabulation, trend and variation analysis.Measurement of soil temperature and computation of soil heat flux.Determination of vapor pressure and relative humidity.Determination of dew point temperature.Measurement of atmospheric pressure and analysis of atmospheric conditions.Measurement of wind speed and wind direction, preparation of windrose. Measurement,tabulation and analysis of rain.Measurement of open pan evaporation and evapotranspiration. Computation of PET and AET.
References
1. Radha Krishna Murthy, V. 2016. Principles and Practices of agricultural disaster management,
B.S. Publications, Koti, Hyderabad.
2. Reddy, S.R. 2014. Introduction to Agriculture and Agrometeorology. Kalyani Publishers,
Ludhiana, Punjab.
3. Radha Krishna Murthy, V. 2002. Basic Principles of Agricultural meteorology, B.S. Publications, Koti, Hyderabad.
Session Plan
Session 1
Session 2
Atmospheric weather variables,Atmospheric pressure and it's variation with height
Session 3
Wind, types of wind, daily and seasonal variation of wind speed
Session 4
Cyclone, anticyclone, land breeze and sea breeze
Atmospheric pressure, cyclone,anti cyclone, land breeze and sea breeze
Session 5
Nature and properties of solar radiation, solar constant, depletion of solar radiation, short wave, long wave and thermal radiation, net radiation
Session 6
Atmospheric temperature, temperature inversion, lapse rate, daily and seasonal variations of temperature, vertical profile of temperature, Energy balance of earth
Session 7
Atmospheric humidity, concept of saturation, vapor pressure, process of condensation
Session 8
Formation of dew, fog, mist, frost, cloud.Precipitation, process of precipitation, types of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail, cloud formation and classification, Artificial rainmaking.
Session 9
Precipitation, process of precipitation, types of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail, cloud formation and classification, Artificial rainmaking.
Session 10
Monsoon- mechanism and importance in Indian agriculture
Session 11
Weather hazards - drought, floods, frost, tropical cyclones and extreme weather conditions such as heat-wave and cold-wave.Agriculture and weather relations; Modification of crop microclimate
Session 12
Session 13
Climate change, climatic variabilty, global warming, causes of climate change and it's impact on regional and national agriculture
Session 14
Visit of Agrometeorological Observatory, site selection of observatory, exposure of instruments and weather data recording (Practical)
Session 15
Measurement of total, shortwave and longwave radiation, and its estimation
using Planck’s intensity law (practical)
Session 16
Measurement of albedo and sunshine duration, computation of Radiation
Intensity using BSS (Practical)
Session 17
Measurement of albedo and sunshine duration, computation of Radiation
Intensity using BSS (Practical)
Session 18
Measurement of maximum and minimum air temperatures, its tabulation, trend and variation analysis (Practical)
Session 20
Determination of vapor pressure and relative humidity, determination of dew point temperature (Practical)
Session 21
Measurement of atmospheric pressure and analysis of atmospheric conditions (Practical)
Session 22
Measurement of atmospheric pressure and analysis of atmospheric conditions (Practical)
Session 23
Measurement of open pan evaporation and evapotranspiration. Computation of PET and AET, Measurement, tabulation and analysis of rainfall (Practical)
REFERENCES;
1. Applied Agrometeorology; Kees Stigter (edited)
2. Fundamentals of Agrometeorology; Mahi and Kingra
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