Course Title Introductory Agro - Meteorology & Climate

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Course Code AAG 102
Lecture : 01

Practical : 01
Course Credit
Tutorial : 00

Total : 02

Course Learning Outcomes

On the completion of the course, students will be able to:
• To Introduce agrometeorology (definitions, aims, scope and importance)
• To Understand roles of agrometeorology in agriculture and its relation to other areas
of agriculture.
• To acquaint with recent developments in agrometeorology with historical
developments.
• Studies the characteristics, behaviour or phenomenon of the atmosphere.
• Studies the changes of individual weather elements. (such as temperature).
Detailed Syllabus
Sr. No. Hours
Name of chapter & Details Allotted
THEORY
1. Meaning and scope of agricultural meteorology 01

2. Earth’s atmosphere- its composition, extent and structure 01

3. Atmospheric weather variables; Atmospheric pressure, its variation with height. 01
4. Wind, types of wind, daily and seasonal variation of wind speed. 01
5. Cyclone, anticyclone, land breeze and sea breeze. 01
Nature and properties of solar radiation, solar constant, depletion of solar radiation,
6. 01
shortwave, longwave and thermal radiation, net radiation, albedo.
Atmospheric temperature, temperature inversion, lapse rate, daily and seasonal
7. variations of temperature, vertical profile of temperature, Energy balance of earth. 01
Atmospheric humidity, concept of saturation, vapor pressure, process of
8. 01
condensation, formation of dew, fog, mist, frost, cloud.
Precipitation, process of precipitation, types of precipitation such as rain, snow,
9. sleet, and hail, cloud formation and classification 01
 10. Artificial rainmaking. Monsoon- mechanism and importance in Indian agriculture 01
Weather hazards - drought, floods, frost, tropical cyclones and extreme weather
11. 01
conditions such as heat-wave and cold-wave.
Agriculture and weather relations; Modifications of crop microclimate, climatic
12. 01
normal for crop and livestock production.
13. Weather forecasting- types of weather forecast and their uses. 01
Climate change, climatic variability, global warming, causes of climate change and
14. 02
its impact on regional and national Agriculture.
Total 15

PRACTICAL
1 Measurement of Bright sunshine hours, total, shortwave and longwave radiation. 01
2 Measurement of maximum and minimum air temperatures, its tabulation, trend 01
and variation analysis.
3 Measurement of soil temperature and computation of soil heat flux. 01
4 Determination of vapor pressure and relative humidity. 01
5 Determination of dew point temperature. Measurement of atmospheric pressure 01
and analysis of atmospheric conditions.
6 Measurement of wind speed and wind direction, preparation of wind rose. 01

7 Measurement, tabulation and analysis of rain. 01

8 Measurement of open pan evaporation and Evapotranspiration. 01

9 Computation of PET and AET 01

Total 09
Reference Books:
1. “Agricultural Meteorology” by Rao and Prasada
2. “Textbook of Agricultural Meteorology” by M C Varshneya
3. “Agricultural Meteorology, the Effect of Weather on Crops” by J W B 1863 Smith

Additional Resources:
Web sites:
http://www.agrimoon.com/
http://www.agriinfo.in/
eagri.org
http://www.agriglance.com/
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/