Principles of Agricultural Meteorology

Contents: 1. Meteorology.  2. Agricultural meteorology. 3. Solar radiation. 4. Air temperature. 5. Wind and pressure. 6. Condensation. 7. Precipitation. 8. Indian monsoon. 9. Drought. 10. Weather forecasting and agromet advisory services. 11. Micrometeorology. 12. Remote sensing. 13. Crop modeling. 14. Global warming and climate change. 15. Agrometeorological observatory. 16. Measurement of air and soil temperature. 17. Measurement of rainfall. 18. Measurement of evaporation rate. 19. Measurement of wind. 20. Measurement of bright sunshine hours and radiation. 21. Measurement of atmospheric pressure. 22. Measurement of relative humidity. 23. Study of automatic weather station. 24. Preparation of synoptic charts. Selected references. Objective questions.

The book contains the information from the basics of meteorology to the applications of agrometeorology, including chapters on remote sensing, global warming and climate change. ‘Weather Forecasting’ and ‘Agromet Advisory Services’, the popular areas of agrometeorology, are also included in this book. A separate chapter on measurement of meteorological parameters is also given to cover the practical aspects of the subject.

The text book “Principles of Agricultural Meteorology” contains 24 chapters, collected and compiled in accordance with the syllabus. Such type of publication is needed for the students, for their reference and reading from the examination point of view.