2. Agricultural meteorology
• Agricultural meteorology is the applied branch of meteorology,
which deals with the relationship between climate, weather, life and
growth of cultivated plants and animals.
• Greek word “Meteor” means above the earth’s surface’(atmosphere)
“logus” means ‘indicating science’. Branch of science dealing with
that of atmosphere is known as meteorology.
3. Importance to crop production
• Helps in planning cropping pattern/systems.
• Reduction in waste of capital.
• Manipulation selection of sowing dates of optimum crop yields.
• Reducing losses of applied chemicals and fertilizers.
• Efficient harvesting of crop.
• Reducing or eliminating of outbreak of pest and diseases.
• Efficient management of soil which are formed out of weather action.
4. Parameter to be measured
Atm. Tempera Wind Humidity Light
moisture ture
5. Weather
• Weather can be defined as physical condition or state of the
atmosphere at a particular time and place.
Eg. Cloudy day
7. Importance of weather
• Weather plays a major role in determining the success of agricultural
pursuits
• Most field crops are dependent solely upon weather to provide
life‐sustaining water and energy
• Adverse weather conditions can cause production losses, especially if
experienced during critical stages of growth.
8. Climate
• Climate is the long term average of weather, typically averaged over a
period of 30 years of a region or place.
9. Importance of climate
• By knowing the climate of your particular region you can decide what
to grow.
• The climate affects the availability of water in certain regions where
irrigation is not available.
• Climate also affects the soil where you want to grow crops.