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HANDBOOK OF AGROMETEOROLOGY

825.00

REPRINTED: 2022

AUTHORS: S.P. SINGH AND L.L. SOMANI

PUBLISHING YEAR: 2018

EDITION: 2nd 

ISBN: 9788183214483

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ABOUT THE BOOK

There is no textbook covering the content of entire course in agro-meteorology offered for undergraduate students of agricultural Universities in India. Students have to refer various books, monographs and periodicals to collects the information for various courses offered in the field of agrometeorology. The present textbook is written to satisfy this course requirements of UG students of  SAUs. The subject matter is both narrative and critical. Illustration have been added to make the subject matter all the more clear. At the end of each chapter a list of reference have been give from which most of the material in the chapter is drawn. These references will also help the post graduate student for further reading. At the end of all chapters a list of terminology of agrometeorology has also been included to help students know about term of agrometerology.

CONTENT

Sr. no. Title Page
  Foreword 3
  Preface 4
  About the book 5
  About the Author 6
1 Agrometeorology: Introduction 9
2 The Atmosphere 15
3 Solar Radiation 23
4 Environmental Temperature and Crop Plants 34
5 Atmosphere and Air Pressure 47
6 Atmospheric Moisture 59
7 Drought 75
8 Clouds, their Formation and Classification 80
9 Hydrology 91
10 Geographical Distribution of Rainfall in India and Rajasthan 98
11 The Monsoon 103
12 Agro-climatic Normal’s for the Field Crop 112
13 Weather Forecasting Satellite Meteorology 118
14 Remote Sensing 127
15 The Climate Change 134
16 Global Warming & Agriculture 139
17 Glossary of Technical Terms 161

 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. O.P. Meena acquired his bachelor’s as well as master’s degree (Agronomy) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner and Ph.D. (Agronomy) from MPUAT, Udaipur. He has published several articles in national journals of repute. At present he is working as Associate Professor / Training Associate in KVK, Jaisalmer.

Dr. Amit Singh Charak acquired B.Sc. (Ag.). hons from M.D.S. University, Ajmer. He did his Masters as well as Ph.D. degree in Agronomy from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur. He has published a number of research papers and technical articles in journals and magazines of repute.

Dr. Bhagwat Singh Chouhan  holds a brilliant  academic career and has acquired B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons from MPUAT, Udaipur; M.Sc. (Ag.) from JAU, Junagadh and Ph.D. (Agronomy) from MPUAT, Udaipur. Presently he is working as a Assistant Professor in B.N. University, Udaipur. He has  Published a number of research papers and technical articles in journals and magazine of national repute.

Dr. L.L. Somani is  Retired Director Resident instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 125 scholarly books in various field of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements.

Additional information

AUTHOR/AUTHORS

A.S. CHARAK, B.S. CHOUHAN, L.L. Somani, O.P. MEENA

PAGES

168

BINDING

Hard Back

PUBLICATION YEAR

2018