Scope of Agrometeorology
- To study climatic resources of a given area for effective crop planning.
- To evolve weather based effective farm operations.
- To study crop weather relationships in all important crops and forecast crop yields based on agro climatic and spectral indices using remote sensing.
- To study the relationship between weather factors and incidence of pests and diseases of various crops.
- To delineate climatic/agro ecological/agro climatic zones for defining agro climatic analogues so as to make effective and fast transfer of technology for improving crop yields.
- To prepare crop weather diagrams and crop weather calendars.
- To develop crop growth simulation models for assessing/obtaining potential yields in different agro climatic zones.
- To monitor agricultural droughts on crop-wise for effective drought management.
- To develop weather based agro advisories to sustain crop production utilizing various types of weather forecast and seasonal climate forecast.
- To investigate microclimatic aspects of crop canopy in order to modify them for increased crop growth
- To study the influence of weather on soil environment on which the crop is grown
- To investigate the influence of weather in protected environment (e.g., Glass houses) for improving their design aiming at increasing crop production.