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Agriculture Meteorology and Water Management / Nekesah T. Wafullah and Kuria C. Munene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wafullah, Nekesah T., author.
- Munene, Kuria C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Natural resources--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, ON : Delve Publishing, [2024]
- Summary:
- Agriculture Meteorology and Water Management, authored by Nekesah T. Wafullah and Kuria C. Munene, explores the intersection of meteorology, hydrology, and agriculture. The book provides a comprehensive examination of how weather and climate data can be utilized to enhance agricultural productivity. It addresses the dynamic interactions between soil, plants, and atmospheric conditions, highlighting their impact on crop growth and agricultural yields. The authors delve into the fundamentals of agrometeorology, offering insights into soil physics, crop and animal physiology, and hydrological cycles. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding these complex systems for developing effective agricultural management strategies, including risk management and adaptation to climate variability. It serves as a valuable resource for stakeholders in agriculture and related fields, providing practical applications and models for monitoring and forecasting agricultural conditions. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Acknoledgement
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Agrometeorology
- Definition of Agrometeorology
- Importance and Applications
- Physical Climatology and Agrometeorology
- Agrometeorology Scope
- Agrometeorological Information
- Agrometeorological Services
- Fundamental Principles of Agrometeorology
- Chapter 2: Radiation
- Overview
- Measuring Systems
- Global Radiation
- Chapter 3: Surface Energy Balance
- Contact Point
- The Surface Energy Budget
- Variation of Energy Balance Components With Latitude
- Chapter 4: Soil and Its Heat Balance
- Surface Energy Balance and Soil Heat Flux
- Soil Thermal Regime and Soil Heat Flux
- Measurement of Soil Temperature and Thermal Properties
- Chapter 5: Water and the Hydrological Cycle in Agriculture
- Moisture Characteristics of Soils
- Determination of Water Loss from Land Surfaces
- Fundamentals of the Evaporation Process
- Special Forms of' Precipitation
- Soil Moisture Budgets
- Soil Moisture Budgets, Irrigation Need
- Chapter 6: Climate, Representativity and Topography
- The Basic Scales
- Observation Representativity, Exposure and Sampling
- Wind Behavior
- Topo-Scale Representativity of Meteorological Observations
- Topo-Climatological Effects Arising from Landscape Variations
- Chapter 7: Agrometeorological Management
- Principles and Applications of Agricultural Meteorology
- Managing Agrometeorological Factors
- Chapter 8: Agrometeorological Observatory
- Classification of Agro-Meteorological Observatory
- Instruments Installed in Observatory
- Agro-Meteorological Models and Remote Sensing
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781779560377
- 1779560370
- OCLC:
- 1446131287
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