Experimental Agrometeorology A Practical Manual

Release on 2017-12-05 | by Latief Ahmad

Potential evaporation (or evaporativity): Quantity of water vapor which could be emitted by a surface of pure water, per unit surface area and unit time, under existing atmospheric conditions. v. Potential evapotranspiration: Maximum ...

Experimental Agrometeorology A Practical Manual

Author: Latief Ahmad
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319691855
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 159
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The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students. The topics covered in the manual include working with meteorological instruments for measurement of various meteorological parameters like temperature, humidity, sunshine hours, precipitation, etc. Separate chapters have been included for computation of growing degree days, agro-climatic zones, crop modelling and agro-advisory services. The book will have great appeal to students of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.

Language: en
Pages: 320

A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time

Authors: Douglas Whynott

Categories: Transportation

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-06 - Publisher: Doubleday

In a time when racing boats are mass-produced from synthetic materials, a dying breed of craftsman continues to build wooden sailboats of astonishing beauty. Boatbuilding is an ancient art, and Joel White was a master. Son of the legendary writer E.B. White, he was raised around boats and his designs