Agrometeorology related to extreme events /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	World Meteorological Organization, CAgM Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events
Other Authors:	Das, Haripada P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Abstract also in French, Russian and Spanish.
Published:	Geneva, Switzerland : Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, 2003.
Series:	WMO (Series) ; no. 943. Technical note (World Meteorological Organization) ; no. 201.
Subjects:	Meteorology, Agricultural. Meteorology, Agricultural > Databases > Planning. Crops and climate. Weather > Economic aspects. Storms > Economic aspects. Meteorological services > Databases > Planning.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Agrometeorological aspects of drought and desertification
Incidence, prediction, monitoring and mitigation measures of tropical cycles and storm surges
Assessing the economic and social impacts of extreme events on agriculture and the use of meteorological information to reduce adverse impacts
Assessing the impact of extreme weather and climate events on agriculture, with particular reference to flooding and heavy rainfall
Hail, high winds and cold injury
Locusts
Specification for a database of extreme agrometeorological events
Conclusions and recommendations.