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Agricultural meteorology
Article By:
Blaine L. Blad Department of Agricultural Meteorology, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Last reviewed:2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.015700
A branch of meteorology that examines the effects and impacts of weather and climate on crops, rangeland, livestock, and various agricultural operations. The branch of agricultural meteorology dealing with atmospheric-biospheric processes occurring at small spatial scales and over relatively short time periods is known as micrometeorology, sometimes called crop micrometeorology for managed vegetative ecosystems and animal biometeorology for livestock operations. The branch that studies the processes and impacts of climatic factors over larger time and spatial scales is often referred to as agricultural climatology. See also: Climatology; Micrometeorology
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