Agrometeorology related to extreme events / by H.P. Das ... [et al.] ; CAgM-XI Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events.
Language: English Summary language: frerusspa Series: WMO (Series) ; no. 943. | Technical note (World Meteorological Organization) ; no. 201.Geneva, Switzerland : Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, 2003Description: xiii, 137 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:- text
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Includes bibliographical references.
Intro. -- 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.
Abstract also in French, Russian and Spanish.