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Agricultural meteorology
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Blaine L. Blad Department of Agricultural Meteorology, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Last reviewed:September 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.015700
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A branch of meteorology that examines the effects and impacts of weather and climate on crops, rangeland, livestock, and various agricultural operations. Agricultural meteorology, or agrometeorology, addresses topics that often require an understanding of biological, physical, and social sciences. The field studies processes that occur from the soil depths where the deepest plant roots grow to the atmospheric levels where seeds, spores, pollen, and insects may be found (see illustration). Agricultural meteorologists characteristically interact with scientists from many disciplines. See also: Agriculture; Meteorology
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