District-wise Agroclimatic
Atlas of Kerala, an outcome of a collaborative effort between CESS and
CRIDA (ICAR), Hyderabad, is the first endeavour of its kind for Kerala,
covering the entire gamut of agro climatic features, ranging from assured
rainfall to initial and conditional probabilities of occurrence of rainfall.
This Atlas is divided into two parts, the first part containing twenty
maps and the second part containing twenty-eight line diagrams. Maps depict
assured rainfall, potential evapotranspiration, actual evapo-transpiration,
soil moisture, moisture adequacy index and length of growing period. Theline
diagrams provide information on soil temperature at different depths,
relative humidity in the morning and afternoon, sunshine hours and initial/conditional
probabilities of 20 mm/100 mm rainfall atVellayani, Kayamkulam, Kottayam,
Vellanikkara, Pattambi, Kozhikode and Kasaragod. The Atlas was released
by Dr. Panjab Singh, Director General of ICAR and Secretary,Department
of Agricultural Research and Education (DAE), Govt. of India at the VIII
Biennial Workshop of the AICRP on Agrometeorology at RARS, College of
Agricultural Campus, ANGRAU, Tirupathi. |