AGROMETEOROLOGICAL SECTION


Activities

Impact of agrometeorological factors on pasture and agricultural crops
Impact of zoometeorological factors on livestock
Development the methodology of agrometeorological and zoometeorological forecasts and their data proceeding
Estimation of climate change impact on pasture and agricultural crops, plant pests and diseases such as outbreaks, spread, and increasing level.
Study the impact of climate change on animal husbandry, agriculture and the definition of adaptation measures
Study and estimation of pasture diversity, pasture plant types and species, pasture overgrazing, soil moisture and snow cover

Summer condition, July 31, 2003
Pasture biomass, c/hec
Pasture capacity, %, August, 2003
Soil moisture of pasture, mm
Snow depth, cm, January 31, 2004
Impact of winter temperature on pasture grazing condition by SRES scenario of HADCM3 model
Frequency of 'white dzud' and number of days with stable snow cover
Current and future tendencies of insects development with active temperature higher than 10 degree in C by SRES scenario of HADCM3 model
Relationship between soil moisture and precipitation, Eroo
station, Selenga aimag

 

Major Research Activities
To provide agricultural meteorological information to the government, ministries, farmers and users
To organize agrometeorological and zoometeorological observations and to implement them in operational use
To develop methodologies, manuals and recommendations for agrometeorological and zoometeorological observations
To do theoretic control of agrometeorological and zoometeorological data and information
To create database of agrometeorological data such as pasture and crop plants' phenology, height, density etc, soil moisture, cattle, drought event, pest and disease, and pasture land degradation and develop the database system
To study the impacts of agrometeorological and zoometeorological factors on agricultural products in weather-plant-soil system and their modelingõ

Products
Agrometeorological forecasts
forecast of soil thawing (March)
forecast of spring soil moisture (April)
forecast of ewe weight gain (May)
forecast of wheat heading (May)
forecast of wheat max maturity (June)
crop yield forecast (June)
pasture biomass forecast (June)
forecast of soil freezing (September)
forecast of ewe weight loss (November)

Agrometeorological bulletin
decadly, monthly and annual weather and soil moisture condition
weather condition of winter, spring and summer
weather condition of sowing (planting) period
weather condition of vegetation period § spring and autumn soil moisture for crops

Recommendation
weather effect on animal breeding period (January)
weather effect on sowing (planting) period (April)
weather effect on crop harvesting period (July)
weather effect on hay harvesting period (August)
Frequency of 'white dzud' and number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY, AGROMETEOROLOGICAL
SECTION, PHONE: 976-11-321523