AgroMet Shell

Purpose

The AgroMet Shell is an integrated toolbox used to assess the impact of weather conditions on crops, using statistical and crop modeling approaches.

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Target Audience

Professionals in National Agrometeorological Services and Food security units, Agronomic researchers, etc.

Details

AgroMet Shell is a collection of tools for the integrated analysis of ground data and low resolution satellite information.

AMS is built around a database of crop, weather and climate data that are used to compute a crop-specific soil water balance and to derive some agronomic/agrometeorological value-added variables (indicators) used to assess crop conditions. The software integrates data analysis and IDA image functions.

The main functions of AMS include

	database functions (configure, input, output and manage data);
	crop-specific soil water balance to monitor crops or carry-out risk analyses;
	spatial interpolation of agroclimatic variables and other indicators, including their presentation as maps; and
	calculations of crop water consumption (potential evapotranspiration), rainfall probabilities, growing season characteristics, etc..

Hardware and Software Requirements

Windows 98 and above

Data Requirements

Weather, climate, crop and soils data sets.

Languages

Estimated Training Time

Training Materials

> See AgroMet Shell Website for training material and documentation

AgroMet Shell Tutorial:
> Part 1 (1.12 Mb)
> Part 2 (2.8 Mb)
> Part 3 (541 Kb)

Database Management for the analysis of crop conditions in Afghanistan: A practical tutorial using the internet, AgroMet Shell, Windisp and Excel. (pdf, 10.2 Mb)

Diplome D'etudes Specialisees Interuniversitaire en Gestion Des Risques Naturels: Contribution à la réflexion sur la manière de documentation de Agrometshell (AMS) pour servir dans le suivi et la prévention (pdf, 1 Mb)


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