1 Chapter 13 B Agrometeorology and groundnut production This section was written in draft by P. Vijaya Kumar The section was reviewed by P.V. Vara Prasad and the revision by Kees Stigter Afterwards the author was not able to complete the section and it was then finalized by Kees Stigter The chapter 13 as a whole is coordinated by Kees Stigter with the assistance of Orivaldo Brunini 2 I. Importance of the crop in various climates I.1 General Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an annual
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THE HOT‚ WET EQUATORIAL CLIMATE Distribution -Is found between 5° and 10°N and S of the equator. Its greatest extent is found in the lowlands of the Amazon‚ Congo D.R‚ Malaysia and the East Indies. -Further away from the equator‚ the influence on the on-shore Trade Winds gives rise to a modified type of equatorial climate with the Monsoon influences. -Within the tropics‚ the equatorial highlands have a distinctively cooler climate‚ modified by altitude such as the Cameron highlands‚ northern
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National Engineering Handbook‚ 1972) of estimating direct runoff from storm rainfall is based on methods developed by SCS hydrologists in the last three decades‚ and it is in effect a consolidation of these earlier methods. The hydrologic principles of the method are not new‚ but they are put to new uses. Because most SCS work is with un-gauged watersheds (not gauged for runoff) the method was made to be usable with rainfall and watershed data that are ordinarily available or easily obtainable for
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Mofer Wuha‚ Beressa and Chancha rivers (Fig. 1b). 1.8.3 Rainfall distribution in the study area According to the outcome from the stations it is observed that most of the major precipitation in the study area occurs in the summer season mostly from June to September‚ while‚ there is a bit low rainfall incident in November and January. The rainfall peaks in July and August at about 330 to 520 mm per month. Further‚ it is observable that rainfall during the dry season from October to May tends to be
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predominantly dependent on the monsoons. During four months (JJAS) the monsoon provides 80% of the total annual rainfall over India (Selvaraju‚ R.‚ 2003). Indian monsoons depend on sixteen different factors and the success of monsoons depends on all of them. ENSO plays a significant role in the success or failure of Indian monsoon development. The year-to-year variability in monsoon rainfall could cause severe droughts and floods (Kripalani‚ R. H.‚ A. Kulkarni‚ et
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areas receive large amounts of precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Eastern Asia‚ Central and Western Europe‚ and the Eastern United States are some areas of the world that are made up of this type of biome. Since there are large amounts of rainfall in the temperate forest regions there is a wide variety of plant life in the temperate forests. There plants can be considered the producers for this biome and include maple trees‚ walnut trees‚ birch trees‚ dogwoods‚ redbuds‚ azaleas‚ mountain
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the bulk of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations at similar latitudes. Concurrently‚ the Thar Desert plays a role in attracting moisture-laden southwest summer monsoon winds that‚ between June and October‚ provide the MOST of India’s rainfall. At the moment‚ India’s climate is governed by the Monsoon. Monsoons are seasonal winds that bring moist air from oceans and seas over land. Most of the country has three seasons: hot and dry‚ hot and wet (monsoon)‚ and cool and dry. During the
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Indiana is one of the smallest states in the mid-western region. Despite being sandwiched in between Illinois and Ohio‚ the state’s natural characteristics show quite the contrast of north to south across its landscape. Farming and agriculture dominate most of the land throughout Indiana‚ and its weather exhibits a startling amount of variation. The entire state of Indiana belongs to the hot-summer humid continental climate category. This category includes four varying seasons‚ and a large quantity
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The book The Martian Chronicles is a book based on the titles meaning. The title means a history of the colonization of Mars by Earth. The book tells a story of four expeditions made to by Earth people to Mars. The first three expeditions failed and all the people were killed. The last one was the most successful. Martians were still killed‚ mostly by chicken pox‚ but colonization began to take place. Some of the major characters are Ylla K‚ Yll K‚ and Nathaniel York. Ylla K is a Martian wife to
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Subandean zones or map unit 3 depth to the aquifer is usually less than 100 meters. The Brazilian Shield‚ Altiplano‚ and Western Andes (map units 4 and 5) usually have a depth to the aquifer or less than 90 meters. With the large seasonal variation in rainfall comes large seasonal variations in water table depths. It is very common for wells to go dry in the Altiplano during the dry season. One main problem in developing groundwater resources in Bolivia is
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