International Workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry and Agricultural Meteorology

Pune, India

2-4 November 2015

Background

To assess the effects of agriculture on atmospheric composition and vice versa, flux and concentration measurements, modelling and assessment techniques have been developed. However, there is still a need to improve and harmonize these and build up regional networks with consistent quality standards and data management strategies. The field of micrometeorology combines the knowledge of the atmospheric chemistry and biological processes in order to determine the impact of changing atmospheric and climate on vegetative systems. Coordination between all of these scientific fields of study is needed in order to ensure that the correct instrumentation, monitoring and data quality control measures are in place and are consistent from field to field and country to country.

plants damaged by ozone

The WMO Commission for Atmospheric Science, Commission for Agricultural Meteorology and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) organized an International Workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry and Agricultural Meteorology. The workshop was held in Pune, India from 2nd to 4th November 2015.

Agenda with presentations

MONDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2015

SESSION 1: OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP

14:00	Welcome Address	Nabansu Chattopadhyay Chief, Agricultural Meteorology Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
14:10	Welcome	Shri B.Mukhopadhyay Head of Pune IMD Office Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
14:20	Welcome	M. Rajeevan Director Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
14:30	Address	Robert Stefanski Chief, Agricultural Meteorology Programme WMO, Switzerland
14:40	Welcome	L.S. Rathore Director-General Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)

SESSION 2: Overview of Workshop
(Chair: Robert Stefanski Rapporteur: Pallavi Saxena )

14:50	Agricultural Meteorology in Chile: A Service for Decision Making	Guillermo Navarro Schlotterbeck Director, Chilean Meteorological Service
15:20	Tea/Coffee Break
15:50	Impacts of Biomass Burning in Southern South America	Julian Baez Director, Meteorology and Hydrology of DINAC, Paraguay
16:20	Impacts of air pollution on Agriculture	Gufran Beig Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
16:50	Temporal and Spatial trends in Atmospheric Composition over India	V.K.Soni Scientist, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
17:20	Adjournment

TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2015

SESSION 2: Overview of Workshop (Continued)
(Chair: Gufran Beig Rapporteur: Arika Indri Dyah Utami )

09:00	Overview of CAS	Martin Schultz Julich GmbH, Germany
09:30	Overview of CAgM	Robert Stefanski WMO, Switzerland
09:50	Discussion

SESSION 3: Impacts of atmospheric chemistry and other issues on agricultural production
(Chair: Ray Desjardins Rapporteur: Novana Sari )

10:00	Global ozone and threats to food production	Frank Dentener European Commission, Joint Research Center, Belgium
10:30	Tea/Coffee Break
11:00	Reductions in India’s crop yield due to ozone	Sachin D. Ghude Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
11:30	On trends of change in agricultural crop productivity for last years in Uzbekistan	Nigora Sulaymonova Hydrometeorological Service, Uzbekistan
12:00	In-situ ozone measurements	Baerbel Sinha Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab, India
12:30	Lunch

SESSION 3: Impacts of atmospheric chemistry and other issues on agricultural production
(Continued)
(Chair: Baerbel Sinha Rapporteur: Srinivas Reka )

14:00	AOTX Indices and their Role in Crop Yield	Pallavi Saxena Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
14:30	Emission mitigation measures to ozone-induced wheat and rice damage in India	Dilip M. Chate Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
15:00	*Discussion*

SESSION 4: Impacts of Agriculture on Atmospheric Composition, part 1: Greenhouse Gases
(Chair: Shiv Attri Rapporteur: Kennedy Thiong’o )

15:15	Measuring Atmospheric N2O, NH3 and Primary Particulate Matter Emissions from Agricultural Fields	Elizabeth Pattey Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
15:45	Tea/Coffee Break
16:15	Effect of greenhouse gases on crops on farm land	Jagdale Yashwant Lalaso KVK Baramati, India
16:45	Impact of post-harvest agricultural biomass fires on atmospheric composition of reactive gases and ozone in the N.W. Indo-Gangetic Plain (presentation from Session 5)	Vinayak Sinha Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Punjab, India
17:15	Adjournment

WEDNESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2015

SESSION 4: Impacts of Agriculture on Atmospheric Composition, part 1: Greenhouse Gases
(Continued)
(Chair: Martin Schultz Rapporteur: Shri V. K. Soni)

09:00	GHG emission estimates from the agriculture sector	Raymond Desjardins Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
09:30	GHG emissions reduction in the agriculture and rural development sector up to 2020 in Vietnam	Nguyen Van Viet Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment, Vietnam
10:00	Atmospheric greenhouse gases monitoring in India	Yogesh K. Tiwari Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
10:30	*Discussion*
10:45	Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 5: Impacts of Agriculture on Atmospheric Composition, part 2: Atmospheric
Pollution (i.e. Biomass Burning / Reactive Gases and Aerosols)
(Chair:Elizabeth Pattey Rapporteur: TBD )

11:15	Chemical Characteristics of Rainwater in Indonesia	Arika Indri Dyah Utami The Indonesia Agency for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Indonesia
11:45	Black Carbon and Agriculture - Source and Impacts	Michela Maione University of Urbino, Italy
12:15	Trend of Carbon Monoxide and Ozone at Mount Kenya GAW Station	Kennedy Thiong’o Kenya Meteorological Department, Kenya
12:45	Lunch

SESSION 6: Discussion and Workshop Recommendations
(Chairs: Martin Schultz and Robert Stefanski Rapporteur: Michela Maione )

14:00	Discussion on Methods to Support the Assessment of Effects
15:00	Discussion on Next Steps
16:00	Workshop Summary and Recommendations	Martin Schultz and Robert Stefanski

SESSION 7: Workshop Closure

17:00	Vote of Thanks on behalf of Co-Convenors	Robert Stefanski WMO
17:15	Workshop closure	Shiv Attri Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)