REVIEW OF CURRENT AGROMETEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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REVIEW OF CURRENT AGROMETEOROLOGICAL
APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE POTENTIAL IN URUGUAY
(MSc) Mario Bidegain Dirección Nacional de
Meteorología Uruguay
Regional Technical Meeting on CLIPS and
Agrometeorological Applications for the Mercosur
Countries
13 - 16 July 2005, Campinas Sao Paulo - BRAZIL
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Country background

• Uruguay is located in the south-eastern part of
  South America, located between 30 to 35 South
  and 53 to 58 West.
• It is bordered on the west by Argentina, on the
  north and north-east by Brazil, on the south by
  the Río de la Plata, and on the east by the
  Atlantic Ocean, covering 176,000 km2.
• Montevideo, the capital city, and most of
  Uruguays population are located on the coast of
  the Río de la Plata.

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Topography

• The country consists mostly (75) of gently
  rolling plateau, interrupted at two points by low
  hilly ridges (maximum heigth 500 mts). The
  remainder of the country is fertile coastal
  lowlands, including a narrow coastal plain and
  the somewhat broader littorals of the Río de la
  Plata and Río Uruguay.

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Cultures and productions http//www.mgap.gub.uy/D
iea/Anuario2004/indice_mapas.htm
Red agriculture (maize, soybean, wheat and
barley) Green grassland and meat
production Grey Dairy production Purple
Fruits and vegetables Blue Rice Yellow
Citrics Brown Forest
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National meteorological network
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Agrometeorological products produced by
D.N.M.(Dirección Nacional de Meteorología)(http
//www.meteorologia.com.uy)

• Daily rainfall bulletin (web page)
• Decade, monthly and annual climate statistics.
• Climate maps (rainfall, mean and extreme
  temperatures, rainfall days, anomalies, etc.)
  (web page)
• Users tailored reports
• Water balance and soil moisture monitoring.
• Diagnosis of climate anomalies
• Forecasting of seasonal climate (web page)
• Routinely weather forecasting (web page)

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Agrometeorological products produced by
I.N.I.A.(National Institute for Agriculture
Research)http//www.inia.org.uy/disciplinas/agro
clima/index.html

• Climate monthly maps of accumulated rainfall,
  and anomalies. (web page)
• Water balance and soil moisture monitoring. (web
  page)
• NDVI monthly vegetation monitoring (web page)

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• Regional and National research related to
  agrometeorology
• Projects funded by the Inter-American Institute
  for Global Change (IAI)
• ISP II 1997 2000
• Climate Variability and Agriculture in Argentina
  and Uruguay Assessment of ENSO Effects and
  Perspectives for the use of Climate Forecast.
• Countries Argentina Uruguay USA
• CRN 2000-2005
• Development of a Collaborative Research Network
  for the Study of Regional Climate Variability,
  Changes and Prediction in the MERCOSUR Area.
• Countries Argentina Brazil - Paraguay -
  Uruguay USA
• SAAC An International Consortium for the Study
  of Global and Climate Changes in the western
  south Atlantic.
• Countries Argentina Brazil - Uruguay USA
• Project funded by INIA (Uruguayan Government and
  Private Sector)
• FPTA 2000-2002
• Applications of Climate Forecast in the
  agricultural Sector

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Some findings from research related to
agriculture Precipitation regional anomalies
El Niño (warm phase) La Niña (cold phase)
Reference Dr. V.Barros (U.B.A.)
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Some findings from research related to
agriculture IAI ISPII Climate Variability and
Agriculture Assessment of ENSO Effects
Precipitation anomalies
Maximum mean temperature anomalies
A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S
A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S
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Some findings from research related to
agriculture IAI ISPII Climate Variability and
Agriculture Assessment of ENSO Effects
Dr. W. Baethgen (IFDC)
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IAI CRN N055 Development of a Collaborative
Research Network for the Study of Regional
Climate Variability, Changes and Prediction in
the MERCOSUR Area
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IAI CRN N055 Development of a Collaborative
Research Network for the Study of Regional
Climate Variability, Changes and Prediction in
the MERCOSUR Area Numerical Weather Prediction
with WRF mesoscale model http//meteo.fisica.edu.u
y
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Project UNDP Development of climate change
scenarios at regional and national scale
Changes in Precipitation 2050 ()
Changes in temperature 2050 ( C)
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• Future potential use of agrometeorology
  information
• Operational rainfall estimation (satellite and
  observed) at higher scales (4 x 4 km)
• Improved climate seasonal forecasting (better
  climate models and ensemble techniques) as
  input for yields models.
• Improved weather forecasting at meso and local
  scale (lt 15 km)
• Improved grain production models (ex. DSSAT) for
  simulate yields
• Use of grassland models (ex. SPUR) for milk and
  meat production
• Improved satellite images for use in vegetation
  monitoring and flood areas (ex. MODIS)
• New improved climate change scenarios at
  mesoscale (ex. PRECIS)