Activities of agro-meteorological service within the national hydrometeorological service in Slovenia

ABSTRACT

Agrometeorological department of Meteorological Office at Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) is a key provider of agrometeorological service in Slovenia. Its major priority is to manage agrometeorological and phenological networks including providing guidelines for observers and maintenance of databases. Agrometeorological and phenological data are foundation for several tools and analyses which have been developed during the past decades for agricultural decision purposes. Recently, focus is on the crop water balance modelling with irrigation forecasts, drought monitoring, climate change impact scenarios and many others. After year 2006 special work emphasis is on coordination of Drought Management Center for South-eastern Europe hosted by ARSO. A set of information, tools and publications, bulletins is free available at the webpage and servers of ARSO with the aim to make smarter weather/climate related decisions in agriculture.

KEYWORDS:

• agrometeorological service
• agrometeorological data
• phenological data
• drought
• crop water balance modelling
• climate change

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.