Published March 27, 2025 | Version v1.1
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Agrometeorological monitoring and forecasting over the Italian area

  • 1. Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'analisi dell'Economia Agraria
  • 2. ROR icon Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria

Description

Abstract

The Observatory for agricultural meteorology and climatology website has two specific sections devoted to agrometeorological monitoring and forecasting over the Italian area, where several materials such as maps, datasets or reports are made available sistematically and free of charge to all data users. Maps and datasets are hosted on a cloud storage of the Research Center for Agriculture and Environment, which is part of the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA). In particular, the materials are organized in two different sections (see table below)

Section Description Update frequency LINK to map gallery

AgroMIND

Agro-meteorological Monitoring INDices Monthly 

Click here

AgroFIND 

Agro-meteorological Forecasting INDices Daily

Click here

 

Further information is available in the attached content relative to data source and data processing applyied for the index calculation.

Attached content

The documentation attached is composed by 5 files in PDF format:

  • 2 files devoted to AgroMIND documentation, in English and Italian
  • 2 files devoted to AgroFIND documentation, in English and Italian
  • Nota tecnica Agrometeo di PianetaPSR (in Italian) which decribes the methods applied for our monthly agro-meteorological report published on the italian online magazine PianetaPSR.

Notes (En)

The two files devoted to AgroFIND documentation have been updated respect to the previous version v1.0, because the forecasting data source has been changed (from HRES to ICON-EU atmospheric weather prediction model)

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Dates

Updated
2025
The two files devoted to AgroFIND documentation have been updated respect to the previous version v1.0, because the forecasting data source has been changed (from HRES to ICON-EU atmospheric weather prediction model)

References

  • Alilla R., Capitanio F., De Natale F., Parisse B., Pontrandolfi A. (2024), An agro-meteorological hazard analysis for risk management in a Mediterranean area: a case study in Southern Italy (Campania Region). Theor Appl Climatol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-04878-x
  • Bellucci G.M., Alilla R., De Natale F., Parisse B., Pepe A.G. (2023), Medium-range agrometeorological forecast supporting agriculture. In Atti del XXV Convegno Nazionale di Agrometeorologia L'Agrometeorologia per la gestione delle risorse e delle limitazioni ambientali in agricoltura. Matera, 14-16 giugno 2023. Ventura F., Cola G., Di Cesare F. Eds. Matera, 2023. 124-128. ISBN 9788854971127. http://doi.org/10.6092/unibo/amsacta/7302
  • Parisse B., Pontrandolfi A., Epifani C., Alilla R., De Natale F. (2020), An agrometeorological analysis of weather extremes supporting decisions for the agricultural policies in Italy. Italian Journal of Agrometeorology (3): 15-30 https://doi.org/10.13128/ijam-790
  • Parisse B., Alilla R, Pepe A.G., De Natale F. (2023), MADIA - Meteorological variables for agriculture: A dataset for the Italian area. Data in Brief, Vol. 46,108843, ISSN 2352-3409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108843
  • Parisse B., Alilla R, Pepe A.G., De Natale F. (2023), Meteorological variables for Agriculture: daily time series for the Italian Area (MADIA daily) (1.3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7621453