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Syllabi for Instruction in Agricultural Meteorology. INSTITUTION World Meteorological Organization, Geneva (Switzerland) DOCUMENT RESUME ED 070 608 SE 014 974 AUTHOR De Villiers, G. D. B.; And Others TITLE syllabi for Instruction in Agricultural Meteorology. INSTITUTION World Meteorological Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). REPORT NO WM0-202-TP-106 PUB DATE 66 NOTE 52p. EMS PRICE MF-$0.65 BC-453.29 DESCRIPTORS Agricultural Technicians; *Agriculture; *Curriculum Guides; Environmental Education; *Meteorology;' *Personnel; Professional Personnel; Qualifications; Scientific Personnel; *Standards; Training ABSTRACT A working group of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology has prepared this report to fill a need for detailed syllabi for instruction in agricultural meteorology required by different levels of personnel.. Agrometeorological personnel are classified in three categories: (1) professional meteorological persoAnel (graduates with basic training in meteorology); (2) agricultural scientists (graduates with basic training in agricultural sciences); and (3) technical assistants in agrometeorological services ;non- graduates, with training in mathematics and physics at the secondary or high school, level). Proposed qualifications and training of these three classes of personnel are detailed, indicating the standard of knowledge required and the extent of the field to be covered. In addition, a syllabus is developed for teaching agricultural meteorology at secondary schools (advanced education below university degree level) of agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. It consists of a number of lectures and practical exercises to be introduced into the program of such schools. The list of textbooks and published lecture notes or monographs is compiled alphabetically by author with special listings of technical publications and World Meteorological Organization publications. (BL) WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DDCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSDN OR ORGANIZATIDN ORIG- INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY SYLLABI FOR INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY Report of a working group of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology WMO - No.. 202. TP.10b1 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland NOTE The designation' employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of *my opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. co WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION C) N- C) SYLLABI FOR INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY Report of the CAgM Working Group on Syllabi for Instruction in Agricultural Meteorology prepared by Mesirs. G. D. B. DE VILLIERS (chairman), R. ARLiRY, J. VAN EIMERN, K. M. KING and Mrs. Z. PIEgLAIC PRICE: WMO- No. 202. TP. 106 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organisation Geneva - Switzerland 1966 . a 4 III CONTENTS Introduction 1 Classification of personnel employed in agricultural meteorology 1 Duties of the various groups of agrometeorological personnel 1 Syllabi .. 1 Syllabus for professional meteorological personnel 2 Syllabus for agricultural scientists 2 Syllabus for technical assistants in agrometeorological services 2 Syllabus for teaching agricultural meteorology at secondary schools of agriculture,horticulture and forestry 3 List of textbooks and published lecture notes or monographs 3 Annexes I SYLLABUS I : Syllabus for professional meteorological personnel 4 II. SYLLABUS II : Syllabus in agricultural meteorology for graduates in agricultural sciences 21 IIISyllabus III : Syllabus for technical assistants in agricultural meteorology 27 IV Syllabus IV: Syllabus for teaching agricultural meteorology at advanced schools of agriculture, horticulture and forestry 32 V List of textbooks and published lecture notes or monographs pertaining to instruction in agricultural meteorology 36 V FOREWORD Recognizing the need for detailed syllabi for instruction in agricultural meteo- rology and for guidance with respect to appropriate textbooks, the WMO Commission for Agri- culturalMeteorology (CAgM), at its third session (Toronto, 1962), decided to establish a Working Groupon Syllabifor Instruction' in Agricultural Meteorology. This group was requested to prepare syllabi suitable for the different levels of personnel and topropose a list of appropriate textbooks, published lectures and monographs. Thegroupconsisted of Messrs. G. D. B. de Villiers (South Africa), chairman, R. Arlery (France), J. van Einem (Federal Republic of Germany), K. M. King (Canada) and Mrs. Z. Pidlak (Poland). The final report of the group was circulated to all members of thecommission for theirinformationand comments and subsequentlyapproved. by the president of this commission.In viewof the importanceof its content,the president of CAgM recommended that the report be published in a suitable manner. The report has accordingly been in- cluded in the seriesof WMO publications intended for training purposes. It is expected that the French version will be published at a later date. It may be appropriate to mention that the. report of Professor J. Van Mieghem publishedas WMO Technical Note No. 50 entitled The Problem of the Professional Training ofMeteorological Personnelof allGrades in the Less-developed Countries -- constitutes a basic reference to the present publication. Moreover, sections of the syllabi contained here will need to be completed by the relevant excerpts from Professor Van Mieghem's report. I should like totake this opportunity, ofexpressing to the chairman and all themembers of the working group thesincere appreciationof the World Meteorological Organization for thetime andeffort they havedevoted to thepreparation of this very valuable report which will no doubtbe of great assistance to all concerned with traiaing in agriculturalmeteorology. I also wish to acknowledge with gratitude the assistance of Mr. L. P. Smith, president of CAgM, and of memk'rs of CAgM who have offered useful sugges- tions for the preparation of the final text. (D. A. Davies) Secretary-General . SYLLABI FOR INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY 1. INTRODUCTION The syllabi presented in the following pages are based on a study of the desirable qualifications and training of personnel employed in agricultural meteorology. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY It was agreed that personnel employed in agricultural meteorology can be classified into two main classes: Personnel with a basic training in meteorology; Personnel with a basic training in agricultural sciences. In each of these two classes distinction should further be made between graduate and non- graduate personnel. When preparing syllabi for the various classes of personnel, the working group distinguished the following groups of personnel: (a) .Professional meteorological personnel (graduates with basic training in meteorology); (b) Agricultural scientists (graduates with basic training in agricultural sciences); (c) Technical assistants in agrometeorological services (non-graduates, with training in rathematics and physics at the secondary- or high- school level). 3. DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF AGROMETEOROLOGICAL PERSONNEL As regards the duties of the various groups of agrometeorological personnel, the working group considered that professional agrometeorological personnel and agricultural scientists were responsible for the organization and supervision of agrometeorological services and would carry out research in agricultural meteorology. 4. Technical assistants in agricultural meteorology would be responsible for the following duties: agrometeorological observations (instrumental, visual, phenological); installation, maintenance, checking and calibration of the instruments used, with the exception of very delicate instruments the adjustments of which should be entrusted to the professional officers; elementary processing off' agrometeorological data:routine computa- tion of averages, normals, frequencies, etc.; preparation of punched cards; statistical analysis of agrometeorological data under guidance of the professional officers; assisting in research projects. 5. SYLLABI In the followingpages the proposed qualifications and training of these classes of personnel are shown in the form of syllabi indicating the standard of knowledge required 6 2 SYLLABI FOR INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY and the extent of the field to be covered. The working group agreed that syllabi should be prepared for the three classes of personnel mentioned in paragraph 2 above, and that an additional syllabub was required for the purpose of teaching agricultural meteorology in secondary schools of agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Further details are given in the following paragraphs. 6. SYLLABUS FOR PROFESSIONAL METEOROLOGICAL PERSONNEL Syllabus I, proposed for candidates in this class of personnel, is givenin Annex I.For this syllabus the candidate must attain (or have attained) the required standard of knowledge in physics, mathematics, meteorology and climatology, and have sufficient back- ground in the biological and agricultural sciences (if he has not already taken a degree in agriculture). 7.' It should be possible to take this syllabus: (a) As part(s) of a four-year B.Sc.Agric. course in agrometeorology; (b) During postgraduate work
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