Alok Kumar Patra graduated in Agriculture from Chiplima campus of Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology in 1988, obtained M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Agronomy from Institute of Agriculture, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan in 1990 and Ph. D. from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal in 1996. He has an MBA degree from IGNOU, New Delhi. Patra has published more than 90 research papers, 130 popular scientific articles and bulletins, eight books and 35 book chapters. He has 30 years of experience in research and teaching in UG and PG level on agroforestry and agronomy. Presently he is working as Chief Agronomist in the All India Coordinated Research Project on Integrated Farming Systems, OUAT, Bhubaneswar-751 003, India.Subrata Kumar Chand, Assistant Director, Department of Horticulture, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

• 1. Agrometeorology and Its Scope2. Atmosphere and Atmospheric Weather Variables3. Atmospheric Pressure and Its Variation4. Wind and Its Types5. Nature and Properties of Solar Radiation6. Atmospheric Temperature and Sil Temperature7. Atmospheric Humidity8. Precipitation and Its Types9. Cloud Formation and Classification10. Monsoon: Its Mechanism and Importance 11. Weather Hazards12. Climatic Normals for Crops and Livestock Production13. Weather Forecasting and Its Types14. Climate Change and Its Impact on Agriculture15. Agrometeorological Observatory