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AgroClimatology
Understanding regional connections between climate and agriculture
The AgroClimatology group is a research lab in the Department of Environmental Physics and Irrigation, the institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Institute), Israel.
Our group studies the interactions between climate and agriculture, focusing on regional and seasonal space and time scales.
We are interested in understanding how climate interacts with crops and how extensive agriculture affects regional climate conditions​
Israel, for example, is highly dense with wheat fields. Including the interacting process between climate and wheat in models may help us better estimate wheat yield under changing climate conditions.​
The slow evolution of soil moisture (at the top layer, it jumps during a rainfall event but gradually decays in between events) regulates climate conditions at the surface and may be used to improve yield predictions for farmers. Observing soil moisture using networks can help to improve climate predictions for farmers.
We are interested in
understanding long-term
process in the Mediterranean Sea
and oceans. We would like to use this knowledge to improve seasonal predictions for farmers.
Ocean eddies are one example. Their relatively long lifetime (weeks to years) can be used to extend seasonal prediction capability.
Ocean eddies are already known to affect whether in different regions across the globe. For example, by changing storms' route and intensity.
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