Agricultural meteorology—‘agrometeorology’—is one of the lesser known specialisms of meteorology. This article outlines how the subject is tackling the problem of assessing the agricultural implication of climate change, the mechanism for which is described in a previous article in this issue. More detailed discussions of possible implications are described in other articles in this issue.
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