Agro Climate Research Centre

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University > Directorate of Crop Management > Agro Climate Research Centre

Laboratories

Principal Agromet observatory

Established during 1907 and received “Best maintained observatory award” from IMD twice.

Principal Agromet observatory
Automatic Weather Station (AWS)

Automatic Weather Station (AWS)

ACRC is having 385 AWS, each one at every block of Tamil Nadu and recording 10 weather parameters including soil temperature, soil moisture and leaf wetness @ every hour interval.

Temperature Control Chamber (TCC)

ACRC is having one set of +2oC and +4oC chamber, monitored at every 15 minutes with open-air condition. Highly useful for climate change research.

Temperature Control Chamber (TCC)
Climate Control Chamber (CCC)

Climate Control Chamber (CCC)

ACRC is having one CCC, can maintain temperature and CO2 at required level.

Soil Plant Atmospheric Research (SPAR) Unit

ACRC established one SPAR unit, can maintain different levels of temperature and CO2 . Useful for climate change impact studies on crops, pest and disease..

Soil Plant Atmospheric Research (SPAR) Unit
Computational facility

Computational facility

ACRC is having High Performance  Computation (HPC) facility and students are familiarized to operate it.

  • High performance server– 5 Nos.
  • MAC X server Clusters – 20 Nos.
  • MAC computers – 13 Nos.
  • Windows Desktops – > 10 Nos.