OBSERVATIONS AND INSTRUMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY FROM ITALIAN UNIFICATION TO THE PRESENT DAY 18 december

“There is no land which, by its position and configuration, is better suited than Italy to the various purposes pursued by meteorology,” since the country is “most apt for observing the fertile contradictions … of sky and climate.” Poetic in tone yet rigorous in content, this definition of Italy’s climate forms the fundamental premise of the circular with which the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, on 10 January 1865, established the first National Meteorological Service. In the aftermath of Italian unification, Senator Luigi Torelli (1810–1887), likely inspired by the promising operational results achieved by the Papal meteorological service led by astrophysicist Angelo Secchi, sought to give Italian meteorological activity a centralized institutional structure capable of ensuring a unified and coordinated approach. This led to the creation of a Meteorology Office, institutionally recognized as the original core of CREA’s national meteorological networks. Its fundamental objectives included: the meteorological and climatic characterization of the entire Italian territory; the formulation of forecasts, especially in the approach of severe weather events; and the rigorous standardization of observation methodologies and measuring instruments.
This seminar aims primarily to explore the historical and scientific aspects related to major technical standards for observation and to the operational characteristics of the most distinctive measuring instruments inherited by CREA.

 The webinar is part of the training project “Towards Green Horizons”, organized within the framework of the excellence project  𝗗.𝗜.𝗩𝗲𝗿.𝗦𝗼.
The Order of Agronomists and Foresters of Viterbo will grant 0.25 Professional Training Credits (CFP) for each seminar; the Territorial College of Graduate Agricultural Experts of the Province of Rome will grant 2 CFP per seminar; the National College of Agrotechnicians will also grant 2 CFP per seminar.
The training project counts toward the annual 40-hour training performance target outlined in the Directive of the Minister for Public Administration dated January 16, 2025. Credit recognition is subject to passing a final assessment test administered at the end of each event.

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