Adrian Trotman Email Address: atrotman@cimh.edu.bb
Education: M.Sc. Agricultural Meteorology.
University of Reading, England.
B.Sc..
Mathematics and Meteorology. University of the West Indies,
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
Post and Responsibilities: Agrometeorologist -
responsible for the agricultural meteorology programme at
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH).
This includes training of meteorological and agricultural
personnel from the sixteen member territories of the
Caribbean Meteorological Organization, as well as research
and development activities in those territories.
Teaching Experience: World Meteorological
Organization Meteorology Technicians Courses (formerly
Classes 1 to 4)
University of the West Indies:
Introduction to Meteorology (undergraduate)
Applications of Meteorology (undergraduate)
Meteorological Impacts (MSc Natural Resources and
Environmental Management)
Climatology and Agrometeorology (MSc Natural
Resources and Environmental Management)
Current Research:
Water relations of Capsicum chinense variety ‘West
Indies Red’ in Barbados conditions
Food systems and security and environmental change
General Research Interest:
Water relations of plants
Agroclimatic zoning
Climate variability and
change trends and its relation with Caribbean food
systems
Weather, climate and
sports turf and sporting events
Integrated Water
Resources Management
Publications:
Trotman A. (2007) Weather and Climate in
Caribbean Agriculture. In: Elements for Life. World
Meteorological Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. 59-61.
Ballayram, Bocage C and Trotman A (2006) Caribbean
Order from Strength In GECAFS (2006) A Set of Prototype
Caribbean Scenarios for Research on Global Environmental
Change and Regional Food Systems. GECAFS Report No. 2; 62pp,
Wallingford.
(see also www.gecafs.org)
Trotman A (2003) Global Environmental Change and Food
Systems (GECAFS) Caribbean Food Systems Project. Proceedings
of Barbados National Agricultural Conference 2003: Meeting
the Challenges of the 21st Century. Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development. 115-119.
Trotman A (2003) Climate variability: An essential
ingredient in the GECAFS Caribbean Food Systems project.
Background papers for workshop on Insights and tools for
adaptation: Learning from Climate Variability. NOAA/OAR.,
pp 179-189
(see also http://www.climateadaptation.net/docs/papers/Trotman%20paper.pdf)
Trotz, U., Trotman, A. and Narayan K (2001) Climate
change impacts on agriculture, water resources and coastal
environments in the Caribbean. In: Land and Water
Resources in the Caribbean (Paul, C.L and Opadeyi, J.
eds.). Chapter 4 pp 73 – 107. CLAWRENET, of PROCICARIBE,
CARDI, St. Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies,
Trinidad & Tobago.
Trotman A. (1998) El Niño: Is it a cause for concern
to agriculture in Barbados? In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth
Annual Conference of the Barbados Society of Technologists
in Agriculture.
Trotman, A (1994) Agroclimatic Study of Barbados
1970-1990: Rainfall Technical Note No 28. Caribbean
Meteorological Institute.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Project proposal and
scenario development team for the Global Environmental
Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) Caribbean Food Systems
Programme.
Member of the GECAFS Food
Systems and Vulnerability and Adaptation of Food Systems
Core Committee
Working group of the
Caribbean Sea Assessment (CARSEA) one of the regional
projects of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MA).
Coordinator and member of
the Caribbean Agrometeorology Network
Member of RAIV working
group in agrometeorology
RAIV representative on
Expert Team on Collection and Evaluation of Operational
Agrometeorological Tools and Methodologies
Position: Agrometeorologist