SUBJECT
Title
Agroclimatology
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3+1
Recommended in
Semester 3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Water movements in the soil-plant-atmosphere system, photosynthesis and respiration, models for photosynthesis, plant productivity and water supply, temperature of the plant and its surroundings, collection and analysis of agrometeorological data, modeling of physical processes of plant surroundings.
Readings
- Monteith J.L. et al., 1975: Vegetation and the Atmosphere, Volume 1., Principles. Edited by J.L. Monteith, Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisko, ISBN: 0-12-505101-8.
- Jones, G.H., 1983: Plants and microclimate. A quantitative approach to environmental plant physiology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney. ISBN: 0 521 27016 2, 309 PP.
- Brutsaert, W., 1982: Evaporation into the Atmosphere. Theorz, History and Applications. Reidel Publishing Company. Dordrecht, Boston, London. ISBN: 90-277—1274-6, 299 PP.