SUBJECT
Title
Surface-atmosphere interactions
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2+2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Subject, aim and activities of agrometeorology, biological and physical processes of the soil-plant-atmosphere system, exchange of radiation, heat, moment and mass, the soil, gas diffusion in soils, diffusion of heat in soils, soil temperature, water content potential, water flow in soils, hydraulic conductivity of the soil, transport processes of materials solved in the water.
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.