- Docente: Marco Bittelli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: AGR/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Land and Agro-Forestry Technologies (cod. 5831)
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from Sep 20, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the basics of ecology, the main meteorological quantities and the interactions between plant organisms in agro-ecosystems. It is able to carry out measurements and processing of meteorological and climatic data, calculate water balances and the water requirements of the main crops. It is able to collect, interpret and communicate data and information to formulate autonomous judgments and reflections on current environmental issues of agricultural interest and on eco-sustainable agriculture.
Course contents
Introduction, Radiation, Radiative fluxes in natural environments, Radiation measurement; Fluxes in the biosphere, Water and energy balance in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, unit of measurement. Temperature, Measurement of temperature, Water vapor and gas, Measurement of relative humidity, State of water in organisms and their environment, Measurement of water potential, Wind, Measurement of wind speed and direction, Mass and energy transport, Conductances for mass and energy transport, Conductance measurement, Heat flux in the soil, Water flow in the soil, , Plants and plant communities, Transpiration and Photosynthesis, Photosynthesis measurements, Plants Ecology.
Readings/Bibliography
Soil Physics with Python (Bittelli, Campbell and Tomei)
Oxford University Press (ISBN: 9780198854791)
Class notes
Teaching methods
Lessons in class, computer exercises, lab and field training.
Assessment methods
Written exam
Teaching tools
Algoritmi e modelli
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Marco Bittelli