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| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Science and Environment
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| Course Dates | Flexible Course Schedule |
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| Course Registration | Registration is made directly to Søren Hansen |
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| Deadline for Registration | 15 January |
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| Credits | 15 (ECTS) |
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| Level of Course | PhD course |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Course Content |
| Radiation relationships. Transfer of heat and momentum. Transfer of gases and water vapour. Crop radiation interactions. Energy balance of surfaces. Plant water relationships. Crop atmosphere energy exchange. Crop atmosphere water exchange. Crop atmosphere CO2 exchange and canopy photosynthesis. Solar energy and water use efficiency. Crop responses to environmental stresses. Modelling of the soil plant atmosphere system. Climate change and crop production. Modelling of of crop production and agro-ecosystem analyses. Experimental methods. |
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| Teaching and learning Methods |
| The instruction is given in the form of colloquies and seminars in which theories, metodologies and research results are presented and discussed. The study materials include specialized advanced textbooks, specialized review papers, original research papers.
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| Learning Outcome |
| The objective of the course is to give the participants an advanced understanding of processes and relationships in crop canopy atmosphere interactions, crop responses to environmental stresses, natural resource utilization and agricultural crop production. |
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| Course Coordinator |
| Søren Hansen, sha@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Agrohydrology, Phone: 353-33386 |
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| Other Lecturers |
| Carsten Petersen
Jens Raunsø Jensen |
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| Type of Evaluation |
| Satisfactory partiticipation in colloquia,approval of a review paper on a selected topic, and satisfactory presentation of a lecture on a given topic. |
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| Work Load |
| lectures | 0 | | theoretical exercises | 0 | | practicals | 0 | | preparation | 200 | | examination | 1 | | Colloquia | 40 | | Excursions | 0 | | project work | 160 | | supervision | 0 |
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