Course Code: WMA 411
Course Title: Agrometeorology III
Number of Units: 3 Units
Course Duration: 3 hours per week
Course Details:
Course Coordinator: Prof N.J. Bello. B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
Email: njbello2003@yahoo.com
Office Location: Room B209, COLERM
Other Lecturers:
Course Synopsis
The nature of climate-agriculture relationships and the methods of their investigation. Specific effects of moisture and thermal Agro-meteorological indices on agricultural production. Effects of amount of spatial and temporal variation of precipitation (rainfall, dew, and fog). Insolation and photo-periodism, soil and air temperature, evapo-transpiration, cloud, wind and atmospheric humidity. Micro meteorological research in the boundary layer
below plant canopies, crop phenology and microclimate. Quantitative and qualitative effects of solar energy received at the earth’s surface, soil heat flux and soil temperature, carbon dioxide balance of the plants environment, wind towers and estimation of boundary layer characteristics. Inter-relationships of wind shelter, moisture conservation and plant growth.