FOREST METEOROLOGY

Code: PGCF2321
Course: Graduate Program in Forest Sciences (Master's Degree)
Credits: 4
Hourly load: 60
Syllabus: Earth's atmosphere. Solar radiation and energy balance in plant communities. Air and soil temperature. Air humidity. Precipitation. Evapotranspiration. Water balance. Agroclimatological modeling. Microclimate of plant communities. Climatology of partially modified agricultural environments.
Bibliography: JONES, H.G. Plants and microclimate: a quantitative approach to environmental plant physiology. Cambridge: University Press, 1992. 428p.

PEREIRA,A.R.; ANGELLOCI,L.R.; SENTELHAS, P.C. Agrometeorologia: fundamentos e aplicações. Guaíba: Agropecuário, 2002. 478p.

ROSENBERG, N.; BLAD, B.L.; VERNA, S. B. Microclimate: the biological environment. New York: Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1983. 495p.

VIANELLO, R.L.; ALVES, A. R. Meteorologia básica e aplicações. Viçosa: Imprensa Universitária - UFV, 1991. 449p.