| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meteorology | ZDF106 | Turkish | Compulsory | 2. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | |
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| Goals | The ability to define air, climate, climate components, climate factors, information about the meteorological events to improve the quality and quantity of crop and animal production, information about meteorological events which has negative effect on agricultural production and the preventive measures. |
| Course Content | Importance and purpose of Agricultural Meteorology, structure of atmoshpere, atmospheric pollution and effects on cultivated plants, weather, climate and climate components, effects of climate components on crop and animal production, meteorological events which has negative effect on agricultural production, global climate changes and its effects on agriculture and water resources. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Identifying air, climate and climate components, |
| 2 | Understanding the effects of atmospheric enviroments on agricultural production as quality and quantity |
| 3 | Determining measuring techniques and ways of expressions of climate components |
| 4 | Interpretation of results |
| 5 | Identifying meteorological events which has negative effect on agricultural production and choosing the appropriate preventive measures |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Importance and purpose of Agricultural Meteorology | |
| 2. Week | Information about atmosphere, Meteorology observation stations | |
| 3. Week | Solar radiation | |
| 4. Week | Measuring air and soil temperature, ways of expression | |
| 5. Week | Measuring humidity and ways of expression | |
| 6. Week | Rainfall types and measuring rainfall, factors effecting rainfall | |
| 7. Week | Mid Term Exam | |
| 8. Week | Air pressure and measurement, wind, measuring wind, wind protection facilities | |
| 9. Week | Evaporation, measuring evaporation | |
| 10. Week | Effects of meteorological components on agricultural production | |
| 11. Week | Frost, classification of frost, preventive measures | |
| 12. Week | Meteorological events which has negative effect on agricultural production | |
| 13. Week | Drought, drought indexes, struggle with drought | |
| 14. Week | Global climate changes, effects on agriculture and water resources |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Skill of apply basic science and engineering knowledge and principles to Agricultural Engineering problems | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | Ability of recognize pathogens, pests, weeds and beneficial organisms frequently seen agricultural fields at microscopic and macroscopic level and able to determine level of damage/benefit together with widespread cases. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | Having knowledge about the techniques in agricultural production process, identify the basic problems related to the process and the ability to use modern computational tools and techniques in solution of these problems | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | Skill of execute taking into account technical and scientific information defined by current proposals for solving the problems of crop protection, sustainable agriculture, the environment and human health and food safety | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | Disciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork ability, to act independently required, have the initiative and creativity skills, ability of communicate acts express of ideas as verbally and written, clear and concise. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Skill of follow the current national and international problem | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | Recognize of importance of lifelong learning | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | Self-development skill following the developments in science and technology | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | Ability of awareness of professional ethics and quality systems in agriculture | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | Business ethics and responsibility | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 10 | 2 | 20 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Research | 7 | 2 | 14 | |
| Other Activities | 10 | 1 | 10 | |
|
Sınavlar |
Midterm 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Homework 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Final | 1 | 25 | 25 | |
| Total Workload | 102 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
