Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MTO 359 Biometeorology Turkish Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
2.5 4.5 2 1 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Introduction; Scope; Identification of surface vegetation; Radiative transfer process on different surfaces; Biothermodynamics; Characteristics of transfer between the biosphere and atmosphere; fluxes between biosphere and atmosphere; pressure, wind and turbulence in the biosphere; Design and features of biometeorological measurement systems; Plant Biometeorology; Animal biometeorology; Greenhouse gas exchanges between the atmosphere and biosphere; Net Carbon Accumulation in the biosphere; Gross Photosynthesis; Respiration; greenhouse gas emissions; animal methane emissions; N2O and CH4 fluxes of living organisms; Thermal Comfort; Biyometeorological models.