Climate Risk Management with Precision Agriculture

Catalog description

This course will address the multiple temporal and spatial interactions of climate/weather and agriculture. Students will learn about land surface interactions and issues related to measurements at the soil, crop and atmosphere interface. Large scale climate issues impacting overall crop production including climate variations inter-annually such as El Niño and large scale climate changes will be discussed. Students will develop an understanding of the atmospheric components and background and limitations of various agricultural decision-making tools used.