Advanced Soil Physics

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Overview of the history of the discipline of soil physics, including foundational research on and quantification of the dynamics of water, solute, and energy transport within the soil-plant-atmosphere system; topics include derivation of key theories in the field, including Poiseuille’s Law, the Buckingham-Darcy Law, Richard’s equation, and the convection-dispersion equation; use of MATLAB software for the development of programming scripts to be used to solve analytical problems in homework, a course project, and exams. Prerequisites: MATH 171 , MATH 172 , and any differential equations course; graduate classification or approval of instructor.