Advanced Methodologies in Irrigation

Course Information
TitleΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΕΣ ΜΕΘΟΔΟΛΟΓΙΕΣ ΑΡΔΕΥΣΕΩΝ / Advanced Methodologies in Irrigation
CodeΜΥΝ717
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolAgriculture
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID420000887
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Class ID
600121121
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • 026Ε AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS
  • 405Υ IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
  • 406Υ IRRIGATION SYDTEMS
  • 425Ε SURFACE HYDROLOGY
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. to understand the processes of crop water requairements and irrigations 2. to handle and solve of irrigation programming and apply. 3. to find the optimus solution for water resources use and management for agricultural purposes. 4. to colaborate and desing case studies of irrigation water management, eg natural resources use, irrigation works design and irrigation methods to apply in the field 5. to find solution of using marginal water quality sources, as salty and semisalinity and effluent of wastewater treatment in agriculture 6. to obtain the knowledge to do research in subjects of irrigation, water requirements, unsaturated flow, water mansgement in fields and irrigation networks and use of water resources
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Respect natural environment
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Soil water (storage, energy, hydrodynamics). Soil hydraulic functions. Unsaturated water flow. Equations and solutions of water flow in unsaturated soils. Infiltration and redistribution of soil water. Soil – water - plant modeling. Field modeling applications. Crop water requirements estimation. Modern methods for determining evapotranspiration. Investigation of crop coefficients under standard and soil water stress conditions. Yield response to water. Irrigation scheduling with the help of soil moisture balance and optimization methods (linear, dynamic, nonlinear programming with global optimization techniques) for full and deficit irrigation. Pricing irrigation water. Optimal design of farm irrigation methods and irrigation networks.
Keywords
irrigation, water management, unsaturated flow, evapotranspiration, crop requirements, irrigation methods
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
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Laboratory Work✓
Tutorial✓
Project✓
Written assigments✓
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Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Αντωνόπουλος, Β., 1999. Υδρολογιά της Ακόρεστης ζώνης του Εδάφους, Εκδοση Υπηρεσίας Δημοσιευμάτων Α.Π.Θ., Θεσσαλονικη
Last Update
26-11-2016