ENVE335 Irrigation and Precision Agriculture
| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level B - Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | June | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 72 cp; or candidature in postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | None | |||||||||
| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units | None | |||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | Richard Faulkner (rfaulkne@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
The unit provides and introduction to irrigation and Precision Agriculture and its application to agricultural practices. Topics covered are: basic hydraulics of flow in pipes and flow in channels; Manning's equation and Darcy equation for flow rate; types of pumps, pump performance and selection; principles of irrigation, surface, sprinkler and drip methods; design of irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling; soil conservation works; hydrology and small dam design; principles of Precision Agriculture; the role of GIS in Precision Agriculture; data sources, remotely sensed data; variable rate technology and application of Precision Agriculture at the farm level. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Text(s):Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material
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| Recommended Material Optional |
None | |||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |