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ENVE335 Irrigation and Precision Agriculture
Updated: 14 September 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| Intensive School(s) | None | ||||||||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | ||||||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 72cp or candidature in a postgraduate award | ||||||||||||
| 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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| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |