ANN36001 Atmosphere-Vegetation Interaction

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ANN36001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 大気植生学

Subject Name
（Katakana）タイキショクセイガク

Subject Name in
English Atmosphere-Vegetation Interaction

Instructor TSUCHIYA AKIO

Instructor
(Katakana) ツチヤ　アキオ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Tues1-4：IAS K314

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture, report, test
Tem horario de merenda nas 10:00.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Natural Environment

Eligible Students 2nd grade students, Faculty of Integrad Arts & Sciences e outros faculdades tambem

Keywords Forest, grassland, bare land, temperature/humidity, radiation balance, heat balance, evaporation, transpiration, photosynthesis, agriculture and meteorology, topography and meteorology, dendroclimatology, forest disappearance. Esta relacionada com SDG-13, 15

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Understand the atmosphere-vegetation interaction which is related to atmospheric sciences and biological sciences. Acquire techniques for temperature/humidity and radiation measurements, and for estimates of evapotranspiration in the biosphere. Talk about forest meteorology, agricultural meteorology, small-scale climatology, and climate change.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Understand the energy balance, radiation balance, and heat balance at the surface of the earth. Acquire the calculation techniques of water vapor related parameters. Learn the estimates of sensible/latent heat fluxes. Learn about evaporation at the bare soil, transpiration and sap flow of trees, and net photosynthetic rate. Understand the Monsi-Saeki’s model. Learn about various types of climatic phenomena at the lower surface layer from coasts to mountainous regions. Think about influences of forest devastation.

Class Schedule lesson1: climatic phenomena in the biosphere: the spatial and temporal scales
lesson2: distribution of solar radiation, shortwave and longwave radiations, soil heat flux, measurement of radiation components
lesson3: a variety of temperature/humidity sensors, calculation of water vapor related parameters
lesson4: diffusion coefficient, sensible heat and latent heat
lesson5: empirical models to estimate evapotranspiration
lesson6: evaporation and condensation (dew formation)
lesson7: sap flow of plants, interdiurnal expansion and contraction of tree trunks
lesson8: net photosynthetic rate
lesson9: vertical profile of meteorological parameters within crop fields and forest
lesson10: warmth index, net primary production, right crop for right land, climate control of farmlands, greenhouse cultivation
lesson11: climatic phenomena at a flatland, mountain, basin, slope, coast, lakeside, riverside, and urban area
lesson12: measurements of heat balance components (in the university campus)
lesson13: interannual variation of climatic events and dendroclimatology
lesson14: deforestation and local climate change
lesson15: oral presentation about famous agricultural product of your birth place and its relationship with climatic environments

There is an written examination at the end of 4th term.
A report is imposed every time.

E possível em português.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan (Kanto Branch), Instruments and measurements of agricultural meteorology (The Society of Agricultural Engineering), The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan, Glossary of agricultural meteorology, Ichirou, Watanabe, Experimentation on agricultural environments (Science House), Masatoshi, Yoshino, Climatology (Taimeido), Zenbei Uchijima, Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries and meteorology (Asakura Publishing)

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Projector, overhead camera, computer (requested to carry in)
All of document files, figures, tables, and pictures to be used are distributed through a USB drive at the first class. You have to bring your computer.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Look over the reference books mentioned above. Learn the calculation procedures using equations written in handouts and slides.

Requirements Your attendance is checked at the beginning of lecture. If you fail to attend twice or more, you will lose the credit. Tem horario de merenda nas 10:00.

Grading Method A report (every time: 50%) and a written examination (50%) are imposed.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Oferto boa chance de treinamento que acorda cedo em pleno inverno. E melho assistir a programa de Ohayao do Canal 4 nas 5:00 de manha, particularmente, a previsao do tempo por Sra. Nozomi Nakanishi.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ANN36001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	大気植生学
Subject Name （Katakana）	タイキショクセイガク
Subject Name in English	Atmosphere-Vegetation Interaction
Instructor	TSUCHIYA AKIO
Instructor (Katakana)	ツチヤ　アキオ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Tues1-4：IAS K314
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture, report, test Tem horario de merenda nas 10:00.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Natural Environment
Eligible Students	2nd grade students, Faculty of Integrad Arts & Sciences e outros faculdades tambem
Keywords	Forest, grassland, bare land, temperature/humidity, radiation balance, heat balance, evaporation, transpiration, photosynthesis, agriculture and meteorology, topography and meteorology, dendroclimatology, forest disappearance. Esta relacionada com SDG-13, 15
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Understand the atmosphere-vegetation interaction which is related to atmospheric sciences and biological sciences. Acquire techniques for temperature/humidity and radiation measurements, and for estimates of evapotranspiration in the biosphere. Talk about forest meteorology, agricultural meteorology, small-scale climatology, and climate change.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Understand the energy balance, radiation balance, and heat balance at the surface of the earth. Acquire the calculation techniques of water vapor related parameters. Learn the estimates of sensible/latent heat fluxes. Learn about evaporation at the bare soil, transpiration and sap flow of trees, and net photosynthetic rate. Understand the Monsi-Saeki’s model. Learn about various types of climatic phenomena at the lower surface layer from coasts to mountainous regions. Think about influences of forest devastation.
Class Schedule	lesson1: climatic phenomena in the biosphere: the spatial and temporal scales lesson2: distribution of solar radiation, shortwave and longwave radiations, soil heat flux, measurement of radiation components lesson3: a variety of temperature/humidity sensors, calculation of water vapor related parameters lesson4: diffusion coefficient, sensible heat and latent heat lesson5: empirical models to estimate evapotranspiration lesson6: evaporation and condensation (dew formation) lesson7: sap flow of plants, interdiurnal expansion and contraction of tree trunks lesson8: net photosynthetic rate lesson9: vertical profile of meteorological parameters within crop fields and forest lesson10: warmth index, net primary production, right crop for right land, climate control of farmlands, greenhouse cultivation lesson11: climatic phenomena at a flatland, mountain, basin, slope, coast, lakeside, riverside, and urban area lesson12: measurements of heat balance components (in the university campus) lesson13: interannual variation of climatic events and dendroclimatology lesson14: deforestation and local climate change lesson15: oral presentation about famous agricultural product of your birth place and its relationship with climatic environments There is an written examination at the end of 4th term. A report is imposed every time. E possível em português.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan (Kanto Branch), Instruments and measurements of agricultural meteorology (The Society of Agricultural Engineering), The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan, Glossary of agricultural meteorology, Ichirou, Watanabe, Experimentation on agricultural environments (Science House), Masatoshi, Yoshino, Climatology (Taimeido), Zenbei Uchijima, Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries and meteorology (Asakura Publishing)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Projector, overhead camera, computer (requested to carry in) All of document files, figures, tables, and pictures to be used are distributed through a USB drive at the first class. You have to bring your computer.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Look over the reference books mentioned above. Learn the calculation procedures using equations written in handouts and slides.
Requirements	Your attendance is checked at the beginning of lecture. If you fail to attend twice or more, you will lose the credit. Tem horario de merenda nas 10:00.
Grading Method	A report (every time: 50%) and a written examination (50%) are imposed.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Oferto boa chance de treinamento que acorda cedo em pleno inverno. E melho assistir a programa de Ohayao do Canal 4 nas 5:00 de manha, particularmente, a previsao do tempo por Sra. Nozomi Nakanishi.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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