The course includes lectures, lab sessions and projects for individual and/or group student work.

Advanced topics in agricultural micro-meteorology: atmospheric flow, boundary layers, laminar and turbulent flow, diffusion of momentum, heat and humidity, and the eddy covariance method. Momentum transfer and the mixing layer. Distribution of radiation in plant canopies, and measurement of canopy structure. Concepts in evapo-transpiration like equilibrium and decoupling. Isohydric and anisohydric control.

The labs give hands-on experience with data collection equipment for measuring temperature, humidity, wind, radiation and crop water use. Advanced measurement systems, and building sensors.

Projects include measurement and data collection, analysis of data series from the field and lab. Two large projects, one on evapo-transpiration models, and the second on trunk sap flow measurement.