PSS 5323 COURSE SYLLABUS

Week	Date	Day	Lecture Topic and Textbook Pages
1	1/11	Thur	Introduction, Syllabus, Exam Description, Textbook
2	1/16	Tues	Radiation Laws [pp. 24-27 to Quantum Unit; pp.28-32]
	1/18	Thur	Solar Radiation [pp. 36-49]
3	1/23	Tues	Terrestrial Radiation [pp.50-57]
	1/25	Thur	Review; Exam #1
4	1/30	Tues	Light Interception [pp.58-78]
	2/1	Thur	Light Absorption & Reflection [pp. 79-88 to Theory and Prediction;
			pp. 97-100]
5	2/6	Tues	Review; Exam #2
	2/8	Thur	Transport Laws [pp. 16-24]
6	2/13	Tues	Momentum Transfer [pp. 101-109 to Drag on Particles; pp. 112-118]
	2/15	Thur	Gas Laws [pp. 4-15]
7	2/20	Tues	Heat & Mass Transfer [pp. 155-163]
	2/22	Thur	Review; Exam #3
8	2/27	Tues	Steady-state Heat Balance [pp. 177-198]
	3/1	Thur	Transient Heat Balance [pp. 218-230]
9	3/5	Tues	Profiles & Fluxes [pp. 231-239 to Measurement of Flux]
	3/8	Thur	Review; Exam #4
			Spring Break
10	3/20	Tues	Measurement of Fluxes [pp. 239-244]
	3/22	Thur	Measurement of Fluxes, continued
11	3/27	Tues	Resistance & Transport [pp. 245-256]
	3/29	Thur	Review; Exam #5
12	4/3	Tues	Water Uptake and Transport in Plants
	4/5	Thur	Crop Growth vs. ET and Water Use Efficiency
13	4/10	Tues	Drought Avoidance and Tolerance Mechanisms
	4/12	Thur	Thermal Environment of Plants and Heat Stress
14	4/17	Tues	Review; Exam #6
	4/19	Thur	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Crop Growth
15	4/24	Tues	Competition Among Plants
	4/26	Thur	Spatial Variability in the Field Environment
Finals Week			Exam #7

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