Fabio MADONNA | PHYSICAL METHODOLOGIES AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGROINDUSTRY
Fabio MADONNA PHYSICAL METHODOLOGIES AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGROINDUSTRY
| 0722200019 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA | |
| EQF7 | |
| SMART AGRICOLTURE FOR MEDITERRANEAN CROPS | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
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| FIS/01 | 6 | 42 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
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| GENNAIO | 30/01/2025 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| GENNAIO | 30/01/2025 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
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| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICS UNDERLYING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION, ATMOSPHERE, SOIL, AND VEGETATION, AS WELL AS THE METHODS AND SENSORS USED FOR THE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND THE PRODUCE PROCESSING INDUSTRY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS: STUDENTS WILL BE LED TO LEARN THE BASICS OF PHYSICS NEEDED TO INTERPRET CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL VARIABLES OF THE WEATHER-CLIMATE SYSTEM RELATED TO THE PROCESSES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION, ATMOSPHERE, SOIL AND VEGETATION. UNDERSTANDING THESE PROCESSES IS ESSENTIAL TO STUDYING THE MOST EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ADAPTATION MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED. SKILLS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED IN HANDLING TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS WIDELY USED IN AGRICULTURE, AND IN ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE DATA COLLECTED. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE OBJECTIVE OF TEACHING IS TO MAKE STUDENTS AUTONOMOUS IN THE CHOICE OF PHYSICAL VARIABLES, SENSORS (FROM THE GROUND AND SATELLITE), AND ALGORITHMS TO BE USED FOR THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF CONCRETE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ESTIMATION AND FORECASTING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. GROUP ACTIVITY AND THE ABILITY TO PERFORM PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS IN THE FIELD AND/OR LABORATORY WILL ALSO BE STIMULATED. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON STUDENTS' ABILITY TO CLEARLY AND RIGOROUSLY EXPOUND THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE ACQUIRED. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY ANALYZE AND DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONE OR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO NECESSARY ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR SAFEGUARDING AND INCREASING PRODUCTION, CONSIDERING THE PRESENCE OF EXTREME EVENTS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CONTINGENT MANAGEMENT NEEDS. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: STUDENTS ARE GUIDED TO CRITICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY LEARN THE PROVIDED CONTENT AND TO ENHANCE THEIR JUDGMENT SKILLS THROUGH THE STUDY OF TEACHING MATERIALS RECOMMENDED BY THE LECTURER. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| BASICS OF BASIC MATHS AND PHYSICS |
| Contents | |
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| TEACHING CONTENTS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE MAIN MODULES. - MODULE 1: REMOTE SENSING THEORY AND TECHNIQUES (2 CFU): SOLAR RADIATION, RADIATION LAWS (KIRCHOFF, STEFAN-BOLTZMANN, WIEN), SHORTWAVE SOLAR RADIATION, THE ATTENUATIVE EFFECT OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE LONG-WAVE TERRESTRIAL RADIATION, VARIOUS TYPES OF SURFACES AND THEIR PROPERTIES RADIATION. REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS AND SENSORS FROM SATELLITE, GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE/DRONE. SATELLITE IMAGE PROCESSING AND ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION. BEER-BOUGERT-LAMBERT'S LAW, PLANETARY RADIATIVE BUDGET. ESSENTIAL CLIMATE VARIABLES, VEGETATION INDICES. - MODULE 2: ELEMENTS OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE SCIENCE (2 CFU): NOTIONS OF METEOROLOGY, STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE, TEMPERATURE OF AIR, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND WEATHER MAPS, THE PRESSURE GRADIENT, THE BARIC FIELD, CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES. THE BREEZE, WARM AND COLD FRONTS. ELEMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS, GENERAL CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE, HUMIDITY OF THE AIR, WIND, FOGS AND CLOUDS. GREENHOUSE EFFECT, CLIMATE IN RELATION TO THE NATURE OF THE SURFACE, THE ENERGY AND HYDROLOGIC BALANCE, LATENT HEAT AND TRANSITIONS OF STATE. EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES, CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, MAIN CONCEPTS OF AGROMETEOROLOGY. APPLIED ASPECTS OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY. - MODULE 3: ELECTRIC FORCES, ELECTRIC FIELDS AND SENSING (2 CFU): ELECTROSTATICS IN A VACUUM: ELECTRIC CHARGES, ELECTRIC FIELD, POTENTIAL ELECTROSTATIC, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY, CAPACITORS, ELECTROSTATICS OF THE DIELECTRICS. ELECTRIC CURRENTS, CURRENT INTENSITY AND DENSITY, EQUATION OF CONTINUITY, CONTINUOUS CURRENTS, ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE, RESISTANCE, LAWS OF OHM AND OF KIRCHHOFF, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. SENSORS AND DIGITAL DEVICES FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURE, POSITION, OPTICAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL, MECHANICAL SENSORS; HUMIDITY, RADIATION, LUMINOSITY, TEMPERATURE, WIND, RAIN SENSORS. STATIONS METEOROLOGICAL, ARDUINO TECHNOLOGY. IN INTRODUCING THE COURSE, THE LECTURER WILL ALSO RECALL THE ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS ESSENTIAL FOR DATA ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION, FOR EACH MODULE, STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN MAKING MEASUREMENTS AND DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE USE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN FIELD AND GREENHOUSE CROP MONITORING (SMARTPHONES AND MICROSENSORS WITH ARDUINO), ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENT SERIES FROM THE GROUND AND SATELLITE FOR MONITORING PLANT SPECIES AT SMALL AND LARGE SCALES AND FORECASTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASED ON DATA FROM CLIMATE MODELS. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| 42 HOURS OF LECTURES (6 CFU) |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE CERTIFIED BY AN ORAL FINAL EXAMINATION WITH A GRADE IN THIRTIETHS. THE EXAMINATION WILL INVOLVE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION OF PRODUCTION WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY. THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE QUALITY OF THE ENTIRE EXAMINATION. NOT ITERATIVE TESTS ARE SCHEDULED. |
| Texts | |
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| THE TEXTBOOKS LISTED REPRESENT SOME POSSIBLE OPTIONS THAT CAN COVER COMPLETELY THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE (IN BRACKETS THE INDICATION OF THE MODULE COVERED BY EACH OF THE BOOKS). HOWEVER, THE LECTURER WILL PROVIDE HANDOUTS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE STUDENTS' COURSEWORK. - J. M. WALLACE AND PETER V. HOBBS - ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY. SECOND EDITION ACADEMIC PRESS 2006 (MODULES 1 AND 2). - MARZANO FRANK S., VISCONTI GUIDO - REMOTE SENSING OF ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN FROM SPACE: MODELS, INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES - SPRINGER NETHERLANDS 2002 (MODULE 1). - D. HALLIDAY, R. RESNICK, J. WALKER - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS (SINGLE VOLUME) - CASA AMBROSIAN PUBLISHERS 2015 (MODULE 3). - R. HOUSE - PRECISION AGRICULTURE. METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY; OF CROPPING SYSTEMS - EDAGRICOLE-NEW BUSINESS MEDIA 2016 (MODULE 3). - J. R. TAYLOR, INTRODUCTION TO ERROR ANALYSIS. THE STUDY OF UNCERTAINTIES IN PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS - ZANICHELLI 1999 (STATISTICAL ANALYSIS). |
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