James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

GE2453:03

Microclimatology

Cairns HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 20 hours practicals, 16 hours field work. Semester 1.

Staff: Assoc. Professor S Turton.

The subject introduces aspects of the microclimatology of Australian ecosystems. It emphasises the comparative microclimates of rainforests, open forests and grasslands, microclimates of croplands and microclimates of urban areas.

Learning Objectives:

  1. introduce aspects of basic microclimatology;
  2. introduce microclimatological aspects of the functioning of selected Australian ecosystems.

Assessment by essay (20%); field report (20%); practicals (10%); examination (50%).