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Overview
For whom?
Young and mid-career professionals, engineers and technicians and academics involved in irrigation system management in various government and non-government organizations. Join the Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management course at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.
Learning objectives
- Conduct irrigation performance assessment at a scheme level using indicators such as water productivity
- Remote sensing based approach to estimate high resolution actual evapotranspiration and biomass production
- Analyse the results to identify gaps and diagnose issues related to irrigation performance and crop production
- Explain the use of remote sensing in assessing water use in agriculture
Programme Structure
Following topics will be covered:
- Overview of remote sensing applications in agricultural water management
- Surface Energy Balance Model to compute evapotranspiration using satellite data
- Remote sensing based crop yield and Water productivity assessment
- Remote Sensing for irrigation performance assessment
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
2 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Hydrology & Water Management Geographical Information Systems (GIS) View 48 other Short Courses in Hydrology & Water Management in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Good computer skills, experience in spatial data analysis and remote sensing. Understanding of the concepts of agricultural land and water use.
- Required skills: Preferably QGIS (or other GIS software); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Tuition Fee
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International
3500 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 12 days. -
EU/EEA
3500 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 EUR for the full programme during 12 days.
Living costs for Delft
780 - 1160 EUR /month
Living costs
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