ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
- weather/climate difference
- structure of the atmosphere, radiation balance, greenhouse effect, wind circulation, depressions/anticyclones, tropical cyclones, tornadoes
- general ocean circulation (Munk, main currents, Conveyor Belt)
- geographical distribution and definition of climates
- current climate change
- global water cycle, hydrological balance, water balance, energy balance over a cultivated plot to estimate evapotranspiration
Objectives
Acquire the fundamental notions on the functioning of the atmosphere and the ocean, on the water cycle in application to the fields of meteorology and climatology
Knowledge control
100% continuous assessment
Targeted competencies
Controlling atmospheric and oceanic processes
Controlling weather events
Master the concept of current climate change
Controlling the water cycle
Controlling the regionalization of climates