ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
List of courses
Meteorology, climatology and water cycle
2 creditsMeteorology/climatology/environment
2 credits16,5h
Meteorology, climatology and water cycle
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
- 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
Meteorology/climatology/environment
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
16,5h
Understand the weather and know how to use the climato for an ecologist / naturalist.
- climate measurement methods, bioclimate indices;
- Computer workstation: climatic data, modern archives (century), oscillations and trends;
- weather reminders, dominant parameters: from the major biomes to the topoclimate ;
- average climate vs. extreme events, their role and impacts on biodiversity ;
- Group work (restitution): regional themes, shared oral presentation;
- past and future climate changes, their impacts on biodiversity.