CHOIX4

- weather/climate differences

- atmospheric structure, 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 above a cultivated plot to estimate evapotranspiration

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Understand the weather and know how to use climato for an ecologist / naturalist.

- climate measurement methods, bioclimate indices ;

- Practical work on computer: climatic data, modern archives (century), oscillations and trends;

- weather reminders, dominant parameters: from large biomes to topoclimate ;

- average climate vs. extreme events, their role and impact on biodiversity ;

- TP group work (restitution): regional themes, shared oral presentation ;

- past and future climate change, and their impact on biodiversity.

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