Meteorology/climatology/environment

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.

- know how to use archive data to avoid pitfalls

- differentiate between interannual variability and medium- to long-term trends/oscillations

- differentiate between the impacts of climate and those of other modules on living organisms

- anticipate the adverse effects of (over-)mediatization of the climate change phenomenon

Must be taken in addition to the Meteo-climate-water cycle UE.

100% continuous assessment (desk-top exam + graded practical work + group oral presentation)

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

- climate measurement methods, bioclimate indices ;

- Computer-based practical work: climatic data, modern archives (century), oscillations and trends;

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

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

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

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

Manager*: Errol Véla, errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr (errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr)

U.E. open to the BE course (20 students max.) and the CME-SVT course (20 students max.).