Meteorology/Climatology/Environment

Understanding the weather and knowing how to use the climate data as an ecologist or naturalist.

- methods for measuring climate, bioclimatic indices;

- Computer lab assignment: climate data, modern records (one century), oscillations, and trends;

- Weather overview, dominant conditions: from major biomes to local climate;

- average climate vs. extreme events, their roles and impacts on biodiversity;

- Group project (presentation): regional themes, shared oral presentation;

- Past and future climate change and its impacts on biodiversity.

- know how to make use of archival data while avoiding pitfalls

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

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

- anticipate the unintended consequences associated with the (excessive) media coverage of climate change

Required supplement to the EU course on meteorology, climatology, and the water cycle

100% continuous assessment (in-class exam + graded lab work + group oral exam)

Understanding the weather and knowing how to use the climate data as an ecologist or naturalist.

- methods for measuring climate, bioclimatic indices;

- Computer lab assignment: climate data, modern records (one century), oscillations, and trends;

- group work (tutorial): regional topics, shared oral presentation;

- Weather overview, dominant conditions: from major biomes to local climate;

- average climate vs. extreme events, their roles and impacts on biodiversity;

- Past and future climate change and its impacts on biodiversity.

Person in Charge*: Errol Véla, errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr

The program is open to students in the BE track (maximum of 20 students) and the CME-SVT track (maximum of 20 students).