Meteorology/climatology/environment

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.

- know how to use archive data while avoiding the pitfalls

- differentiate interannual variability from medium- to long-term trends/oscillations

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

- anticipate the perverse effects of (over-)media coverage of the climate change phenomenon

Complementary to the UE meteo-climate-water cycle

100% continuous assessment (table exam + graded practical work + group oral)

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;

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

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

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

- past and future climate changes, their impacts on biodiversity.

Person in charge*: Errol Véla, errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr (errol.vela @ umontpellier.fr)

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