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| GEOG0218-1 | Climatology and elements of meteorology | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr, 2d FW | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Erpicum | |||||
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| Course contents : | The theoretical course starts by considering what the concept of climate includes and how the relations are organized between the climate and the geographical environment. The following subjects are covered the ones after the others: description of the Earth's atmosphere, study of its variables of state and their vertical profiles within troposphere, relations between apparent way of the Sun in the sky and its consequences on the sunniness of a lot of sites, radiation phenomena, changes of phase of water, clouds and hydrometeors, evapotranspiration and interceptions, general atmospheric circulation (components of the wind, storms and tropical cyclones, monsoons, trade winds, prevailing winds, regional winds, effect of foehn...), synoptic meteorological conditions and their effects on lived weather, anomalies and climatic variabilities, comparison of some climatic classifications and analyzes of principal types of climates. Practical work follows the theoretical course and provides further illustration. The reading and the analysis of synoptic charts and weather reports are taught starting from concrete cases. | |||||
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| Course objective : | The course is directed towards the comprehension of the behavior of the atmosphere and its effects on "time", the seasons and the climates on the surface of the Earth. | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | It is considered that the student has knowledge of the geographical terms used for the localization on the terrestrial sphere. The provision of a map of the world and/or a geographical atlas of the place names is highly advised. A lexicon reiterating the essence of the vocabulary specific to the course is distributed to the beginning of the course and must be known as soon as possible by the student. Concepts of physics (mechanical and thermodynamic) essential. | |||||
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| Workshops : | Practical work are organized in three hour modules according to the advance of the theoretical course and in alternation with this one in the same time module. Reports are requested from the students | |||||
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| Organization : | The course is exempted by three hour module from first week of the year at the Institute of Geography (Bat. B11). The course is given with the systematic support of an overhead projector and a multi-media projector. An interruption from 5 to 10 min is envisaged about the middle of each lesson. Practical work are exempted according to the progress of the course. A scientific calculator is essential for certain practical work. | |||||
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| Written notes : | The sheets of the course are distributed chapter after chapter at the beginning of each course. It is the same for the notes for practical work. The consultation of the following books , available in library is suggested to supplement the information of the course : - Climates (A. Godard and Mr. Tabeaud, Hake, 1993) in french - General Meteorology (J.P. Triplet and G Roche, 1980) in french - Atmosphere, Weather and Climate (R.G. Barry and R.J. Chorley, 1992) - Introduction to climatology (A. Hufty, DeBoeck, 2001) in french | |||||
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| Assessment : | Practical work are assumed to be returned for the following week. The evaluation of practical work of the year will be established by taking account of the appreciation of the work completed by the student during meetings on the one hand and of the quality of the returned exercises on the other hand. A partial evaluation could be planned for the theoretical course at the end of first half of the year. A second part of examination (written and oral) is organized in May or June. | |||||
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| Contacts : | Mr. ERPICUM, Professor, Department of Geography Institute of Geography (B11) Tel.: 04.366.52.21 E-mail: michel.erpicum@ulg.ac.be
Practical Work: Olivier Dewitte, Assistant (Tel.: 04.366.53.35 or 04.366.52.55) | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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