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| CLIM0001-1 | Applied climatology
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 10h Pr, 1d FW |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Geographical Sciences, climatology orientation, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 3 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, specialized approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 4 |
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Erpicum |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course is divided into 8 modules of 2 or 3 hours on the following topics:
Introduction and effect studies
Climatology applied to wind and solar components
Climatology applied to hydrology
Climatology applied to regional planning
Climatology applied to road winter maintenance
Climatology applied to wine growing
Climatology applied to wildfires prevention
Climatology applied to problems of health and tourism |
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| Course objective : | To make become aware of the diversified aspects of the applications of climatology to managements of the territories and the human activities |
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| Prerequisites : | Basic concepts in climatology and meteorology |
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| Workshops : | Exercise to be solved in connection with a specific topic of application and visit of the automatic weather station of Mont Rigi Liege university Scientific station and a principal station of the operational system "météoroutes" of the MET |
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| Organization : | Courses and practical work by meetings of 2 or 3 hours.
Reports to be written. |
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| Written notes : | Succession of experiments of climatology applied drawn from research of the laboratory or acts of conferences, articles of reviews or work of end of studies. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination: 15/20
Personal report: 5/20 |
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| Contacts : | Geographical Department - Climatology
Michel ERPICUM
michel.erpicum@ulg.ac.be
Tel. +32 4 366 52 21 |
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