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| GEOG0218-1 | Climatology and elementary meteorology
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr, 2d FW |
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| Holder(s) : | Michel Erpicum |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The following subjects are covered : 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 consequences on the sunniness of a lot of sites, radiation phenomena, greenhouse effect, 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, foehn effect...), 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. The reading and the analysis of synoptic charts and weather reports are taught starting from concrete cases. |
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| Course objective : | -comprehension of the behavior of the atmosphere and its effects on "weather", seasons and climates on Earth surface. |
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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 acquisition 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 at 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 given by three hour module during the first part of the academic 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. A 5 to 10 min interruption is envisaged about the middle of each lesson. Practical work are organized according to the progress of the course. A scientific calculator is necessary 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 into account the appreciation of the work completed by the student during meetings on the one hand and the quality of the returned exercises on the other hand. An evaluation is planned for the theoretical course and the PW at the January exams. |
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| Contacts : | Mr. ERPICUM, Department of Geography Institute of Geography (B11)
Phone: 04.366.52.21
E-mail: michel.erpicum@ulg.ac.be
Practical Work: B. FRANCO |
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