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| PHYS3008-1 | Environmental physics
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| Duration : | 16h Th, 8h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Aubinet |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | 1. GENERAL ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION
2. RADIATION
( radiation origin, interaction radiation - matter, variables describing the radiation, solar radiation, infrared radiation , radiation balance- greenhouse effect)
3. CONDUCTION
( Fourier's law, application to one dimension systems : electrical analogue of heat transfer, description of the heat and to homogeneous soils)
4. CONVECTION
(convection types, flow types, definition and computation of the boundary layer, applications)
5. LATENT HEAT
( introducation to psychrometry, phase change, water vapour transport (electrical analogy))
6. ENERGY BALANCE
( static balance : dry and wet thermometer, humid surfaces , dynamic balance : night cooling of soil, dynamiv greenhouse effect) |
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| Course objective : | Allow the students to establish the static and dynamic energy balance of systems and study its sensitivity to environmental variables.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Apply laws of radiation, conduction, convection latent heat exchanges in order to establish thermal budget of biosystems.
- Study the biosystem temperature response to different environmental variables. |
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| Prerequisites : | -- PH102 - Electricity |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 16h
Practical Works : 8h |
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| Written notes : | Monteith J. Principles of environmental physics.Campbell G. An introduction to environmental biophysics. Guyot G.Climatologie de l'environnement.
Aubinet M. Physique de l'environnement. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (100%) |
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| Contacts : | AUBINET Marc (Professeur Ordinaire)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622488
Marc.Aubinet@ulg.ac.be |
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