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| PHYS3010-1 | Introduction to Bioclimatology
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| Duration : | 18h Th, 6h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Aubinet |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Mechanisms : Radiation, Buoyancy, Condensation, Geostrophic winds, Turbulence,Oceanic movements.
Climates : Equatorial, Tropical, Temperate, Boreal
Climate change : Mechanisms, Consequences, Mitigatiion Possibilities |
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| Course objective : | To understand the climatic and meteorologic processes that control terrestrial ecosystem development and the major factors responsible of the climate change.
After completing the course the student is expected to
Identify and understand the basic mechanisms that are responsible for the principal climatic processes at local and global scale
Describe the different types of world climates
Understand the causes of climate change and its impact on vegetal and human environment |
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| Prerequisites : | -- MA102 - General mathematics (second part)
-- PH101 - General physics
-- PH103 - Environmental physics
-- SI101 - Fundamental statistics
-- ZT201 - Animal production
-- PT201 - Compared agriculture |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 18h
Practical Works : 6h |
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| Written notes : | S. Malardel , Fondements de météorologie, Météo France
Baldocchi, 2007, Bioclimatology, http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/espm129
IPCC Reports, http://www.ipcc.ch/ |
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| Assessment : | Oral 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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