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| CLIM0017-1 | Climate modelling
- Part 1 : Atmosphere
- Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction
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| Duration : | Part 1 : Atmosphere : 10h Th, 20h Pr
Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction : 15h Th, 25h Pr
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| Lecturer : | Part 1 : Atmosphere : Xavier Fettweis
Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction : Louis François
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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 | | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| The lectures begin with a quick introduction to regional climate modelling where problems connected to the choice of the integration domain, the pre-/post-possessing, the double nesting, the 2-way coupling, ... are presented. Afterwards, the tutorials introduce the students to the use of the atmospheric regional climate WRF model. Its outputs will be used in Partim 2 to force a vegetation on a particular region of Europe. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| The lectures begin with a quick introduction to the modelling of the continental surface processes in climate models. It includes the modelling of the exchanges of heat, water and CO2 between the soil, the vegetation and the atmosphere, as well as the processes governing the dynamic evolution of the vegetal cover (leaf area index, vegetation types, etc.).
Then, the tutorials introduce the students to the use of the CARAIB dynamic vegetation model. Applications are developed for specific regions selected by the students (e.g., some European countries), by using as inputs the datasets obtained as outputs of the climate simulations performed in the first series of lectures (partim 1). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| The objective of the lectures is to introduce the students to the use of complex climate models. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| The objective of the lectures is to introduce the students to the use of complex climate-vegetation models. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| - SPAT0024 Meteorology
- CLIM0002 Climate models: principles and applications
- CLIM0014-1 Programmation au service de la climatologie (partim 1)
- CLIM0017-5 Programmation au service de la climatologie (partim 2) |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| - SPAT0024 Meteorology
- CLIM0002 Climate models: principles and applications
- CLIM0010 Fortran and Linux for the climatologist |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| The tutorials will be dedicated to the use and handling of the WRF regional model. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| The tutorials will be dedicated to the use of a dynamic vegetation model. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| The lectures are organized in 3-hour modules during the first semester. Computers under Linux are used for the tutorials. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| The lectures are organized in 3-hour modules during the second semester. Computers under Linux are used for the tutorials. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| The pdf files of the lecture slides are available for the students.
Reference articles of the WRF are presented to the students during the first lesson. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| The pdf files of the lecture slides are available for the students.
Reference articles of the CARAIB model are presented to the students during the lectures. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| Every student has to model a particular domain of Europe and is evaluated on the basis of the (oral) presentation of the results he obtained in the tutorials. |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| Every student has to model a particular domain of Europe or of another continent and is evaluated on the basis of the (oral) presentation of the results he obtained in the tutorials. |
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Contacts :
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| | Part 1 : Atmosphere |
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| Dr. Xavier Fettweis,
Département de Géographie - Laboratoire de Climatologie (Bât.11) |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation-climate interaction |
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| Louis François, Lecturer,
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique (Bât. B5c),
Tél.: (+32) (4) 366-9776
e-mail: Louis.Francois@ulg.ac.be |
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