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| CLIM0017-2 | Climate modelling
- Part 1 : Atmosphere
- Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle
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| Duration : | Part 1 : Atmosphere : 10h Th, 20h Pr
Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle : 15h Th, 25h Pr
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| Lecturer : | Part 1 : Atmosphere : Xavier Fettweis
Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle : Louis François
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| Coordinator : | 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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| 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 or MAR model. Its outputs will be used in Partim 2 to force a vegetation on a particular region of Europe. The choice of the used model (MAR or WRF) depends of the Master thesis of the students. |
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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 and carbon cycle |
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| The objective of the lectures is to introduce the students to the use of 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 Programming in service of climatology (partim 1)
- CLIM0017-5 Programming in service of climatology (partim 2) |
| | Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle |
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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) |
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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 and carbon cycle |
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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 and carbon cycle |
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| The lectures are organized in 3-hour modules during the first semester. Computers under Linux are used for the tutorials.
Schedule 2014-2015: 1st semester, Thursday morning from 9h00 to 12h30. First lecture: September 25, 2014, Room TP 0/1, Build. B11. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The pdf files of the lecture slides are available for the students on http://www.climato.be/cours.
Reference articles of the WRF or MAR are presented to the students during the first lesson. |
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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 and carbon cycle |
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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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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| | Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle |
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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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| Items online : |
Part 2 : Vegetation and carbon cycle
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| Online notes |
| On-line notes available on UMCCB website |
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