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| OCEA0015-1 | Principles of interdisciplinary study of sea systems
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Marilaure Grégoire |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course focuses on the description and understanding of the interactions between marine physical and biogeochemical processes from the small to the large space and time scales.
Table des matières:
Chapter I : The geohydrodynamic context
- Introduction
- Space and Time scales, spectral window
- Mathematical modelling
Chapitre II The geohydrodynamic variability
I The internal forces
- A. The molecular effects
- B. The stratification and internal waves
- C. The Coriolis effect
- D. The earth curvature effect
II The external forces
The heat exchange at the air sea interface
Chapitre III: Processes on a scale of less than 1 kilometer
- Biology and boundary layers
- Vertical structure of the open ocean: biology of the mixed layer
- Vertical structure in coastal waters: freshwater run-off and tidal mixing.
Chapitre IV: Processes on a scale of 1-1000 kilometers
- Vertical structure in coastal waters: coastal upwelling regions
- Fronts in coastal waters
- Tides, tidal mixing, and internal waves
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To study the marin system in an interdisciplinary view |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Small research work on the subject and presentation of this work. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 5-6 theoritical course |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Available |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Presentation of the work and questions on the course |
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Work placement(s) :
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| There is no work displacement foreseen in the frame of this lecture |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The lecture takes place during the second part of the year (usually, first week of February) |
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Contacts :
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| Teachers: M. Grégoire
Marilaure Grégoire, Laboratoire d'Océanologie, ULg
e-mail : mgregoire@ulg.ac.be
tel : 043663354 |
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