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| OCEA0075-1 | Introduction to physical oceanography and marine meteorology
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr, 3d FW |
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| Lecturer : | Jean-Marie Beckers |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Ocean water properties. Description of ocean basins and associated general circulations.
Temporal and spatial variability of the major physical properties.
Modelling of the marine environment. Dynamics of ocean currents withour and with friction. Surface waves. Tides.
Introduction to meteorology dedicated to first year students in oceanography.
General introduction : orders of magnitude, characteristic lengths and times.
Application to thermostatics. Radiation and energetic balance. Introduction to air dynamics. Processes of saturation and condensation. Large scale circulation. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The aim of the lecture is to provide the student with the basic dynamical laws allowing him to understand the major caracteristics of ocean water and circulations, tides and surface waves as well as atmospheric processes |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Mathematics, physics, chemistry of a bacheler in science, applied sciences, agronome. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| A personal work on the hydrodynamics of a regional sea will allow each students to use the concepts seen during the theoretical lectures |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 15 lectures of 2 h followed by 30' exercises
2h general exercise
3 days field work and 3h of presentations of desciptive work on regional seas |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Material will be distributed during the first lecture. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written exam with open book
evaluation of the work on regional seas |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Schedule on Infomaster |
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Contacts :
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| JM.Beckers@ulg.ac.be |
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