Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Geodetic Supplements | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th, 10h Pr | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| René Warnant | |||||||||||
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| The course discusses the main techniques used in Space Geodesy and their applications in Earth Sciences: precise positioning, satellite orbit computation, mean sea level determination, geoid and gavimetric anomalies. | |||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course gives an introduction to the main concepts and techniques used in Space Geodesy. The student will be able to define correctly these concepts, to explain the links between these concepts and to apply them to problems encountered in Geometrology. | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Geometrical Geodesy and GNSS (GEOG0218-1) | |||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face learning. | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Lecture notes are available | |||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam (with written preparation) on the material seen during the theorical lectures. | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is organized in 3 hour lectures given each week during the second semester. | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| René Warnant (Professor) Tel : 04/366 90 16 E-mail: Rene.Warnant@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||