Study Programmes 2015-2016
| OCEA0030-1 | ||||||||
| Sea Climatology and meteorology | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Michel Erpicum | ||||||||
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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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| In the "meteorology" section, heat transfer, water vapour through the air-sea interface are discussed. Meteorological phenomena such as trade winds, monsoons, tropical cyclones and the el nino are studied in more depth. The "climatology" section is focused more specifically upon marine and coastal climates. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able to have a pragmatic knowledge of the basic notions of meteorology and climatology applied to the sea. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| This course assumes basic university-level knowledge of physics and chemistry. An elementary knowledge of meteorology. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Several introductory lectures are proposed and a scientific report in connection with student's thesis must be written and presented orally with a support PowerPoint | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Some courses of 3 hours and\or readings to be commented of parts of books or articles of reviews. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Documents distributed as needed. | ||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Personal report followed by a discussion. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| michel.erpicum@ulg.ac.be or call 04 366 52 21 | ||||||||