PHYS3010-2 : Bioclimatology basis

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PHYS3010-2

Bioclimatology basis

Duration :

24h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in bioengineering		2
Bachelor in bioengineering		2
Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)		2
Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Marc Aubinet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

- General mechanisms of global climate (radiation, convection, terrestrial rotation, oceanic movements); - Global climate typology; - Climate Change (Analysis tools, IPCC report, Causes and mechanisms, Global CO2 budget, Other GHG budgets, Feedbacks);

Learning outcomes of the course :

- Identify and understand the basic mechanisms responsibles of main climatic processes at local and global scales, - Describe the main types of climates, - Understand the causes of climate change and its impact on vegetal and human environment.
- Soft skills : be able to extract from an ensemble of scientific information (texts, tables, graphs) the relevant information allowing to answer to specific questions.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Courses of First and secon years undergraduate

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lecture: 24h