Duration
10h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography : climatology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is divided in 3 parts:
- Read and write netCDF files with Fortran on Linux.
- The BASH shell on Linux.
- Thevisualization and analysis open-source software FERRET from NOAA.
Only the notions useful to be able to run afterwards the regional climate MAR model are taught here.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end, the student will have the requirements to be able to run the MAR model and to analyse its outputs.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
CLIM0660-1 Introduction to modelling in physical geography - Partim 2 : Climatology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The teaching method is mainly based on concrete examples on Linux illustrating the main notions of FORTRAN, FERRET and BASH and manipulating weather data or model outputs in NETCDF.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Mode of delivery: face to face.
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam consists of writing a small FORTRAN program reading and interpolating model outputs in netcdf.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Dr. Charles Amory and Charlotte Lang Dr. Xavier Fettweis Department of Geography - Laboratory of Climatology Web: http://www.climato.be/fettweis