Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography : climatology (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits | |||
| Master in geography, global change (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
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
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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Mathematics, physics, chemistry of a bacheler in science, applied sciences, agronome.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A personal work on the hydrodynamics of a regional sea will allow each students to use the concepts seen during the theoretical lectures
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
15 lectures of 2 h followed by 30' exercises 2h general exercise
Recommended or required readings
Material will be distributed during the first lecture.
Assessment methods and criteria
written exam with open book
evaluation of the work on regional seas
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Schedule on Infomaster
Contacts
JM.Beckers@ulg.ac.be