Duration
15h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in oceanography (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 part of the lecture given by Marilaure Grégoire consists in practical exercises allowing the student to get familiar with the theoretical concepts learnt during the lecture "Introduction à la modélisation" given in Master I. The student will have to implement a very simple model of a real system such as the Posidonia meadow in the Calvi Bay in Corsica.
Guy Munhoven's lessons will cover the basics of pH calculation from the chemical composition of an aqueous solution, with a particular focus on the marine environment (with a special focus on the carbonate system), as well as the basics of the modeling early diagenetic processes in sea-floor sediments.
Arthur Capet's lessons will be held in the theoretical framework of D. Tilman's Resource competition theory. Within this context we will reassert basic modelling concepts and procedures, using the R working environment.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to teach students to develop and implement a mathematical model of a biogeochemical or ecological system and to understand and use an existing model.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course "Introduction to marine ecosystems modelling" given in Bloc 1 of the master provides a good mathematical background.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
There are no organised tutorials for this course. For each of the three parts of the course, students have to implement and elaborate one or several small models by themselves, or to apply an existing model. Several question and answer sessions will be fixed to assist and guide the students in progressing with their personal work.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face for the presentation of the theoretical bases; personal work to be carried out by the students for the practical part
Recommended or required readings
Copies of the slides used during the lectures and copies of the slides or instruction booklets of the projects with the practical model applications wil be distributed to the students via eCampus or via other web sites (listed in the "Supports de cours" tab).
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Each student is requested to realize a personal project on one of the topics presented during the lectures. The exam will consist in the oral presentation of this pesonal project either during the the January or during the August-September exam session. The presentation will use ~10 slides and will be followed by questions. No report is requested. The final mark will take into account the quality of the work, the oral presentation and the response to the questions.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is given during the first quadrimester according to a schedule introduced in CELCAT.
Contacts
Prof. Marilaure Grégoire, Modelling for Aquatic Systems, ULiege
e-mail: mgregoire@uliege.be
Dr. Guy Munhoven, Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics, ULiege
e-mail: Guy.Munhoven@uliege.be
phone: (+32) (4) 3669771
Dr. Arthur Capet, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
e-mail: acapet@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Lecture Notes (Arthur Capet)
This Github repository includes the lecture's note, as well as R scripts used in practical sessions.
Those files are in open access.
Lecture slides (Guy Munhoven)
This web page provides the slides for the lectures given by Guy Munhoven.
The content of this page is freely accessible.