Duration
10h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography, global change (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English 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 5 parts:
- Read and write netCDF files with Fortran on Linux.
- The BASH shell on Linux.
- The parallelisation (OpenMP and OpenMPI) in Fortran.
- The modules and allocate instructions to save memory in Fortran
- Introduction to Python (notably in the aim of building figures using climate data)
Only the notions useful to be able to analyse climate model outputs and 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, Python and BASH for manipulating weather data or model outputs in NETCDF.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Mode of delivery: face to face (or distance learning if it is needed)
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
Other : Oral presentation of a work
Additional information:
The oral exam consists of presenting a parallelised FORTRAN/BASH program made by the student to compare MAR model outputs to gridded observations (e.g. ECA&D).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Dr. Xavier Fettweis
Department of Geography - Laboratory of Climatology
Web: http://www.climato.be/fettweis