Duration
24h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS) | 3 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
This course provides the necessary fundamentals for data collection in the environment, so as to be able to build an instrumentation plan.
The concepts of metrology, error calculations and sampling are addressed through different practical cases (water, soil, air, fauna, flora,..).
Section 1: Sampling in the environment
- Sampling question
- Theoretical fundamentals: statistical elements, different sampling plans, sampling error, replicats, etc. Sampling vocabulary
- Declination of sampling projects in space and time
- Metrological parameters
- Measurement uncertainties
- Definition of the problem and objectives
- Choice of variables to measure
- Choice of measurement methods and instruments
Section 3: Data Representation
Section 4: Environmental Indicators
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
be able to:
- design a methodology for environmental sampling and measurement
- understand and interpret metrological terms (e.g. LOD, systematic error, accuracy, linearity)
- interpret data representations
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
fundamental of statistics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lectures and exercises
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face to face
Recommended or required readings
Course notes (ppt and documentation) on e-campus
Recommended : reference books on unvertainty calcualation, metrology
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Written report for the Metrology section on a case study of the student's choice. The student must produce a justified instrumentation and sampling plan.
Oral presentation for the Indicators section
Final grade: weighted average
The evaluation criteria and the content of the report + presentation are detailed and explained during the 1st course. The different elements are in the course ppt.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
On e-campus
- course material
- documentation
- and organizational remarks
Contacts
Anne-Claude ROMAIN
Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement
Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon
Avenue de Longwy, 185
B-6700 ARLON
Belgium
Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 59
Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00
acromain@uliege.be
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