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.
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
Preliminar knowledge of the basic concepts of the modelling of marine ecosystems and/or biogeochemical cycles (as taught, e. g., in the course "Introduction to marine ecosystems modelling" - OCEA0089-1, or similar) is essential to attend this course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
There are no formally organised tutorials for this course. Students have to implement and elaborate one or several small models by themselves, or to apply an existing model. Question and answer sessions will be scheduled to help and advise the students for their personal work.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
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 written 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)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is given during the fall term, generally on Tuesdays from 9:00 to 12:30 in room S5 (B7a build.), starting on 19th September 2023. Please check Celcat for possible last-minute changes.
Contacts
Marilaure Grégoire, Full Professor
Modelling for Aquatic Systems (MAST),
Institute of Physiqcs (B5a build.)
e-mail: mgregoire@uliege.be
Guy Munhoven, Research Associate F.R.S.-FNRS
Laboratoire de Planetary and Atmospheric Physics (LPAP),
Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics (B5c build.),
Phone: (+32) (4) 366-9771
e-mail: Guy.Munhoven@uliege.be
Web: http://www.astro.uliege.be/~munhoven
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.
Items online
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.