Duration
15h Th, 7h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geography, global change, research focus | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The main theoretical chapters are as follows :
1. The climate system and its components
2. History and challenges of climate modelling
3. Selected applications of climate models
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objectives are :
(1) to provide the students with an overview of climate modelling
(2) tho illustrate some applications modelling to the study of (past and future) climate change
(3) to introduce the student to the use of climate models and their output data
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerquisite knowledge
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The tutorials will allow the student to get acquainted with the simple climatic models. One-dimensional energy balance and radiative-convective models will be used in continuity with the chapters of the theoretical lessons. Analyzes of climate change predicted by general circulation models will also be carried out.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The course is organised in 3-hour lectures, during the first semester for part 2 and the second semester for part 1. Computers are used in the tutorials (working sessions of 4-hour each).
Organised during second semester
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Other site(s) used for course materials
- UMCCB (http://www.umccb.ulg.ac.be/Edu/cours_f.php)
Further information:
The theoretical part of this lesson is widely based on the book "The climate modelling primer" of K. McGuffie and A. Henderson-Sellers (John Wiley & Sons, 2014). The fourth edition of this work was strongly reshaped according to the recent results of this rapidly growing field. The text offers the advantage of a clear summary presentation, and nevertheless complete, of climate modelling, avoiding the too complex mathematical developments. This book is particularly well designed for an education in the sections of geography. Its price is relatively affordable. Other bibliographical references will be used according to needs.
The pdf files of the lecture slides are available for the students on the web site of the Unit for Modelling of Climate and Biogeochemical cycles (UMCCB).
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Theoretical chapters: oral examination
Tutorials: written report on the exercises performed in the class using computers (applications of models used in the class and interpretation of the results); to be delivered on the day of the oral examination at the latest.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Louis François, Professor, Institute of Astrophysics et and Geophysics (B5c build.), Phone: (+32) (4) 366-9776 e-mail: Louis.Francois@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
Online notes
On-line notes on UMCCB website