Duration
24h Th, 12h Pr, 3h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering, professional focus | 4 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
This course covers the exchanges (fluxes) of energy, CO2, H2O between the terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. More precisely the following themes are addressed :
Theme 1 : Energy balance
Theme 2 : Atmospheric turbulent transport
Thème 3 : Carbon balance
Theme 4 : Water balance
Theme 5 : Methodology of flux measurement
The order of magnitude of the different fluxes at the ecosystem-atmosphere interface and reservoirs in these cycles, the flux determinants and their measuring techniques are presented in the lectures and tutorials. This implies that several transversal themes are addressed and used: ecophysiology, soil physics, chemistry and biology, hydrology, micrometeorology,...
Exchanges of other greenhouse or reactive gases will be evoked and possibly studied more in-depth based on individual choices.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to:
- identify major plant controls on energy, water and trace gas flux exchanges with the soil and the atmosphere
- understand how climate and ecosystem management impact these exchanges
- Understand the requirements, strengths and limitations of ecosystem/atmosphere and trace gas flux measurement methods at spatial scales from leaves to the whole canopy.
- Implement one of the most widely used of these flux measurement methods
- Examine critically peer-reviewed publications in the domain of plant/ecosystem/climate exchanges
- Better understand the terrestrial ecosystem roles in the climate system and, conversely, the impact of climate on these ecosystems, especially in terms of productivity and vulnerability.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The students
- work on a data set including few fluxes and reservoirs mentionned above, with the aim to analyse the behavior of the cycles for one particular ecosystem
- use one measurement device to quantify some of the fluxes and reservoirs mentionned above (soil chamber or porometer)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
- Lectures 21h
- Practical works 15h
- Seminaries 3h
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Lecture notes and slides
Proposed scientific papers
Further information:
Additional information:
Analysis of a scientific article with oral presentation (1/3 of the grade)
Analysis of a dataset with oral presentation (2/3 of the grade)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Prof. Bernard Longdoz (Bernard.Longdoz@uliege.be)
Prof. Bernard Heinesch (Bernard.heinesch@uliege.be)
Dr. Youri Rothfuss (Youri.Rothfuss@uliege.be)