3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018765DNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must be enrolled in the programme Master Biology: Tropimundo.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

10 contact hours Lecture
6 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
6 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Table of Contents :

Lectures:

Basic knowledge of climatology and meteorology: variables, measurements, bio-physical effects

Reference scales for space and time

Climatology of tropical environment

Climate change: impacts, adaptation and mitigation

Simulation and forecasting models

Exercises:

Sensors, instruments, acquisition systems, data transmission

Software for climate data analysis

Modeling application

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading :

Guide to Agricultural Meteorological Practices (GAMP) 2010 Edition (WMO-No.134), Geneva (CH)

Applied Agrometeorology, 2010, Kees Stigter (Ed.), Springer (Berlin) (D)

Lessons notes and Didactic material edited by the Instructor

Please consult the course descriptions on the TROPIMUNDO website for the most completed and updated course descriptions.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene Competenties

Course objectives :

The aim of the course is to give concepts that form the basis for understanding the climate of tropical environment, monitoring and analysis techniques. At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to evaluate the effects of tropical climate on bio-physical systems.

Learning outcomes :

please note the general comment on learning outcomes

Education level: Basic Ecosystem focus: Environment Biological level: Global

Analysis of meteo-climatic characteristics of tropical environments in relation with different spatial and temporal scales. Methods for climate monitoring and the application of modeling for environmental management and planning. Climatic variables and basic element for data analysis to assess mean and extreme conditions. Climate change impacts, vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation strategies. Exercises dealing with climatic data analysis and bio-physical modeling application.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Exam : 50% Written

Exam : 50% Project & Excercise

2ndsession : oral or written exam to be decided by the teacher.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Brussels
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Cayenne