Undergraduate Course: Land-Atmosphere Interactions (ECSC10014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An honours level course in which we seek to address the following questions: (a) What are the important biophysical and biochemical processes that determine land-atmosphere exchange and how might they influence the wider questions concerning Global Change. (b) How do we measure and model biosphere-atmosphere interactions? (c) How do the atmospheric water, energy and trace gas cycles interact with the land surface? |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Fieldwork Hours 3,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
49 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One written essay (50%) and one written exam (50%).
Coursework assessment deadline 12noon Friday week 10.
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| Feedback |
Class discussion and feedback on a written piece of summative assessment. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Gain a critical appreciation of land-atmosphere interactions at a range of scales from cell to biome.
- Discover how changes made to Earth's surface can have an effect on the atmosphere and vice versa.
- Use a range of planetary-boundary layer models in practical sessions to simulate land-atmosphere exchange processes and will be expected to offer professional level insights into the results of these models.
- Produce a research report which will involve analysing a complex problem: testing the sensitivity of a soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer model.
- Identify the relevant outcomes of this and make judgements where data is limited or comes from a range of sources.
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Reading List
Before starting the course, you should re-read the relevant chapters on energy balance and surface properties in
OKE, T.R. (1990). Boundary-layer Climates. Routledge, London. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
1 three-hour lecture per week |
| Keywords | ECSC10014 LAI |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Moncrieff
Tel: (0131 6)50 5402
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Nicola Clark
Tel: (0131 6)50 4842
Email: |
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