Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016
Environmental Sciences Bachelor | ||||||
Bachelor Studies (Programme Regulations 2011) | ||||||
Basic Courses II | ||||||
Additional Compulsory Courses | ||||||
Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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701-0033-00L | Laboratory Course in Physics for Students of Environmental Sciences | O | 2 credits | 4P | M. Münnich, A. Biland, N. Gruber | |
Abstract | The course provides an individual experience of physical phenomena and the basic principles of experiments. By carrying out simple physical experiments the students learn the proper use measuring instruments, the correct evaluation of report of the measured data and how to interpret the final results. | |||||
Objective | This laboratory course aims to provide basic knowledge of - the setup of a physics experiment, - the use of measurement instruments, - various measuring techniques, - the analysis or measurement errors, - and the interpretations of the measured quantities. | |||||
Content | The students select 8 out of 20 experiments which they like to conduct. For each of these experiments the students will analyze the data they measure estimate the error of there measurements and compare these with the physical theory. Additionally each student will present one of their experiments in a seminar. | |||||
Lecture notes | Manuals for the experiments are provided online. | |||||
701-0035-00L | Integrated Practical Observation Networks | O | 1.5 credits | 4P | J. Henneberger, T. Tormann | |
Abstract | Observation networks - the combination of individual instruments - are the starting point of quantitative environmental studies. The structure and idiosyncrasies of existing observation networks are shown. When working in individual experiments on practical problems, various types of observation networks are dealt with; questions related to data quality and data availability are discussed. | |||||
Objective | Getting acquainted with existing networks. Insight into problems related to measuring and interpreting multi-dimensional fields of atmospheric physical, atmospheric chemical, and geophysical parameters. | |||||
Content | Observation networks for atmospheric physical, atmospheric chemical, geophysical, hydrological and climatological parameters on different scales (synoptic: 1000 km; mesoscale: 100 km, and microscale: 100 m). Combination of surface observation with remotely sensed data (satellite, radar). Solving interpolation problems in multi-dimensional fields of the observed variables. Assessing the representativity of local values, i.e., the directly observed variable in an observation network. | |||||
Lecture notes | The script is published anew every year. Apart from the description of the scientific problems to be worked on in individual experiments, it contains some theoretical chapters on observation networks, as well as guidelines for writing and publishing scientific papers. The script can be downloaded as pdf from the course webpage. | |||||
Literature | Literature is listed in the script. |
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