Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's Degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment, offers a specialized course sequence focused on Earth and water under global change, known as AWARE - EARTH. This program is part of the Faculty of Science and is structured to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between climate, water, and plant production.

Course Description

The content of the program is organized into six course sequences:

• Climate: meteorological variables, major climates of the Earth
• Surface energy balance: radiative, conductive, and convective fluxes, surface energy balance, reference evapotranspiration (Penman and Penman-Monteith approaches)
• Plants: growth and development cycle, phenology, geometric structure, photosynthesis, root system, water in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
• Crop models: Monteith's approach, water constraints
• Impact of climate change on agriculture

Objectives

The objective of the module is to provide the theoretical basis for the influence of climate on plant production. The targeted skills are knowledge of the fundamentals of ecophysiology and the relationships between climate, water, and plant production.

Teaching Hours

• Water and crop production - Tutorials: 6 hours
• Water and crop production - Lecture: 12 hours

Mandatory Prerequisites

There are no mandatory prerequisites for this program.

Knowledge Assessment

The knowledge assessment for this program consists of:

• Examination: 50%
• Continuous assessment: 50% The final assessment is by written exam without documents (2 hours) plus continuous assessment.

Syllabus

The syllabus for this program includes:

• Radiation
• Climate
• Energy balance
• Ecophysiology
• Phenology
• Crop models

Time of Year

This program is offered in the Autumn.

ECTS

This program is worth 3 ECTS credits.