Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's Degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment, offers a specialized program in IDIL - Earth and Water Under Global Change (AWARE) - EARTH. This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between climate, water, and plant production.

Program Structure

• 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

• Examination: 50%
• Continuous assessment: 50%
• Final assessment by written exam without documents (2 hours) + continuous assessment

Syllabus

The syllabus includes topics such as radiation, climate, energy balance, ecophysiology, phenology, and crop models.

Time of Year

The program is offered in the Autumn season.

Training Structure

The program is housed in the Faculty of Science.

ECTS

The program is worth 3 credits.