Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Geography
Code	UE-SGG.00425
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Lecture
Level	Master
Semester	SA-2021

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Thursday , Cours bloc (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	4 jours à 7 h
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Salzmann Nadine
Teachers	Pohl Eric Salzmann Nadine
Description	The course focuses on processing, analyzing and applying of environmental data, with focus on mountain regions. Dedicated scientific tools and methods are introduced and hands-on exercises allow for in-depth training. The students will apply the learned skills by conducting an own small project. Along with the presentations of the own project, the results will be discussed and critically reflected. As most of the data are relevant with regard to climate change, special emphasis is given also on the possibilities and limitations of the used data and methods in view of societal relevant aspects like climate change adaptation and risks. The students work with different types of climate data and get to know respective data formats (ascii, netcdf, etc.) and analysis tools. They extract cryospheric information from remote sensing data and use them for further calculations (e.g. glacier volume) in a GIS. The combination of climate and cryospheric data allows for transient analyses and integrated climate change impacts assessment.
Training objectives	The objective of the course is to train students in the use of various environmental data and methods and to learn the critical reflection of results from applying these data and methods, regarding accuracy, uncertainties and reliability.
Comments	- - - - Requirement for students from other Swiss universities - - - - The participation to the course and the registration for the exam are conditional to the enrollment as BENEFRI or guest students. At the beginning of the semester at latest : - Students from the universities of Bern and Neuchâtel (BENEFRI) are invited to follow the steps of the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/programme-benefri.html in order to be identified as BENEFRI students. - Students from other Swiss universities are invited to follow the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/hote-complementaire.html in order to be enrolled as guest students. Below is some information concerning the registration to exams. Please be aware that registration to exams is mandatory and does not automatically happen if you are registered to a class: https://www3.unifr.ch/scimed/en/studies/register.
Softskills	Yes
Off field	Yes
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No
Auditor	Yes

Projet

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Projet