Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Christian Günter Beer
Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung + Übung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Modteproc
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 3,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 20
Kommentare/ Inhalte: One key question in Earth sciences today is about the response of ecosystems to global change, and feedbacks to climate. To address such question, models need to be used to temporarly extrapolate observations, or to perform theoretical experiments that are hardly possible in the field or laboratory. This course will provide an overview of the most important processes governing soil and vegetation state dynamics, and the exchange of energy, water and trace gases between the land surface and the atmosphere. The aim is to provide a basic understanding of such processes and their mathematical and numerical representation in land surface models. Lernziel At the conclusion of the course students will be able to: Describe contemporary questions in Earth system science about terrestrial ecosystem processes Understand mathematical concepts and numerical solutions, and their limitations, for representing ecosystem processes in land surface models Apply dynamic models to address a specific question in Earth system sciences. Evaluate and discuss model results based on uncertainty estimates and literature. Vorgehen The course will contain lectures about main terrestrial ecosystem processes and related modelling concepts. In addition, students will study selected specific questions using MATLAB exercises. Literatur Gordon B. Bonan, Climate change and terrestrial ecosystem modeling, 2019. Online available at campus library Chapin III et al., Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology, 2nd edition, 2011
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