PřF:ZX603 Changes of the Cryosphere - Course Information

ZX603 Past, Present and Future Changes of the Cryosphere

Extent and Intensity

4/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Daniel Nývlt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Kamil Láska, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Prerequisites

The course is only offered to Erasmus students with the basic knowledge of geoscience and environmental science disciplines incl. physical geography and geology.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Science (programme CST, KOS)

Course objectives

The course aims at presenting the recent advances in the knowledge about individual parts of Earth's cryosphere including terrestrial and marine cryospheric components, reasearch methods and reconstruction of past cryospheric conditions and modelling of future behaviour of the cryosphere.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the students will have the knowledge about:
- present terrestrial and marine cryosphere and its components,
- changes of the cryosphere,
- research methods and techniques used for the study of the cryosphere,
- reconstruction of past cryospheric conditions,
- modelling of future behaviour of the cryosphere.

Syllabus

• Individual themes
• 1. Introduction to cryosphere and its components
• 2. Terrestrial cryosphere, processes and its changes
• 3. Marine cryosphere, processes and its changes
• 4. Research methods and techniques for studying the cryosphere (in situ measurements, remote sensing observations)
• 5. Reconstruction of the past glaciations and modelling of future glacier behaviour on the Earth

Literature

• basic literature is given to individual topics

Teaching methods

student presentation, class discussion

Assessment methods

A necessary condition for granting of the credit is an active participation in the course in a form of presentation on selected topic.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: reading course.
General note: pouze pro zahraniční studenty (Erasmus plus).

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