Cour Coor Teac ECTS 1. Int 2. We 3. Cli 4. Cli 5. Th wa 6. Cli an 7

 Academ
mic Year: 20
016/2017
Courrse: Climate
e and Society
Coorrdinator: António Lopes
s
Teac
ching Staff: António
A
Lop
pes & Ezequ
uiel Correia
ECTS
S:
6
Weekly Hours:
H
4h
h
Typology: Theore
etical and P ractical clas
sses
Contents
1. Introduction: Climate and societies.
2. We
eather and climate: Time
e and space sscales. The global
g
atmos
spheric circullation.
3. Climates of the
e earth; clima
ate variabilityy; classificatio
on systems.
4. Climatic changes: past and
d future proje
ections.
5. Th
he climate ass a resource to several h
human activities: agricultture, tourism
m and energy
y. The
wa
ater manage
ement problem. Predicted
d impacts on human activ
vities with cli mate change
e.
6. Cliimatic risks and
a meteoro
ological extre
eme events: causes and consequencces of heat waves
w
an
nd cold spellss, droughts, storms and ffloods;
7. The knowledge
e of local clim
mates applied
d to the urba
an and spatia
al planning.
Obje
ectives and skills
Objecctives
- To u
understand: i) the climatic system; ii)) the climatic
c risks and resources; iii)) climatic changes
and its spatial consequence
c
es; iv) enviro
onmental prroblems rela
ated with cliimate chang
ges at
globa
al, regional and
a local sca
ales; v) mitig
gations and adaptation
a
measures
m
at local and regional
scale
es of analysiss.
Skillss
- At tthe end of th
he course the
e students sshould be ab
ble to know: i) the main ssources of climate
inform
mation; ii) th
he instrumen
nts, methodss, technique
es and international sta ndards relatted to
meteorological observations
o
; iii) statisttical data analysis,
a
pe
erform indexxes and climatic
classsifications; iv) how to intterpret synop
ptic charts, identifying all its compoonents; v) we
eather
typess associated with meteorrological and climatic extreme events
s in Portugal (droughts, floods,
f
heat w
waves and cold
c
spells; vi) how to devvelop capabilities to read scientific paapers.
References
s
Ahren
ns, C. D. (2004)
(
- Me
eteorology to
oday. An in
ntroduction to
t weather, climate an
nd the
en
nvironment, 7º
7 ed., Thom
mson Learnin g/Brookscoo
ole.
Ferná
ández-García
a, F. (1995) – Manual de Climato
ología Aplica
ada. Espacioos y Socied
dades.
Ed
ditorial Sintesis.Madrid.
Miran
nda. P. (2001
1) – Meteoro
ologia e Amb iente, Univ. Aberta,
A
Lisbo
oa.
Pidwiirny, M. - Fundamentals of Phyysical Geography [http://www.physiicalgeograph
hy.net/
fundamentals//chapter7.htm
ml].
Santo
os, F.D. e P. Miranda (ed
d.) (2006) - A
Alterações Climáticas em
m Portugal. C
Cenários, Imp
pactos
e Medidas de Adaptação - Projecto SIA
AM II", Gradiva, Lisboa.
Thom
mpson, R.D.; Perry, A. (19
997) – Applie
ed Climatolo
ogy. Principle
es and Practi ce. Routledg
ge,
Lo
ondon.
Knowledge
e evaluation
n methods and
a their parrtial grades
Norm
mal regime – three exam
minations: 1 ((one) theoretical (50% of the final sccore); and 2 (two)
practice tests (20
0% of the fina
al score each
h one). 5% should
s
be giv
ven to the sttudent progre
ession
in the
e practical cla
asses.
Speccial Regime - two examination: 1 (o
one) theoretical test (60%) and 1 (oone) practica
al test
(40%
%).
NB: In order to be
e approved, students
s
musst have at least a numeriical grade off 8 (in 20) in the
t
theorretical test.
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