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1. Course title
Globaali hydrologia
Global hydrologi
Global Hydrology
2. Course code
ATM344
Aikaisemmat leikkaavat opintojaksot 53574 Globaali hydrologia, 5 op
3. Course status: optional
-Which degree programme is responsible for the course?
Master's Programme in Atmospheric Sciences
-Which module does the course belong to?
ATM300 Advanced Studies in Atmospheric Sciences (optional for Study Track in Geophysics of the Hydrosphere)
-Is the course available to students from other degree programmes?
Yes
4. Course level (first-, second-, third-cycle/EQF levels 6, 7 and 8)
Master’s level, degree programmes in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine = secondcycle
degree/EQF level 7
Doctoral level = third-cycle (doctoral) degree/EQF level 8
-Does the course belong to basic, intermediate or advanced studies (cf. Government Decree
on University Degrees)?
Advanced studies
5. Recommended time/stage of studies for completion
-The recommended time for completion may be, e.g., after certain relevant courses have
been completed. Basic course in hydrology (Hydrologic peruskurssi) needed.
6. Term/teaching period when the course will be offered
The course is offered every second year (even years) during the spring term, third period.
7. Scope of the course in credits
5 cr
8. Teacher coordinating the course
9. Course learning outcomes
The course covers the hydrology in the different zone of climate in the Earth, from tropical to polar zones and from rain forests to deserts. This theory and methods of water balance mapping are reviewed first. Then specific hydrological regimes are introduced with examples. Water quality aspects are also of concern, The students will learn to understand, monitor and manage hydrological systems across large range of scales in various environmental conditions in the Earth.
10. Course completion methods
The course consists of lectures and seminar work. Each student prepares and gives a seminar on a specific watershed system. Written exam is organised after the course.
11. Prerequisites
Basic course in hydrology
12. Recommended optional studies
Basic course in meteorology.
13. Course content
- Introduction
- Theory and methodology
- Areas with catchment response
- Flatlands
- Specific cases (seminars)
14. Recommended and required literature
Required literature:
M. Falkenmark & T. Chapman, Comparative hydrology. An ecological approach to land and water resources.
Recommended literature:
Recent scientific papers distributed in the lectiures.
15. Activities and teaching methods in support of learning
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Lectures and seminar. The student have home work for the seminar preparation, they give presentation in the course and discuss together about the presentations.
16. Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale
Exam and seminar. Grading 1-5.