Informations générales
ECTSECTS
3
Goal(s)
Improving his/her background in meteorology, with special focus on the water cycle compartments.
Becoming an experienced user of meteorological information for water resources management or crisis management in flood forecasting services or metropolitan large sewer networks.
Evaluate the stakes associated to climate variability and climate change.
Content(s)
Principles of meteorology and physical hydrology.
Aerology and thermodynamics of the atmosphere (including the use of tephigrams).
General synoptic circulation, air masses and frontal systems (including the use of synoptic charts).
Microphysics of rain. Different genesis of rainsystems (frontal, convective, orographic).
Rain and snow ground measurements. Principles of meteorological radar and caliberation for rain estimation.
Energy balance of the soil/snowpack/plant /atmosphere continuum.
Evaporation loss from free water surface and water uptake by plant evapotranspiration and crop demand.
Water redistribution within a catchment (surface runoff, infiltration, subsurface flows, groundwater flows, river flows) and runoff generation processes.
Use of satellite data within the water resources framework.
Prerequisites :
Engineering hydrology
Test
Written examination (2 hours)
Calendar
S2
Additional Information
38 h (26 h CM + 6 h TD + 4 h TP + 2 h DS)
Bibliography
Anthes, R., Meteorology, Prentice Hall, 1997
Bras, R. L., Introduction to Hydrology, Addison Wesley, 1988
Brutsaert, W., Evaporation into the atmosphere, Reidel Pub. Dordrecht, 1982
Dingman, S. L., Physical Hydrology, Cambridge University Press, 1997
Holton, An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Academic Press
McIleeven R. Fundamenntals of Weather and Climate Chapman et Hall ed., 1992
Triplet J.P., Roche P. Météorologie Générale, Edition Ecole Nationale de la Météorologie Nationale, 1986
French State controlled diploma conferring a Master's degree
