Course

FYS340 Environmental and climate measurements and models

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Mareile Astrid Wolff

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Engelsk, norsk

Limits of class size:25

Course frequency:yearly

Nominal workload:

The standard workload is 25 hours per credit (including structured learning activities and independent study/self-study).

The course will include lectures, independent work, and joint seminars.

Teaching and exam period:Teaching and exam in the January block

About this course

  • climate models
  • meteorological in-situ measurements
  • remote sensing as a tool for monitoring the environment

Learning outcome

  • general introduction in climate modelling, data collection from ground-based stations and remote sensing methods.
  • Overview of strengths and weaknesses of those methods

You'll learn

  • to run a simple climate model
  • to find data sources from surface stations and learn to evaluate the data quality of different measurements
  • basics methods for analysing images taken from drones, planes and satellites
  • about the importance of metadata
  • Learning activities
    lectures, case studies and presentations
  • Teaching support
    Web page with course information and resources. Students will be able to meet the lecturers, with appointment.
  • Prerequisites
    • FYS241 Environmental physics
    • FYS140 Climate change, sustainability and adaptation
    • FYS141 Meteorology for sustainable development
  • Recommended prerequisites
    • INF250 Image Analysis
    • FYS103 Experimental Methods and Data Analysis
  • Assessment method

    Assessment Method

    Oral presentation with A-F grading

    Mandatory Activity

    Each participant must actively engage in individual and group tasks across all three weekly themes. Active participation is required for permission to take the exam.



  • Examiner scheme
    The external examinator is present at the final seminar/oral exam.
  • Mandatory activity
    Attendence is manditory for the first lecture, the weekly seminars and the final seminar. Also the students have to actively participated in the case study work and preparation of presentations.
  • Teaching hours
    ca. 15 hours lectures, 6 hours seminar and whole day final seminar
  • Preferential right
    M-MF, M-IØ, M-LUN