This module will investigate why earthquakes occur and how we can protect ourselves from their consequences.

It will provide you with an advanced...

Earthquake Seismology and Earthquake Hazard (GEOL0042)

This module will investigate why earthquakes occur and how we can protect ourselves from their consequences.

It will provide you with an advanced understanding of earthquake mechanics, seismic waves and fault models; earthquake hazards and ground shaking; earthquake response spectra; site effects; and tsunami mechanisms and warning systems. A unique feature is evaluating how modern engineering can design earthquake-resistant buildings.

REMOTE SENSING|MODELLING AND MONITORING|CLIMATE CHANGE

The module will cover:
- The role of vegetation in the climate system
- Terrestrial vegetation dynamics modelling
- Remote sensing of vegetation
- Concepts and...

Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring (GEOG0113)

The module will cover:
- The role of vegetation in the climate system
- Terrestrial vegetation dynamics modelling
- Remote sensing of vegetation
- Concepts and maths of data assimilation
- Using remote sensing data to constrain and test vegetation dynamics models

The Terrestrial Carbon: modelling and monitoring module aims:
- To outline the role of vegetation in the carbon cycle and the wider climate system
- To outline how the vegetation carbon cycle can be modelled and use the models in prediction
- To provide the linkages between the models and observations
- To enable the students to use remote sensing (and other) data to constrain, test and criticise the models - To expose the students to modern statistical methods in combining data and models

The module will be delivered through:

- Lectures (2 hour sessions providing concepts, contexts, and critiques)

- Group computer laboratory work in Jupyter notebooks (extended practical sessions progressing technical aspects of data and model implementation) followed by short student presentations

- Moodle resources (discussion and information, online notes and reading lists via https://github.com/UCL-EO/geog0133)

- A student-led seminar on measurement methods