Meike Vogt: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018

Name Dr. Meike Vogt
Address
I. f. Biogeochemie/Schadstoffdyn.
ETH Zürich, CHN E 23.2
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 84 99
E-mailmeike.vogt@env.ethz.ch
DepartmentEnvironmental Systems Science
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
701-1317-00LGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Information 3 credits3GN. Gruber, M. Vogt
AbstractThe human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide has led to atmospheric CO2 concentrations that Earth likely has no’t seen for the last 30 million years. This course aims to investigate and understand the impact of humans on Earth's biogeochemical cycles with a focus on the carbon cycle and its interaction with the physical climate system for the past, the present, and the future.
Learning objectiveThis course aims to investigate the nature of the interaction between biogeochemical cycles on land and in the ocean with climate and how this interaction has evolved over time and will change in the future. Students are expected to participate actively in the course, which includes the critical reading of the pertinent literature and class presentations.
ContentTopics discussed include: The anthropogenic perturbation of the global carbon cycle and climate. Response of land and oceanic ecosystems to past and future global changes; Interactions between biogeochemical cycles on land and in the ocean; Biogeochemical processes controlling carbon dioxide and oxygen in the ocean and atmosphere on time-scales from a few years to a few hundred thousand years.
Lecture notesSarmiento & Gruber (2006), Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics, Princeton University Press. Additional handouts will be provided as needed. see website: http://www.up.ethz.ch/education/biogeochem_cycles
LiteratureSarmiento & Gruber (2006), Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics, Princeton University Press, 526pp.

MacKenzie, F. T. (1999), Global biogeochemical cycles and the physical climate system, Global Change Instruction Program, UCAR, Boulder, CO, 69pp.

W. H. Schlesinger (1997), Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, Academic Press.

Original literature.
701-1338-00LBiogeochemical Modelling of Sediments, Lakes and Oceans Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 18.

The waiting list will be deleted on February 9th, 2018.
3 credits2GM. Schmid, D. Bouffard, M. Vogt
AbstractIn this course, the students acquire skills to implement and test basic numerical models for the simulation of biogeochemistry in aquatic systems using Matlab, to interpret and document model results, and to discuss model limitations. The focus of the course is on practical applications.
Learning objectiveThe aim of this course is to encourage and enable students to develop, test and apply basic numerical models for a range of biogeochemical applications, and to interpret model results.
ContentNumerical models are useful tools for evaluating processes in complex systems, interpreting observational data, and projecting the response of a system beyond the range of observations. In this course, the students acquire skills to implement and test basic numerical models for the simulation of biogeochemical processes in aquatic systems using Matlab, to interpret and document model results, and to discuss model limitations.
The course includes the following topics:
- Formulation of transport and reaction equations describing aquatic systems
- Numerical recipes (discretization in time and space, finite differences, finite volumes, boundary conditions)
- Implementation of simple models in Matlab (box models, 1D-models, with applications from sediments, lakes, and oceans)
- Techniques for applied modelling & model testing (sensitivity analysis, parameter estimation)
- Interpretation and documentation of model results
- Model applications in current aquatic research (examples from scientific literature)
Modelling techniques will be practised during exercises. A serious effort to solve the exercises is required to pass the course. Furthermore, the students will develop and implement a model for a selected biogeochemical application in groups of two. The students will write a report, which includes a description of their model and its application, as well as a critical interpretation of the model results and a discussion of the limitations of the model. Towards the end of the course, the students will give short presentations of their project work.
Lecture notesPresentation slides, exercises, and some background material will be provided.
LiteratureE Holzbecher, 2012, Environmental Modeling Using MATLAB, 2nd edition, Springer
DM Glover, WJ Jenkins, SC Doney, 2011. Modeling Methods for Marine Science, Cambridge University Press
K Soetaert, PMJ Herman, 2009. A Practical Guide to Ecological Modelling, Springer
Prerequisites / NoticeThe students are expected to work with their own Laptop where Matlab should be installed prior to the start of the class (available for free from Stud-IDES).

The following course or equivalent knowledge is required:
Mathematik III: Systemanalyse (701-0071-00L, autumn semester, German)

Basic programming knowledge in Matlab is required, e.g. the following course:
Anwendungsnahes Programmieren mit MATLAB (252-0840-01L, spring semester, German)

The following course is useful but not required:
Modelling Aquatic Ecosystems (701-0426-00L, spring semester, English)

The number of participants is limited to 18. Selection of the students: order of registration.