GEOL0066 Meteorological and Hydrogeological Hazards

Forecasting storms and hurricanes; Floods and groundwater dynamics; Forecasting floods; Landslide dynamics; Forecasting slope failure; Case studies

This MSc provides an introduction to geohazards, research methods and field techniques, together with advanced courses in seismology, volcanology, hydrogeological hazards and meteorology.

Coordinator: Dr Alexander Steele

Module Details

Title	Meteorological and Hydrogeological Hazard
UG Code	GEOL0066
Coordinator	Dr Alexander Steele
Other Contributors	Dave Tappin, Adam Lea, Harvey Rodda
Term	2
Credits	15
Written Exam	70%
Coursework	30%
Total Number of Hours of Student Work	188 hours
Hours of Lectures/Seminars	36 hours
Hours of Practicals/Problem Classes	None
Hours of Tutorials	None
Days of Fieldwork	1

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OUTCOMES

The course will provide students with an understanding of the modelling of meteorological and hydrogeological hazards, including landslides.

Topics include: analysis of climate and meteorological hazard variability, statistical and dynamic modelling of climate and meteorological hazards; forecast verification; flood estimation; droughts; the dynamics of landslides; and forecasting slope failure.