S_18 Introduction to Terrestrial Ecosystem Modelling
| Organiser | Galina Churkina |
| Credits | 2 |
| Mode | Block course |
| Location | ZMAW, room 024 (‘Schulungsraum’) |
| Day(s) | 4.5 |
| Time | 09:00 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 16:00 |
| Content | The focus will be on introducing ecosystem modeling as a discipline while making students better-informed users of models or interpreters of model results. Topics will include the purposes that ecosystem models are developed and used, the fundamental principles of ecosystem functioning and their representation in models, the methods modelers use, as well as model applications for forecasting or ecision-making. |
| Comments | There are no required prerequisites, although ecosystem ecology, environmental physiology, or biogeochemistry at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level are recommended. A final project is required. |
