Lectures, exercises and excursions serve as an introduction to atmospheric sciences, soil science and hydrology. Students gain a broad vision of the cutting edge topics that are being researched and studied at D-USYS and D-BAUG at ETH, Eawag, and WSL. This will be the base for a future dialog between the field of landscape architecture and the field of natural sciences and engineering.

The colloquium is a series of scientific talks by prominent invited speakers assembling interested students and researchers from around Zürich. Students take part of the scientific discussions.

The colloquium is a series of scientific talks by prominent invited speakers assembling interested students and researchers from around Zürich. Students take part of the scientific discussions.

The colloquium is a series of scientific talks by prominent invited speakers assembling interested students and researchers from around Zürich. Students take part of the scientific discussions.

Introduction to Earth Science: Origin of the universum, atmospheric oxygen, paleontology and biological evolution, formation of continents and oceans, plate tectonics and evidence for drifting continents, etc. The second parts contains:knowledge of worldwide water circles and climate change, of forest and food production as well as related worldwide ecological and economical interactions.

The lecture provides a science-based exploration of environmental aspects from three research fields: earth, climate, and health sciences.

The lecture provides an overview of climate change in Europe, from a physical and atmospheric science perspective. It covers the following topics:• observational datasets, observation and detection of climate change;• underlying physical processes and feedbacks;• numerical and statistical approaches;• currently available projections.

Students are supervised by one of the teachers of the core courses of the system Atmosphere and acquire profound knowledge in a aspired subject, favourably by the study of scientific literature.

New master students are introduced to the atmospheric and climate research field through keynotes given by the programme's professors. In several self-assessment and networking workshops they get to know each other and obtain general information and guidance about the organisation of the MSc programme.

The purpose of this course is to provide fundamental background on the role of land surface processes (vegetation, soil moisture dynamics, land energy, water and carbon balances) in the climate system. The course consists of 2 contact hours per week, including lectures, group projects and computer exercises.

This lecture conveys the mathematical basis necessary for the development and application of numerical models in the field of Environmental Science. The lecture material includes an introduction into numerical techniques for solving ordinary and partial differential equations, as well as exercises aimed at the realization of simple models using the computer language Python.

Have you ever wondered how to solve environmentally relevant problems using a computer? In this lecture, we explore methods that form the foundation of modern weather, hydrology, and ecology models. You'll learn the basics of numerical mathematics and widely used algorithms, applying your knowledge by programming simple models in Python.

The course provides an introduction to weather and climate models. It discusses how these models are built addressing both the dynamical core and the physical parameterizations, and it provides an overview of how these models are used in numerical weather prediction and climate research. As a tutorial, students conduct a term project and build a simple atmospheric model using the language PYTHON.

The seminar brings together students in the field of atmosphere and climate. Based on classic and current scientific articles, presentation techniques (presentations, poster presentations) are practised and students get a first insight into research in the field of atmosphere and climate.

In this seminar, the process of writing a scientific proposal isintroduced. The essential elements of a proposal, including the peerreview process, are outlined and class exercises trainscientific writing skills. Knowledge exchange between classparticipants is promoted through the preparation of a master thesisproposal and evaluation of each other's work.

Urban physics: wind, wind comfort, pollutant dispersion, natural ventilation, driving rain, heat islands, climate change and weather conditions, urban acoustics and energy use in the urban context.