Water and Environmental Modelling module (EV51001)

You will learn about the natural variability in time and space of natural resources. You will learn how to analyse them, how to exploit them sustainably, and how to develop a model. This will allow you to explore the connections between different factors such as:

• natural resource variability
• renewable energy generating infrastructure
• consumer demand for energy
• CO2 emissions

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• build your knowledge of natural resources
• learn methods for monitoring and estimating solar and wind power resources
• increase your skills in identification of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand natural resources - rainfall, surface water, groundwater, wind and solar power
• produce a flow duration curve and compare river flow behaviour between watercourses
• develop and use a statistical model
• compare river flow behaviour between watercourses
• monitor and estimate solar and wind power resources
• understand methods of environmental modelling

Assignments / assessment

• portfolio assessment

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

• lectures
• workshops