“Organization and monitoring of climate-active gases at carbon sites” - course 25,000 rubles. from MSU, training 4 weeks. (1 month), Date: December 3, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 06, 2023
Program volume (academic hours): 72 hours (32 classroom hours)
Form of study: full-time, distance learning
Dates of classes: as groups are recruited (small groups, from 5 people)
Admission requirements: higher professional education or secondary specialized education
Program Manager: Olga Yurievna Goncharova, Email: [email protected], tel.8(495)939-27-40.
Responsible for additional education: Timofeeva Elena Aleksandrovna, Email: [email protected], tel. 8 (903) 22-33-99-2, 8(495)939-22-33
If necessary, the program can be adapted to the customer’s requirements - expanded, removed, or the necessary topics added to the curriculum of the additional education program
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for curators and employees of carbon landfills, for managers of environmental and climate projects, experts in climate change and climate risks, environmental engineers, environmental protection specialists working in the field of greenhouse gas accounting gases; teachers of higher educational institutions; students receiving higher professional education.
What will you learn?
As part of this course, students will gain theoretical knowledge about the causes and consequences of global climate change, climate-active gases, soil, how the source and sink of greenhouse gases, the organization of carbon polygons, the goals and objectives of the program, they will master methods of direct and remote monitoring of the structure vegetation cover, will gain knowledge about the organization of greenhouse gas monitoring in the territories of landfills, basic ground-based and remote methods, and become acquainted with with features of monitoring elements of the carbon cycle of wetlands and with basic analytical methods for studying carbon pools and fluxes in terrigenous ecosystems.
How are classes going?
The course consists of alternating theoretical lectures with practical and independent studies. The classes will end with a final certification in the form of a qualifying exam and a practical test. Upon successful completion of the training, students are issued a standard certificate of advanced training.
1 Global climate change, greenhouse gases and the problem of increasing their content in the atmosphere
1.1 Climate changes according to instrumental observations, climate change forecast models
1.2 Greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, natural and anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases in atmosphere 1.3 International climate change agreements and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions gases
2 Soils as a source and sink of greenhouse gases
2.1 Soil respiration: components, factors, dynamics
2.2 Formation, absorption and emission of methane from soils
3 Features of monitoring carbon cycle elements for wetlands
3.1 Wetlands and the carbon cycle
3.2 The role of biota in shaping the carbon balance of wetlands
4 Practical aspects of monitoring the structure of vegetation cover
4.1 Direct methods for accounting for phytomass
4.2 Remote methods for recording above-ground and underground phytomass, primary productivity
5 Methods for studying greenhouse gas fluxes
5.1 Ground-based assessment methods
5.1.1 Exposure camera method
5.1.2 Turbulent pulsation method
5.2 Remote assessment methods
5.3 Flow Modeling Basics
6 Analytical methods for studying carbon pools and flows in terrigenous ecosystems.
6.1 Methods for elemental analysis of soil and plant samples, methods for assessing soil carbon pools
6.2 Methanogenetic and methane-oxidizing activity of soils
final examination
Exam – 2 hours