2023-2024 / ENVT0055-1

Methodology and sampling

Duration

24h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in environmental science and management (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne-Claude Romain

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course provides the necessary fundamentals for data collection in the environment, so as to be able to build an instrumentation plan.

The concepts of metrology, error calculations and sampling are addressed through different practical cases (water, soil, air, fauna, flora,..).

Section 1: Sampling in the environment

  • Sampling question
  • Theoretical fundamentals: statistical elements, different sampling plans, sampling error, replicats, etc. Sampling vocabulary
  • Declination of sampling projects in space and time
Section 2: Environmental Metrology

  • Metrological parameters
  • Measurement uncertainties
  • Definition of the problem and objectives
  • Choice of variables to measure
  • Choice of measurement methods and instruments
 

Section 3: Data Representation

 

Section 4: Environmental Indicators

 

 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

be able to:

  • design a methodology for environmental sampling and measurement
  • understand and interpret metrological terms (e.g. LOD, systematic error, accuracy, linearity)
  • interpret data representations
 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

fundamental of statistics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

lectures  and exercises

 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face to face

Recommended or required readings

Course notes (ppt and documentation) on e-campus

Recommended : reference books on unvertainty calcualation, metrology

 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

Written report for the Metrology section on a case study of the student's choice. The student must produce a justified instrumentation and sampling plan.

Oral presentation for the Indicators section

Final grade: weighted average


The evaluation criteria and the content of the report + presentation are detailed and explained during the 1st course. The different elements are in the course ppt.

 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

On e-campus  

  • course material
  • documentation
  • and organizational remarks

Contacts

Anne-Claude ROMAIN Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement Université de Liège-Campus d'Arlon Avenue de Longwy, 185 B-6700 ARLON Belgium Tel: 32 (0) 63 23 08 59 Fax: 32 (0)63 23 08 00 acromain@uliege.be
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