MN-GM-ESDP1

Specialisation Module: Fundamentals of Earth System data processing
Identification number MN-GM-ESDP1		Workload 180 h	Credits 6	Term 1st - 3rd Semester	Offered Every on special announcement	Start on special announcement	Duration 1 semester
1	Course types a) Lecture b) Exercises c) Project			Contact time 14 h 14 h 2 h		Private study 30 h 60 h 60 h
2	Module objectives and skills to be acquired Primary objectives: Comprehension of data management as an important aspect of data science Understanding of the types and properties of different Earth system datasets with a focus on meteorological datasets Insights into methods, tools, and challenges for working with Earth system data Ability to develop code to process, analyze, and visualize diverse types of Earth system data Secondary objectives: Best practices of data management and research software engineering Presentation or scientific writing skills
3	Module Content    Types of Earth system data Data formats and standards Earth science databases Principles of Earth system data management Working with time series data Working with gridded data Earth system metadata FAIR Earth system data Legal aspects, open data, and licensing Ethical aspects Literature: Recknagel and Mitchener, Ecological Informatics - Data Management and Knowledge Discovery, Springer, 2018 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/esdis/esco/standards-and-practices
4	Teaching methods Lectures (in part online), hands-on exercises and discussions in classroom, programming project in a group
5	Prerequisites (for the module) Formal: None. The content of the course requires the undergraduate knowledge of programming (preferably in Python)
6	Type of examination The module is concluded with a project work. For a given task, the students should independently plan, carry out and document a source code implementation. The project work has a duration of 8 weeks and the developed code, including unit tests has to be committed in electronic form into a git code repository. The results of the project work are presented at the student's choice either in a short oral presentation (graded, 20 slides, 25 minutes) or in a written report (graded, maximum 8 pages).
7	Credits awarded The module is passed, and the credit points will be awarded, if the presentation of the results of the project work (oral presentation or written report) is passed. The module grade is the grade of the presentation of the results of the project work.
8	Compatibility with other curricula N/A
9	Proportion of final grade Weight of the module grade in the overall grade:  6/150 (4 %)
10	Module coordinator Martin Schultz
11	Further information Version: LW 2024-01-18