Course Information:

Instructor: Professor I.Tsanis

Eclass:

• Registration required

Course objectives:

The main course objective is to educate the student on climate change phenomenon. In this course, the vulnerability of the climate change affected systems will be investigated, as well as the analysis of its impacts on the hydrological cycle. The climate change impact on extreme events (floods and droughts) will be studied along with their intensity which is expected to increase in this century. Finally, case studies affected by climate change will be analyzed along with the various adaptation measures and mitigation strategies that will lead to effective protection from the extremes.

Course contents:

• Climate change by Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)
• The Physical Science of climate change
• Climate change Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
• Climate change mitigation
• Climate change and water
• Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate (floods, droughts, extreme precipitation)
• Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation
• Climate change impact on the extreme flooding in Almyrida river basin using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS models
• Climate change impact on droughts
• Drought, flood and extreme precipitation frequency analysis in the island of Crete, Greece

Work load:

• Projects:
  • Project #1: Climate change and water (Report and presentation)
  • Project #2: Climate change and extreme events (Report and presentation)
  • Project #3: Climate change, floods and droughts (Report and presentation)
  • Project #4: Adaptation and mitigation of climate risks due to extreme events (Report and presentation)

Assessment method:

• Reports (60%)
• Reports' Presentation (40%)

Last modification: 07-02-2020