PROGRAMMAZIONE DIDATTICA COORTE A.A. 2020/2021
CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE in 10590 HYDROGRAPHY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (classe LM-75)

SCHEDA INFORMATIVA

Sede amministrativa:  GE
Classe delle lauree in: 

Classe delle lauree magistrali in SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER L'AMBIENTE E IL TERRITORIO (classe LM-75)

Durata:  2 anni
Indirizzo web:  http://www.laureestan.unige.it
Dipartimento di riferimento:  DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA, DELL'AMBIENTE E DELLA VITA

PIANO DI STUDI

1° anno (coorte 2020/2021)

Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
67054 METODI DI STATISTICA E PROBABILITA' MAT/06 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Agrarie, Tecniche e Gestionali
Scopo dell'insegnamento è quello di avvicinare gli studenti al modo di pensare non deterministico e quello di affrontare argomenti con soluzioni non univoche. Le attività sono finalizzate a fornire concetti e metodologie di base e avanzate della statistica e della probabilità. L'impostazione del corso è tale da permettere anche ulteriori approfondimenti da parte degli studenti. I concetti e le metodologie statistiche e probabilistiche sono introdotti e sviluppati a partire da esempi significativi delle scienze.

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61891 OCEANOGRAFIA CHIMICA CHIM/12 6 6 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Chimiche
The teaching aims to provide the current status of knowledge on the chemical composition of the seawater and of the processes that occur in the marine environment changing the distribution of the main chemical species.

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84212 TESI 16 16 CFU PROVA FINALE Per la Prova Finale

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95008 GEODESY ICAR/06 10

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  95009 - GEODESY 1 ICAR/06 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Giuridiche, Economiche e Valutative
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the necessary notions and concepts to make them able to correctly understand and interpret basic geodetic and cartographic results and products. That purpose is aimed at also by exploiting the interdisciplinary character of Geodesy, which rests on such sciences as Mathematics, Physics and also covers the basis for the mathematical treatment of Cartography.

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  95010 - GEODESY 2 ICAR/06 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Giuridiche, Economiche e Valutative
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the necessary notions and concepts to make them able to correctly understand and interpret basic applied geodetic and topographic results and products. That purpose is aimed at also by exploiting the interdisciplinary character of Geodesy, which rests on such sciences as Mathematics, Physics and provides the necessary basis for field Surveying and Positioning.

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95005 MARINE GEOLOGY FOR HYDROGRAPHY GEO/02 10 The aim of the Marine Geology for Hydrography course is to provide the students with a good background in the principles of Marine Geology and in its methods of work related to Hydrography.

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  95006 - MARINE GEOLOGY FOR HYDROGRAPHY 1 GEO/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline di Scienze della Terra
Focuses on an integrated view of sea floor to characterize marine floors and underlying layers with features, bedforms, sediments, structures and morphodynamics of the ocean basin with particular reference to the seafloor nature, marine and coastal sediment environments and geomorphology, marine geotechnics and sediment physical properties, principles of sedimentology and high resolution seismic stratigraphy.

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  95007 - MARINE GEOLOGY FOR HYDROGRAPHY 2 GEO/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline di Scienze della Terra
Focuses on principles of geodynamics of the oceans referring to the continental margin records, shallow water processes and marine geology applied in the context of seafloor resources exploitation and environment useful to human activities. In particular the course is devoted to the introduction to the ocean basin and the principles of the plate tectonics, the continental margin records and the relation to the coast, beaches and shallow water processes during time, and applied marine geology to the seafloor resources, geohazard and hydrography to coastal management.

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95004 MARINE GEOPHYSICS GEO/10 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline di Scienze della Terra
The course illustrates the bases of the geophysical methods used in the marine environment, both related to scientific exploration and practical applications. The course is divided into four chapters: (i) Earth's internal structure – an introduction to the internal structure of the Earth and the lithosphere dynamics, with particular reference to the role of the oceanic lithosphere; (ii) Marine geophysical surveys – this chapter describes the main, methods and applications of geophysical exploration in ocean basins (magnetic and gravity methods, marine geothermics, natural radioactivity surveys on seafloor; (iii) Offshore seismic exploration – it shows the basic principles of reflection/refraction seismic profiling at sea, sound sources, receivers and recorders; (iv) Marine geophysical data – it gives examples of data processing, analysis and interpretation of marine magnetic, gravity, geothermal and seismic surveys, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea; geophysical logs in offshore boreholes are also outlined.

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95001 FLUID EARTH GEOPHYSICS GEO/12 16

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  95002 - OCEANOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGY GEO/12 10 10 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline di Scienze della Terra
Objective of these lessons is to provide the basic knowledge of the dynamic of both the atmosphere and the ocean, to identify the spatial and temporal scale of the main processes and their interactions. Meteorological phenomena are described and quantified by the variables of Earth’s atmosphere: temperature, air pressure, water vapour, mass flow, and the variations and interactions of those variables, and how they change over time. Different spatial scales are used to describe and predict weather on local, regional, and global levels. Starting from the definition of the sea water properties and the temporal and spatial variability of water masses, the main mechanisms of regional and large scale circulation are presented. Simple cases of Navier-Stokes equations solution leading to the geostrophic and wind driven currents description will be discussed. Tides will be characterized in terms of tidal forces and local hydrographic features and the different methods of tidal analysis and prediction will be presented. The effect of non-tidal influences on the sea level variations will be evaluated. Wind waves and swell principles, generation process and regimes will be discussed. As most of these processes are characterized by a well defined temporal scale, an introduction to time series and spectral analysis will be included.

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  95003 - HYDROGRAPHY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC MEASURES GEO/12 6 6 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline di Scienze della Terra
Overall objective is to provide the students with a good background in the principles and application of sensors, devices and platforms used for hydrographic and oceanographic survey operations and measurements. Sampling strategies and experiment design will complete the achieved backgroud. The subject is shared into two modules: Oceanographic Measurements and Hydrographic Survey and Measurements.   At the end, the student will be able to identify the appropriate approach for sea water properties, ocean currents, waves, coastal tides and sea level variations measurements according to the aim of the survey. The aim of the second module is to provide the students with a sound background on the basic principle and application of sensors, devices and platforms used for hydrographic measurements and to provide a good level of knowledge of hydrographic survey project and operations with acoustics systems (SB/MB/PDBS/SSS) and related applications for hydrographic data acquisition, processing and management.  The student will be able to identify the appropriate approach for sea bottom morpho-bathymetric properties and measurements according to the aim of the survey.

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95011 ACOUSTICS FOR HYDROGRAPHY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ING-INF/03 4 4 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
Providing the students with a good background on the basic knowledge of fundamentals of acoustics, the principles and properties of acoustics waves propagation, transducers, acoustic subsea positioning and signal data processing, regarding the employment of main acoustics systems in the hydrographic and oceanographic fields.

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2° anno (coorte 2020/2021)

Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
95204 NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE SENSING 9 Learning outcomes are theoretical and practical acquisition of the techniques either for the 3D and thematic description of the territory by remote sensing, integrating photogrammetric and laser scanner surveys, and for the analysis of different sources of spatial data in GIS, as tools to support the management of the environment. Particular attention is dedicated to the processing phase of measurement campaigns as well as the spatial analysis tecniques and the interpretation of theirs results. Synergic applications of the acquired techniques and the privileged use of Open Source software will permit to the students their immediate application to real problems (for example the characterization of a littoral area following standard procedures).

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  95012 - PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING ICAR/06 4 4 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
The teaching provides the student with some basic concepts on remote sensing, in particular theoretical and practical tools for Photogrammetric, laser scanner tecniques and their integration. Images from different sensors, coming from satellites, aerial or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or even terrestrial survey, with the main focus on electromagnetic bands in the spectrum of the visible, are dealt. Particular attention is dedicated to the monitoring criteria. The analysis phase is applied by means of classification techniques in synergy with the course of Numerical Cartography. Several possible applications that will be addressed, to survey littoral area with its infrastructure or to tracking and analysis oceanographic applications.

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  98064 - NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS ICAR/06 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Giuridiche, Economiche e Valutative
The teaching provides the necessary tools for the management and analysis of the various spatial data available today, including the latest high-resolution data such as LiDAR Digital Terrain Models and satellite images. Several applications supporting the management of both terrestrial and marine environment as well as the built environment will be addressed through GIS (Geographic Information System) software.

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84211 TESI 1° 14 14 CFU PROVA FINALE Per la Prova Finale

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65615 MARINE PROTECTED FAUNA BIO/05 6 6 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Biologiche
The main national, European and international agreements about marine fauna will be discussed. The most important Mediterranean marine species protected under these agreements will be described both at morphological and ecological level. The criteria used to determine the conservation status of the different species will be elucidated.

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95013 LEGAL ASPECTS OF HYDROGRAPHY IUS/06 4 4 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a good background on the basic legal knowledge on the principles of the Law of Sea (Sources and State powers, International Maritime Navigation regulations, Pollution damage and compensation) and of the Legal Aspects of Product liability (Responsibilities of the hydrographic surveyor and Contracts) and Maritime zones (Delimitations and Impact of surveys) related to Hydrography. In particular it will be developed the concepts of territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

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84241 TIROCINIO FORMATIVO E DI ORIENTAMENTO 1 1 CFU ALTRE ATTIVITA' Tirocini Formativi e di Orientamento

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95014 PRACTICAL AND FIELD OCEANOGRAPHY GEO/12 3 3 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Practical and field oceanography aims to use portable scientific instruments to carry out marine monitoring using different types of boats. The teaching activities will consist of an initial part in the classroom and the time remaining at sea. An analysis of the most common oceanographic instruments will be carried out (CTD, ADCP, Niskin bottles, sediment traps and so on), instruments that will then be used at sea with short daily oceanographic campaigns (with small groups of students who will actually use the instruments) both in confined environments, such as port areas, and in offshore areas, using different nautical vessel such as the M/B Veliger of the DISTAV Department or other vessels such as tugs.

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95015 MARINE GIS ICAR/06 3 3 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a good background on the features and functionality of marine geographic information systems (Marine GIS), by providing tools for managing marine spatial information, by defining geographic information systems, by analyzing constituent components, geographic data format and data interoperability. It also seeks to describe the main elements of the numerical cartography, then analyzing the specific examples of numerical cartography with particular applications for nautical cartography (traditional and electronic cards) and for completing the training of the users regarding the employment of electronic cartographic systems (ECDIS and ECS).

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95016 REMOTE SEAFLOOR MAPPING ICAR/06 2 2 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a complete level of knowledge on Remote Sensing techniques applied to hydrography in the coastal zone.

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95017 BATHYMETRIC REMOTE SENSING ICAR/06 3 3 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a complete level of knowledge of hydrographic survey project and operations combined with acoustics and Aiborne LiDAR systems and related applications for hydrographic data acquisition, processing and management. At the end of the course the student will be able to identify the appropriate approach for sea bottom morpho-bathymetric properties and measurements according to the aim of the survey.

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98797 BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY BIO/07 6 6 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Discipline Ecologiche
The lectures aim at highlighting the relationships between the environmental constraints (physical, chemical and morphological) and the development of the marine ecosystems, focusing on pelagic global effects as well as local processes. Natural features and human-derived alterations of the marine ecosystems will be analysed. Basic ecological and biological information will be provided, related to trophic webs and biogeochemical cycles. Sampling procedures and data analysis will be described with reference to up-to-date research examples.

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