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| ORM7372 | Determiation of Carbon Captured in Forest | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet MISIR | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to determine and Characterize the Carbon Storage in Forest Ecosystems |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Determine Carbon captured by Forest Ecosystems | 1,2,4,8,12 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | Relate Carbon storage and different stand structure | 2,4,6 | 4,5 | | PO - 3 : | Develop and model the relation between Carbon captured and stand characteristics. | 2,3,10 | 4,6 | | PO - 4 : | Prepare multi-objective forest management plan including wood production and carbon storage. | 2,10,12 | 6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Determiation of Carbon Captured by the Forest Ecosystems, Relations between Carbon Captured and Different Stand Structure. Development and Modeling of relations between Carbon Captured and Stand characteristics. Construction of relationships between Carbon Captured and Silviculturel treaments. Developing, Solving and Discussion of Multi-objective Forest Planing Model including Wood Production and Carbon Captured. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Ecosystem, Forest and stand | | | Week 2 | Global warming, introducing, causes and results | | | Week 3 | Biomass and Biomass components
| | | Week 4 | Sampling Methods | | | Week 5 | The methods used in biomass estimation | | | Week 6 | Determination of carbon storage by tree component | | | Week 7 | Determination of carbon storage by understorey | | | Week 8 | Determination of carbon storage by litter | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Determination of carbon storage by dead wood | | | Week 11 | Determination of carbon storage by the soil | | | Week 12 | Student's project presentation | | | Week 13 | Validation of analysis | | | Week 14 | Estimation of carbon captured by a tree | | | Week 15 | Estimation of carbon captured in stands | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Hester, R. E., Harrison, R.M. 2009, Carbon Capture Sequestration and Storage, Royal Society of Chemistry, ISBN-10: 1847559174, Cambrigde. | | | |
| 1 | Asan, Ü. 1995; Global İklim Değişimi ve Türkiye Ormanlarında Karbon Birikimi, İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 41, Sayı1-2, İstanbul | | | 2 | Bouvarel, P. 1991; Forest Production and Carbon Cycle, World Forestry Congress Proceedings, pp. 79-86. | | | 3 | Pete Bettinger, K. Boston, JP. Sıry, DL. Grebner 2009. Forest Management and Planning, Elsevier, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2014 | 2 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 2014 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 2014 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 3 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 59 |
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