Short Courses & Workshops 2010
HYDRUS shortcourse: March 23-25, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic

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“Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using the HYDRUS software packages”
Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Prague, Czech Republic PC Progress, Ltd, Prague, Czech Republic
The shortcourse instructors:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Dr. Radka Kodešová, Department of Soil Science and Geology of the University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
After a successful experience from our courses held in last two years in Prague and Japan, we will be offering a standard two-day HYDRUS course followed by a third day, during which we will be covering selected advanced HYDRUS topics.
The standard course includes basics of modeling water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone using ROSETTA, Hydrus-1D and a two-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D). The course also includes lectures on soil hydraulic properties, basic concepts of numerical modeling, and inverse problem.
Advanced topics will include:
- Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy (including the surface energy balance)
- Preferential/nonequilibrium water flow and solute transport (using dual-porosity and dual-permeability models)
- Biogeochemical transport (solute transport of major ions using the UNSATCHEM module and transport of heavy metals and radionuclides using HP1 (coupled Hydrus-1D and PHREEQC))
- Modeling flow and transport using a three-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D)
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HYDRUS shortcourse: February 15-17, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”
Watershed Hydrology Laboratory, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii-Manoa
The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Course scope
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by an brief overview of the use of finite element techniques for solving the governing flow and transport equations. Special attention is given to the highly nonlinear nature of the governing flow equation. Alternative methods for describing and modeling the hydraulic functions of unsaturated porous media are also described. "Hands-on" computer sessions will provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages. Emphasis will be on the preparation of input data for a variety of applications, including flow and transport in a vadose zone, subsurface drip irrigation, flow and transport to a tile drain, and two-dimensional leachate migration from a landfill through the unsaturated zone into groundwater. Calibration will be discussed and demonstrated by means of a one-dimensional inverse problem.
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Location: University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Logging: Queen Kapiolani Hotel and Ocean Resorts Waikiki Rates as low as $89.00 per night for 1-3 people rates valid (02-10-2010 until 02-20-2010).
Registration: The fee for the short course is $695 before December 31 2009 and thereafter $795. Registration includes course material, refreshements and a Sunset Dinner Cruise in the Pacific Ocean!
Online Registration
More details can be found at http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/Faresa/workshop/, in PDF,
or contact
Dr. Ali Fares,
Graduate Program Chair & Associate Prof. of Hydrology
Natural Resources & Environmental Management Dept.
University of Hawai’i - Manoa
Ph: 808 956-6361(d) -7530 (Sec) Fax:-6539
Website www.ctahr.Hawaii.Edu/Faresa/
HYDRUS shortcourse: April 9-11, 2010, Golden, Colorado, USA
“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”
International Groundwater Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado
The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Course scope
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by an brief overview of the use of finite element techniques for solving the governing flow and transport equations. Special attention is given to the highly nonlinear nature of the governing flow equation. Alternative methods for describing and modeling the hydraulic functions of unsaturated porous media are also described. "Hands-on" computer sessions will provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages. Emphasis will be on the preparation of input data for a variety of applications, including flow and transport in a vadose zone, subsurface drip irrigation, flow and transport to a tile drain, and two-dimensional leachate migration from a landfill through the unsaturated zone into groundwater. Calibration will be discussed and demonstrated by means of a one-dimensional inverse problem.
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More details can be found at http://igwmc.mines.edu/short-course/hydrus2010.htm, or contact Prof. Jirka Simunek jiri.simunek@ucr.edu
HYDRUS shortcourse: December 6-10, 2010, Skukuza, South Africa
“Advanced modeling of water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone with HYDRUS ”
The School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
The shortcourse instructors:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Keith Bristow, CSIRO Land and Water, Queensland, Australia
Simon Lorentz, The School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The course will be held in the new conference facility in the Skukuza rest camp, Kruger National Park. Lodging will be provided in 2-bed bungalows with bathroom and some with either private or communal kitchen. Student accommodation will be provided in 2- and 4- bed fixed safari tents with communal bathrooms and kitchens. Accommodation is limited and your preference may not be available. You will be contacted accordingly.
The standard course includes basics of modeling water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone using ROSETTA, Hydrus-1D and a two-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D). The course also includes lectures on soil hydraulic properties, basic concepts of numerical modeling, and inverse problem.
Advanced topics will include:
- Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy (including the surface energy balance)
- Preferential/nonequilibrium water flow and solute transport (using dual-porosity and dual-permeability models)
- Biogeochemical transport (solute transport of major ions using the UNSATCHEM module and transport of heavy metals and radionuclides using HP1 (coupled Hydrus-1D and PHREEQC))
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