Reduced registration fees before May 1!
HYDRUS Short Course, Prague 2024
Detailed Information
Course/Workshop Objectives
We will introduce a new Version 5 of HYDRUS resulting from merging HYDRUS-1D with HYDRUS (2D/3D), implementing the newly integrated form of coupling PHREEQC with HYDRUS (HPx), and including new modules such as PFAS, Particle Tracking, Dynamic Plant Uptake, Cosmic, etc.
Register early; there is a limited number of places available and the course tends to sell out. Once we fill the on-site course capacity , we will stop accepting payments for the on-site option and direct people to the online option.
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by a 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 Version 5 of HYDRUS (resulting from merging HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages and implementing the newly integrated form of coupling PHREEQC with HYDRUS (HPx)). 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. Many new capabilities implemented into the recently released Version 5.04 will be demonstrated.
The first two day of the course will focus on HYDRUS (1D and 2D/3D), while the third day will focus on more advanced processes, such as preferential flow, coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy, and geochemical modeling with specialized HYDRUS modules (e.g., HPx, UnsatChem, Wetland).
Both on-site and on-line short course participants will be using their own notebooks to carry out the HYDRUS tutorials.
Instructors
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek is a Professor of Hydrology with the Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of California. He received an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, and a Ph.D. in Water Management from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. His expertise is in numerical modeling of subsurface water flow and solute transport processes, equilibrium and nonequilibrium chemical transport, multicomponent major ion chemistry, field-scale spatial variability, and inverse procedures for estimating the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media. He has authored and coauthored over numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and several books. His numeric models are used by virtually all scientists, students, and practitioners modeling water flow, chemical movement, and heat transport through variably saturated soils and groundwater. Dr. Simunek is a recipient of the Soil Science Society of America’s Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, is a Fellow of both SSSA and AGU, and is or was an associate editor of several journals including Vadose Zone Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology, and Water Resources Research.
Dr. Martinus T. van Genuchten is a vadose zone hydrologist, originally with the U.S. Salinity Laboratory in Riverside, California, and currently with both the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Utrecht University, Netherlands. He received a B.S. and M.S. in irrigation and drainage from Wageningen University in The Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in soil physics from New Mexico State University. He has published widely on variably-saturated flow and subsurface contaminant transport processes, analytical and numerical modeling, nonequilibrium transport, preferential flow, characterization and measurement of the unsaturated hydraulic functions, and root-water uptake. Dr. van Genuchten is a recipient of the SSSA‘s Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, EGU’s John Dalton Medal, and fellow of AAAS, ASA, AGU and SSSA.
Contact
Radka Kodesova.
Dept. of Soil Science and Soil Protection
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Kamýcká 129
165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol
Czech Republic
Ph: +420 224382592
Fax: +420 234381836
Email: kodesova@af.czu.cz
Application form
Please complete the On-line Registration Form.
Registration fee:
Before May 1, 2024
- 699 EUR (€499 for students)
After May 1, 2024
- 799 EUR (€599 for students)
However, we strongly recommend the “on-site” type registration, allowing attendees to actively participate in the course and conference. On-site participation will allow attendees to interact with other participants and the HYDRUS developers, potentially obtaining their input on one’s own work and research, and establishing working contacts and mutual collaborations. The on-line option is intended mainly for passive following of the course and conference activities.
Please, make the payment via a bank transfer or using a card. An invoice will be sent to participants after registration.
Registration includes: course material, lunch, 2 daily coffee breaks, and a short course dinner.
Possible Accommodation close to CZU
Each course participant has to arrange his/her own accommodation.
Location and travel to Venue
The HYDRUS short course and workshop will take place at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague-Suchdol. For travel to the university and recommended hotels from Prague-Ruzyne airport please Click Here.
From Ruzyne airport take bus No. 119 to the bus and underground station Nadrazi Veleslavin (the last bus stop). Then take underground to the station Dejvicka and from the bus Dejvicka the either bus no. 107 or 147 to the required destinations as marked in the map. Please note that for the bus to stop in front of the Hotel Galaxie-Wienna you must push the STOP key close to the bus exit door.
From Prague train stations please take underground to the station Dejvicka (the station on the line A). Then take either bus no. 107 or No. 147 to the required destinations as marked in the map. Please note that for the bus to stop in front of Hotel Galaxie-Wienna you must push the STOP key close to the bus exit door.
For the location of the university and recommended hotels in Prague-Suchdol please Click here. The main meeting room and the computer room are located close to the main entrance of the building of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources as shown on the map.
Course Program
- The main meeting room is located close to the main entrance of the building of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources as shown on the map.
Selected Photos from the short course and courses from previous years
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The course dinner
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The course dinner
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The course dinner
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