Course detail

Hydropedology

FAST-DS53Acad. year: 2021/2022

Hydropedology knowledge extention of matematical modeling of water movement in the soil using hydraulics characteristics of soil, infiltrations tests and evaluations, variability determination of hydropedological characteristics, movement description of disolving substances.

Language of instruction

Czech

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will individually elaborate a seminar work from Engineering hydropedology in relation to the doctoral thesis

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of magister study of hydropedology, hydraulics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, probability theory and statistics

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Fundamentals of hydropedology
2.-3. Hydrostatic of soil
4. Hydrodynamic of soil water
5. Hydraulic characteristics
6.-7. Infiltration
8. Basic of soil geostatics
9. Variability of hydropedological units
10.-11. Hydropedological units as a spatial dependent random variable
12.-13. Solvent flow

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge extention in hydropedology, matematical modeling of water movement in the soil, variability determination of hydropedological units

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KODEŠOVÁ, R.: Modelování v pedologii. ČZU Praha 2005
KUTÍLEK M. ET AL: Soil Hydrology. Catena Verlag: GeoEcology Publications. 1994

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of hydropedology 2.-3. Hydrostatic of soil 4. Hydrodynamic of soil water 5. Hydraulic characteristics 6.-7. Infiltration 8. Basic of soil geostatics 9. Variability of hydropedological units 10.-11. Hydropedological units as a spatial dependent random variable 12.-13. Solvent flow