| ECTS: | 3 |
| Lecturer: | Dr. Molkenthin |
| Mode: | block |
| Time: | see Google calendar |
| Description: |
hydrological catchment modelling tools based on GIS and SHE introduction to numerical modelling tools 1D (HEC-RAS, Mike11 and others) and applied numerical methods. case study exercises for numerical modelling of river networks and other 1D structures case study exercises for river flood management |
| ECTS: | 3 |
| Lecturer: | Dr. Mutz |
| Mode: | weekly - Cottbus |
| Time: | Wed 09:15-10:45 (LG 4B B3.16) |
| Description: |
Freshwater bodies as ecosystems; streams and rivers: characteristics, functional compartments, floodplain, hyporheic zone; biota and coupled ecosystem functions, importance of lateral and longitudinal connectivity; lakes and reservoirs: typology, genesis and importance as ecosystems and drinking water resource limnic organisms, physical and chemical properties, biogeochemical turnover of matter, primary production, element cycles (C, N, P, S, Fe), matter balance, sediment-water interactions, interaction of organisms with water quality. Main water quality problems related to agriculture, forestry, urbanization and mining: eutrophication, acidification, salinization, siltation, contamination; civil engineering and degradation of streams and rivers; expected impacts of global warming, neobiota. Principles of sustainable water management; principles of lake diagnosis, modeling, quality assessment and evaluation as prerequisites for mitigation and restoration; EU Water Framework Directive. aquifer systems, groundwater balance, groundwater dynamics groundwater use, groundwater contamination and protection. 4 exercises on: groundwater recharge, aquifer properties, groundwater flow, and groundwater chemistry. |