SHORT COURSE and Workshop on HYDRUS: Advanced modeling of water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone
University of Utrecht - October17-19, 2005
SHORT COURSE & WORKSHOP on HYDRUS
Utrecht University - October17-19, 2005
 HYDRUS Short Course & Workshop

Program

Day 1

9:00 Registration
9:30 Start short course
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee/Tea Break

There is no strict time schedule for the individual lectures, because the length of the lectures is adapted to the interests of the participants. The sequence of the lectures is given below.

Lecture 1: Conceptual and mathematical description of variably-saturated water flow and solute transport processes, root-water uptake, nonequilibrium transport, decay chains, initial conditions, boundary conditions;

Lecture 2: Analytical modeling of solute transport in the subsurface, equilibrium and nonequilibrium transport models, parameter estimation.

Computer session 1: Modeling subsurface solute transport using the STANMOD code; direct and inverse applications.

Lecture 3: Review of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated porous media; measurement, description, parameter estimation.

Computer session 2: Analyzing/estimating hydraulic properties with the RETC and Rosetta codes.

Lecture 4: Review of numerical methods for solving the variably-saturated water flow and solute transport equations; Application of finite element method to 1D flow and transport; The HYDRUS-1D software package - model structure and examples.

Computer session 3: Application of HYDRUS-1D to simple one-dimensional problems.

Lecture 5: Inverse modeling; application of HYDRUS-1D to laboratory and field experiments.

Computer session 4: Advanced one-dimensional forward and inverse problems with HYDRUS-1D.

Day 2

9:00 Start short course
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee/Tea Break
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee/Tea Break

There is no strict time schedule for the individual lectures, because the length of the lectures is adapted to the interests of the participants. The sequence of the lectures is given below.

Lecture 6: Application of finite element method to 2D variably-saturated water flow and solute transport; The HYDRUS-2D software package - model structure, examples; Pre-and post-processing with HYDRUS-2D using the finite element mesh generator.

Computer session 5: Application of HYDRUS-2D to simple one-dimensional problem.

Computer session 6: Application of HYDRUS-2D to simple two-dimensional problem.

Computer session 7: Application of HYDRUS-2D to complex two-dimensional problem A.

Computer session 8: Application of HYDRUS-2D to complex two-dimensional problem B.

Day 3

9:30 Start workshop

HYDRUS-3D will be presented and demonstrated in this day. During the third day a users’ workshop will be held which is aimed is to bring together current and future users of HYDRUS. This will provide an opportunity to show various applications of HYDRUS in research and management, and to discuss future needs and directions. This is a unique opportunity for all HYDRUS users to participate and to give a brief overview of their work. Both oral and poster presentations are welcome. We plan to publish a workshop proceedings consisting of brief overviews of the various HYDRUS applications. Hence, we ask participants to prepare a short (2 to 4 pages) extended abstract summarizing their particular application and results, including references to key publications they may have written about the application. Contributions will be accepted also from those who are not able to attend the workshop.

The deadline for submitting your contribution is September 1, 2005. Please send the contribution (preferably in Word) to Torkzaban@geo.uu.nl. Please include a title, the authors involved (underline the name of the person giving the presentation), and their affiliations.