6th Summer School: Soil and Water

The summer school is organized by Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS) and EGE University Campus with ELLS member universities.

• E-learning: on scheduled dates from 21st May to 29th June, 2018
• On site: from 9th July to 21st July 2018

Participants: PhD and advanced MSc students, postdocs are welcome too. Successful graduates will gain 8 ECTS.

What is the summer school about?

• Soil as a porous complex system in the Earth Core
• Principal physical processes within the soil – water relationship
• Transport processes in the vadose zone and their environmental functions
• Physical processes for saving and protection of soil and water in the environment
• Importance of physical processes for the protection of soil and water
• Determination of soil water content, soil water potential, hydraulic conductivity and other soil hydro-physical properties
• Rural agriculture water management, environmental aspects of soil and water in landscape
• The tutorials and practical trainings in the laboratory and field techniques
• Three excursions during the on-site school in Izmir

Application deadline: May 18, 2018

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