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ETH-EPFL PhD Summer School 2017 – Catchment Transport Processes

Allegro seminar hotel
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
04 - 07 July 2017

Deadlines Abstract submission: The abstract submission deadline has passed Registration: Registration is now closed Official website http://www.hyd.ifu.ethz.ch/studium/summer-school.html

Water transports solutes, such as nutrients, toxins and contaminants, as well as a wide range of organisms and gas substances. Their impact on water quality is often critical, as in the case of eutrophication due to high nutrient concentration. A comprehensive water resources management requires a proper understanding and modeling of runoff generation combined with processes of solute transport at the hillslope and catchment scale.

ETH Zurich and EPFL offer a 5-day summer school on transport processes in hydrology. Participants will learn about physical and chemical processes occurring in the generation and transport of nutrients, data analysis, and modelling techniques. Lectures will cover the following topics:

• Introduction to transport processes and hydrological models;
• Water fluxes and transit time in catchments;
• Carbon and nutrients cycle in soil and rivers;
• Circulation in lakes.

The summer school includes a workshop with case studies and a 1-day field trip to an experimental catchment in Switzerland.