2016-04-07

25 July – 5 August 2016

Soil and water are the most important natural resources. The significant role plays the porous system of soils for storage of water and different water and solute transport processes in the World nature. It is complex, having many functions in the soil – water – plant – atmosphere relationship. For good understanding of common behaviors of this system, mainly the physical principles are important for the description and solutions of the processes in this natural system. Participants will learn main rules and environmental functions of soil and water relationship, the ways of determination of the hydro-physical properties like water content, soil water potential, hydraulic conductivity and other properties. The rural agricultural water management is more and more important in the situation of climate changes we all are facing on. These topics will be addressed in a series of e-learning and followed on site lectures, laboratory and field experiments, and of course excursions.