HYDROLOGY OF UNSATURATED ZONE OF SOIL
| Title | ΥΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΚΟΡΕΣΤΗΣ ΖΩΝΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΔΑΦΟΥΣ / HYDROLOGY OF UNSATURATED ZONE OF SOIL |
| Code | Ν246Ε |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 420001894 |
Programme of Study: PPS Geōponías (2019-sīmera)
Registered students: 3
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses belonging to the other | Spring | - | 5 |
| EGGEIŌN VELTIŌSEŌN, EDAFOLOGIAS KAI GEŌRGIKĪS MĪCΗANIKĪS | Elective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course) | Spring | - | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 4 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600211077
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Class Schedule
| Building | Agriculture & Forestry |
| Floor | Basement |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΚΗΣ ΥΔΡΑΥΛΙΚΗΣ (280) |
| Calendar | Friday 09:00 to 12:00 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600211077
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- Ν015Υ AGRICULTURAL HYDRAULICS
- Ν234Ε APPLIED MATHEMATICS
General Prerequisites
Students should be familiar mathematics, physics, and computers.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. to understand the processes of water flow in unsaturated zone of soil
2. to handle and solve problems of water store in soil
3. to find the optimum solution for irrigation water application in the soil.
4. to collaborate and designing case studies of water flow in the soil, irrigation, infiltration of water redistribution and deep percolation
5. to find solved problems of water and solute fate in the soil and the leaching to groundwater
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Water storage in soil, irrigation constants, changes in time. Energy, potential, measurements. Equations of soil water flow and continue. Characteristic curve and functions (measurement, equations, parameter evaluation). Infiltration, factors, semi empirical equations, parameters. Solution of simple equation for infiltration, redistribution, drainage, transpiration and evaporation. Water uptake by plants, equations, functions of soil water decrease effects and salinity on uptake. Fundamentals of mass transport in soil - diffusion, dispersion, convection, absorption and transformation of solutes. Integrated description of soil water flow and mass transport in the system of soil-water-plant. Agrochemicals in the soil. Index of groundwater vulnerability from pesticides and fertilizers.
Keywords
soil, unsaturated zone, water flow, infiltration
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Teaching, powerpoint, basic programs of data management and computation as excell
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 52 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 13 | ✓ | |||
| Tutorial | 13 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 14 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 12 | ✓ | |||
| Exams | 6 | ✓ | |||
| Other / Others | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 140 |
Student Assessment
Description
70% written exams
30% individual project assignment (a set of exercises) - Exams .
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Αντωνόπουλος Β., 1999. Υδρολογία της ακόρεστης ζώνης του εδάφους, Έκδοση της Υπηρεσίας Δημοσιευμάτων του ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη.,
Additional bibliography for study
Αντωνόπουλος Β., 2015. Υδρολογία της ακόρεστης ζώνης του εδάφους, ΙΙ. Ασκήσεις και Προβλήματα.Θεσσαλονίκη.
Last Update
20-01-2021
