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College on Soil Physics | (smr 1674)
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  • Monday, 12 September 2005
    • 08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:00 REGISTRATION 1h0'
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Opening session, Introduction to the course, Presentation of participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Opening session, Introduction to the course, Presentation of participants 1h15'
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Importance of Soil Physics
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Importance of Soil Physics 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soils of the world and their physical properties
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Soils of the world and their physical properties 1h15'
        Speaker: Otto SPAARGAREN (ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:15 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break
    • 18:00 - 18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 18:00 WELCOME RECEPTION
  • Tuesday, 13 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Soils of the world and their physical properties
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Soils of the world and their physical properties 1h15'
        Speaker: Otto SPAARGAREN (ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil structure - Soil porous systems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Soil structure - Soil porous systems 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello PAGLIAI (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil water, soil water potential, soil water retention
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Soil water, soil water potential, soil water retention 1h15'
        Speaker: Roger HARTMANN (Department of Soil Management and Soil Care, Ghent, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Soil water, soil water potential, soil water retention
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Soil water, soil water potential, soil water retention 1h15'
        Speaker: Roger HARTMANN (Department of Soil Management and Soil Care, Ghent, Belgium)
  • Wednesday, 14 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Soil degradation processes and climate-induced environmental risks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Soil degradation processes and climate-induced environmental risks 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil surface sealing and crusting
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Soil surface sealing and crusting 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello PAGLIAI (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil compaction
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Soil compaction 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello PAGLIAI (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 15:30 Visit to the Castle of Miramare
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Visit to the Castle of Miramare
  • Thursday, 15 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 A soil mechanics approach to study soil compaction
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 A soil mechanics approach to study soil compaction 1h15'
        Speaker: Moacir S. DIAS JUNIOR (ICTP Senior Associate, Univ. Federal Lavras, Brazil)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 The nature of wind erosion
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 The nature of wind erosion 1h15'
        Speaker: Edward SKIDMORE (USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Development of wind erosion prediction technology
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Development of wind erosion prediction technology 1h15'
        Speaker: Edward SKIDMORE (USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Spatial and temporal variability of soil properties
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Spatial and temporal variability of soil properties 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
  • Friday, 16 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Wind data basis and simulation of wind for erosion modeling
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Wind data basis and simulation of wind for erosion modeling 1h15'
        Speaker: Edward SKIDMORE (USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Dust bowls (dust emissions) and climate
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Dust bowls (dust emissions) and climate 1h15'
        Speaker: Edward SKIDMORE (USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil moisture regime as influenced by climate, soil and land management
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Soil moisture regime as influenced by climate, soil and land management 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:15 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break
  • Monday, 19 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Saturated flow in porous media
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Saturated flow in porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Extending applied time series analysis to soil physics
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Extending applied time series analysis to soil physics 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil salinity as soil degradation process
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Soil salinity as soil degradation process 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Tuesday, 20 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Saturated flow in porous media
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Saturated flow in porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Unsaturated flow in porous media
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Unsaturated flow in porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Neutron and gamma probes, electromagnetic wave attenuation in soil physics
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Neutron and gamma probes, electromagnetic wave attenuation in soil physics 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus REICHARDT (Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Wednesday, 21 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Unsaturated flow in porous media
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Unsaturated flow in porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Hydraulic functions of soils based upon characteristics of porous media
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Hydraulic functions of soils based upon characteristics of porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 17:00 Visit to the Grotta Gigante Cave
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Visit to the Grotta Gigante Cave 3h0'
  • Thursday, 22 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Change of porous systems and of hydraulic functions due to land use
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Change of porous systems and of hydraulic functions due to land use 1h15'
        Speaker: Miroslav KUTILEK (ECONNECT, Czech Republic)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Scaling in soil physics
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Scaling in soil physics 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus REICHARDT (Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Autoregressive analyses of soil attributes
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Autoregressive analyses of soil attributes 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Friday, 23 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Geostatistical analysis of landscape properties
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Geostatistical analysis of landscape properties 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil water balance and climate
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Soil water balance and climate 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus REICHARDT (Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Spectral and cospectral analyses in agroecology
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Spectral and cospectral analyses in agroecology 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
  • Monday, 26 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Factors affecting the water erosion processes
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Factors affecting the water erosion processes 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald GABRIELS (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 11:15 Factors affecting the water erosion processes
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Factors affecting the water erosion processes 30'
        Speaker: Donald GABRIELS (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium)
    • 11:15 - 12:00 Rain erosivity and rain distribution in different agroclimatological zones of Venezuela
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:15 Rain erosivity and rain distribution in different agroclimatological zones of Venezuela 45'
        Speaker: Deyanira LOBO LUJAN (ICTP Senior Associate, Univ. Central de Venezuela, Maracay)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Applications of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for soil erosion risk assessment
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Applications of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) for soil erosion risk assessment 1h15'
        Speaker: Enrico FEOLI (Univ. of Trieste)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 16:45 The IPILPS project: Isotopes for the Intercomparison of land-Surface Parametrization Schemes
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 The IPILPS project: Isotopes for the Intercomparison of land-Surface Parametrization Schemes 1h0'
        Speaker: Ann HENDERSON-SELLERS (Director, Environment Division, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization)
    • 16:45 - 17:30 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:45 Presentations by participants 45'
  • Tuesday, 27 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Empirical and physical models for assessing water erosion processes
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Empirical and physical models for assessing water erosion processes 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald GABRIELS (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil and water conservation as affected by changing climate and land management
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Soil and water conservation as affected by changing climate and land management 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Modelling water and salt balances in the soil
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Modelling water and salt balances in the soil 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso PLA SENTIS (Univ. of Lleida, Spain)
    • 15:15 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Presentations by participants 1h45'
  • Wednesday, 28 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Aridity and drought indices
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Aridity and drought indices 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald GABRIELS (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 The representation of the soil and biosphere in climate models
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 The representation of the soil and biosphere in climate models 1h15'
        Speaker: Jeremy PAL (ICTP, Trieste)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Description of sub-grade scale land surface heterogeneity in climate models
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Description of sub-grade scale land surface heterogeneity in climate models 1h15'
        Speaker: Filippo GIORGI (ICTP, Trieste)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Thursday, 29 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Impacts of desertification and deforestation on the simulation of the West African Monsoon
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Impacts of desertification and deforestation on the simulation of the West African Monsoon 1h15'
        Speaker: Jeremy PAL (ICTP, Trieste)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Uncertainties in the prediction of climate change: from global to regional scales
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Uncertainties in the prediction of climate change: from global to regional scales 1h15'
        Speaker: Filippo GIORGI (ICTP, Trieste)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Theoretical and practical aspects of solute transport
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Theoretical and practical aspects of solute transport 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:15 Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Friday, 30 September 2005
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Water harvesting in arid and semi-arid regions: soil physical and soil hydrological aspects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Water harvesting in arid and semi-arid regions: soil physical and soil hydrological aspects 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald GABRIELS (Univ. of Ghent, Belgium)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Closing session and farewell
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:45 Closing session and farewell 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald NIELSEN (Univ. of California, Davies, USA)
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