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College on Soil Physics | (smr 1867)
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  • Monday, 22 October 2007
    • 08:30 - 09:45 REGISTRATION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION 1h15'
    • 09:45 - 10:30 OPENING SESSION
      • 09:45 OPENING SESSION 45'
    • 10:15 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 45'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Soils of the world and their physical properties
      • 11:00 Soils of the world and their physical properties 1h0'
        Speaker: Otto Spaargaren (ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Soils of the world and their physical properties
      • 14:00 Soils of the world and their physical properties 1h30'
        Speaker: Otto Spaargaren (ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 18:30 - 21:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 18:30 WELCOME RECEPTION 3h0'
  • Tuesday, 23 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Soil porous systems - Soil structure
      • 09:00 Soil porous systems - Soil structure 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello Pagliai (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break & 1st Group Photograph
      • 10:15 Coffee Break & 1st Group Photograph 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Saturated flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity
      • 10:45 Saturated flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Land degradation processes (general)
      • 14:00 Land degradation processes (general) 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Desertification: research priorities in drylands
      • 15:45 Desertification: research priorities in drylands 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Wednesday, 24 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Soil surface sealing and crusting
      • 09:00 Soil surface sealing and crusting 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello Pagliai (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil compaction
      • 10:45 Soil compaction 1h15'
        Speaker: Marcello Pagliai (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 A soil mechanics approach to study soil compaction 
      presented by Cezar Francisco ARAUJO JUNIOR (Univ. Federal Lavras, Brazil) & Luis Carlos TIMM (Fed. Univ. of Pelotas, Brazil)
      • 14:00 A soil mechanics approach to study soil compaction 1h30'
        Speaker: Moacir S.Dias Junior (ICTP Senior Associate, Univ. Federal Lavras, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:00 - 18:00 VISIT TO CASTLE OF MIRAMARE 
      Details on Notice Board outside Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 16:00 VISIT TO CASTLE OF MIRAMARE 2h0'
  • Thursday, 25 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Soil water hydrostatics-Soil water potential
      • 09:00 Soil water hydrostatics-Soil water potential 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil water retention and water flow equations
      • 10:45 Soil water retention and water flow equations 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Measurement of soil water, use of neutron probe and tensiometers
      • 14:00 Measurement of soil water, use of neutron probe and tensiometers 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Soil water balance and climatic aspects
      • 15:45 Soil water balance and climatic aspects 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Friday, 26 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Unsaturated flow in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media
      • 09:00 Unsaturated flow in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Water balance: infiltration, evaporation and evapotranspiration
      • 10:45 Water balance: infiltration, evaporation and evapotranspiration 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Presentations by participants
      • 14:00 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Monday, 29 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Simple field methods for soil water properties
      • 09:00 Simple field methods for soil water properties 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Water balance: deep drainage , including water flow in unsaturated soil
      • 10:45 Water balance: deep drainage , including water flow in unsaturated soil 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Transient temperature and water vapor in soils
      • 14:00 Transient temperature and water vapor in soils 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Tuesday, 30 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Gamma and X ray attenuation and introduction to computed tomography
      • 09:00 Gamma and X ray attenuation and introduction to computed tomography 1h15'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Soil degradation
      • 10:45 Soil degradation 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil degradation
      • 14:00 Soil degradation 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Wednesday, 31 October 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Dimensional analysis and scaling, with an introduction to fractals
      • 09:00 Dimensional analysis and scaling, with an introduction to fractals 1h0'
        Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Geology and Palaeo Climate of the Trieste Karst
      • 10:00 Geology and Palaeo Climate of the Trieste Karst 30'
        Speaker: Vinod Chandra TEWARI (ICTP Senior Associate, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India)
    • 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break & 2nd Group Photograph
      • 10:30 Coffee Break & 2nd Group Photograph 15'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Nature of Wind erosion and development of wind erosion prediction
      • 10:45 Nature of Wind erosion and development of wind erosion prediction 1h15'
        Speaker: Ed Skidmore (USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 18:00 VISIT TO THE GROTTA GIGANTE (Cave) 
      Details on Notice Board outside Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 VISIT TO THE GROTTA GIGANTE (Cave) 4h0'
  • Thursday, 1 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Databases and submodels for simulating wind erosion
      • 09:00 Databases and submodels for simulating wind erosion 1h15'
        Speaker: Ed Skidmore (USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 WEPS for assessing wind erosion hazard and fighting desertification
      • 10:45 WEPS for assessing wind erosion hazard and fighting desertification 1h15'
        Speaker: Ed Skidmore (USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Infiltration
      • 14:00 Infiltration 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Friday, 2 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Sampling soils and their vegetation - geostatistical analysis
      • 09:00 Sampling soils and their vegetation - geostatistical analysis 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Sampling soils and their vegetation - applied time series analysis
      • 10:45 Sampling soils and their vegetation - applied time series analysis 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:20 Spatial and time statistical tools for evaluating the variability of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System
      • 14:00 Spatial and time statistical tools for evaluating the variability of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System 1h20'
        Speaker: Luis Carlos Timm (ICTP Regular Associate,University of Pelotas, Brazil)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Monday, 5 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Fundamentals of solute transport in soils
      • 09:00 Fundamentals of solute transport in soils 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Analyzing solute transport in field soils
      • 10:45 Analyzing solute transport in field soils 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Nielsen (University of California, Davies, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Soil salinization and sodification processes
      • 14:00 Soil salinization and sodification processes 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Tuesday, 6 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes
      • 09:00 Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes
      • 10:45 Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Aridity and drought indices
      • 14:00 Aridity and drought indices 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Wednesday, 7 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Factors affecting the water erosion process
      • 09:00 Factors affecting the water erosion process 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Factors affecting the water erosion process
      • 10:45 Factors affecting the water erosion process 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Prediction of climate change: from global to regional scales
      • 14:00 Prediction of climate change: from global to regional scales 1h15'
        Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
  • Thursday, 8 November 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation
      • 09:00 Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation
      • 10:45 Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation 1h15'
        Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (University of Lleida, Spain)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Water harvesting in arid and semi-arid regions: soil physical and soil hydrological aspects
      • 14:00 Water harvesting in arid and semi-arid regions: soil physical and soil hydrological aspects 1h15'
        Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:45 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
      • 15:45 Presentations by participants 1h15'
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