College on Soil Physics: Soil Physical Properties and Processes under Climate Change | (smr 2163) (30 August 2010

Administration

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Announcement Book of Abstracts Final List of Participants Group Photograph Group Photograph with names Lecture Notes Photographs of past ICTP Colleges on Soil Physics

College on Soil Physics: Soil Physical Properties and Processes under Climate Change | (smr 2163)

Go to day

Monday, 30 August 2010

08:15 - 09:15 Registration

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 08:15 Registration 1h0'
09:15 - 10:15 Welcome Session: Introduction to the College by the Organizers. Self-presentation of participants.
- 09:15 Welcome Session: Introduction to the College by the Organizers. Self-presentation of participants. 1h0'

10:15 - 10:45 Soil Physics and Climate Change

10:15 Soil Physics and Climate Change 30'

Speaker:	Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Leida, Spain)
Material:	lecture notes

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 10:45 Coffee Break 15'

11:00 - 12:00 Paleopedology and paleoclimate: False hypopthesis?

11:00 Paleopedology and paleoclimate: False hypopthesis? 1h0'

Speaker:	Miroslav Kutilek (Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Material:	lecture notes

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
14:00 - 15:20 Paleopedology and paleoclimate: Consequences for soil physics
- 14:00 Paleopedology and paleoclimate: Consequences for soil physics 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Miroslav Kutilek (Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic)
15:20 - 18:00 Free time to visit Trieste town centre
- 15:20 Free time to visit Trieste town centre 2h40'
18:30 - 21:00 Welcome Reception

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Cafeteria
- 18:30 Welcome Reception 2h30'

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

08:30 - 09:50 Soils and their physical properties
- 08:30 Soils and their physical properties 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Leida, Spain)
09:50 - 10:00 The ICTP's Associateship Scheme
- 09:50 The ICTP's Associateship Scheme 10'
  
  Speaker: GianCarlo Ghirardi (ICTP & University of Trieste)
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
10:20 - 12:00 ICTP administrative procedures
- 10:20 ICTP administrative procedures 1h40'
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 1h30'
13:30 - 14:50 Soil texture, soil structure, soil porous system
- 13:30 Soil texture, soil structure, soil porous system 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Marcello Pagliai (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy)
14:50 - 15:10 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 14:50 Coffee Break 20'

15:10 - 16:30 Soil structure stability and soil surface sealing and crusting

15:10 Soil structure stability and soil surface sealing and crusting 1h20'

Speaker:	Marcello Pagliai (Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

16:30 - 17:00 Presentations by participants
- 16:30 Presentations by participants 30'

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

08:30 - 09:50 Flow of water in saturated soils: Darcy's law
- 08:30 Flow of water in saturated soils: Darcy's law 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Department of Soil Management, UNESCO Chair on Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium)
09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 09:50 Coffee Break 20'
10:10 - 11:30 Flow of water in unsaturated soils: infiltration, soil water potential and retention
- 10:10 Flow of water in unsaturated soils: infiltration, soil water potential and retention 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Leida, Spain)
11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by participants
- 11:30 Presentations by participants 30'
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'

14:00 - 15:20 Climate and Soil Water Balance: principles

14:00 Climate and Soil Water Balance: principles 1h20'

Speaker:	Klaus Reichardt (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break

Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
- 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
15:40 - 17:00 Climate and soil water balance: Spatial/temporal variability of components
- 15:40 Climate and soil water balance: Spatial/temporal variability of components 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Klaus Reichardt (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil)

Thursday, 2 September 2010
- 08:30 - 09:50 Theoretical and practical aspects of solute transport
  - 08:30 Theoretical and practical aspects of solute transport 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Donald Nielsen (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA)
- 09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
  
  Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
  - 09:50 Coffee Break 20'
- 10:10 - 11:30 Geostatistical analysis of landscape properties
  - 10:10 Geostatistical analysis of landscape properties 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Donald Nielsen (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA)
- 11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by participants
  - 11:30 Presentations by participants 30'
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
  - 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:00 - 15:15 Presentations by participants
  - 14:00 Presentations by participants 1h15'
- 15:30 - 17:30 Visit to Miramare Castle
  - 15:30 Visit to Miramare Castle 2h0'

Friday, 3 September 2010

08:30 - 09:50 Applied time/spatial series analysis in soil physics

08:30 Applied time/spatial series analysis in soil physics 1h20'

Speaker:	Luis Carlos Timm (Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
- 09:50 Coffee Break 20'

10:10 - 11:30 Dimensional analysis and scaling in soil physics

10:10 Dimensional analysis and scaling in soil physics 1h20'

Speaker:	Klaus Reichardt (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by participants
- 11:30 Presentations by participants 30'
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
14:00 - 15:20 Autoregressive analyses of soil attributes
- 14:00 Autoregressive analyses of soil attributes 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Donald Nielsen (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA)
15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break
- 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
15:40 - 16:40 Presentations by participants
- 15:40 Presentations by participants 1h0'

Monday, 6 September 2010
- 08:30 - 09:50 Land degradation processes
  - 08:30 Land degradation processes 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Leida, Spain)
- 09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
  - 09:50 Coffee Break 20'
- 10:10 - 11:30 Factors affecting water erosion
  - 10:10 Factors affecting water erosion 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Department of Soil Management, UNESCO Chair on Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium)
- 11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by participants
  - 11:30 Presentations by participants 30'
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
- 14:00 - 15:20 Desertification and aridity and drought
  - 14:00 Desertification and aridity and drought 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Donald Gabriels (Department of Soil Management, UNESCO Chair on Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium)
- 15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break
  - 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
- 15:40 - 16:55 Presentations by participants
  - 15:40 Presentations by participants 1h15'

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

08:30 - 09:50 Soil mechanical properties processes

08:30 Soil mechanical properties processes 1h20'

Speaker:	Moacir de Souza Dias Junior (Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
- 09:50 Coffee Break 20'
10:10 - 11:15 Soil compaction
- 10:10 Soil compaction 1h5'
  
  Speaker: Moacir de Souza Dias Junior (Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil)
11:15 - 11:25 GROUP PHOTOGRAPH
- 11:15 GROUP PHOTOGRAPH 10'
11:30 - 12:00 Main Lecture Hall reserved for a staff meeting
- 11:30 Main Lecture Hall reserved for a staff meeting 30'
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
14:00 - 15:20 Climate change: from global to regional scales
- 14:00 Climate change: from global to regional scales 1h20'
  
  Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
15:20 - 16:00 Presentations by participants
- 15:20 Presentations by participants 40'
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break
- 16:00 Coffee Break 20'
16:20 - 16:50 -
- 16:20 - 30'

Wednesday, 8 September 2010
- 08:30 - 09:50 Soil salinity and irrigation requirements
  - 08:30 Soil salinity and irrigation requirements 1h20'
    
    Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain)
- 09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break
  - 09:50 Coffee Break 30'
- 10:20 - 11:50 Presentations by participants
  - 10:20 Presentations by participants 1h30'
- 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
  - 12:00 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 13:30 - 16:30 Visit to the Grotta Gigante
  - 13:30 Visit to the Grotta Gigante 3h0'

Thursday, 9 September 2010

08:30 - 09:50 Wind erosion processes and prediction

08:30 Wind erosion processes and prediction 1h20'

Speaker:	Edward Skidmore (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
- 09:50 Coffee Break 20'

10:10 - 11:30 Dust emissions and climate

10:10 Dust emissions and climate 1h20'

Speaker:	Edward Skidmore (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

11:30 - 12:00 Presentations by participants
- 11:30 Presentations by participants 30'
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'

14:00 - 15:20 Inclined rainfall and wind and water erosion processes

14:00 Inclined rainfall and wind and water erosion processes 1h20'

Speaker:	Gunay Erpul (University of Ankara, Turkey)
Material:	lecture notes

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break
- 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
15:40 - 16:55 Presentations by participants
- 15:40 Presentations by participants 1h15'

Friday, 10 September 2010
- 08:30 - 09:30 Presentations by participants
  - 08:30 Presentations by participants 1h0'
- 09:30 - 10:15 Presentations by ICTP Associates
  - 09:30 Presentations by ICTP Associates 45'
- 10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
  - 10:15 Coffee Break 15'
- 10:30 - 12:00 Soil salinity and irrigation requirements
  - 10:30 Soil salinity and irrigation requirements 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Departament de Medi Ambient i Ciencias del Sol, Universitat de Lleida, Lledia, Spain)
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
- 14:00 - 14:45 Soil Physics - some of the past and today's opportunities
  - 14:00 Soil Physics - some of the past and today's opportunities 45'
    
    Speaker: Donald Nielsen (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, USA)
- 14:45 - 15:30 Closing Session and Farewell
  - 14:45 Closing Session and Farewell 45'