Course detail

Hydropedology

FAST-BS06Acad. year: 2016/2017

Subject BS06 Hydropedology focuses on the interpretation of soil - water relationships and their role in the hydrological cycle landscape. The basic form of teaching are exercises in which students get acquainted with hydro-physical properties of soil and water infiltration into the soil, but is available pedological models used to derive a prediction of soil properties and to describe the processes that occur in soils. The outcome of the exercise will be a term paper and a test.


Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Ivana Kameníčková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will individually elaborate a work on soil characteristics for selected lokality

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, hydraulics and hydrology

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basic pedological knowledges and basic of hydropedology
Soil clasification in ČR, types of soil and hydropedological mapping
Physical properties of soil
Hydrolimits
Hydraulic characteristics of soil
Software RETC, Rosetta
Infiltration experiment in situ and its evaluatio

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KUTÍLEK, Miroslav: Vodohospodářská pedologie. SNTL Praha, 1978. (CS)
KUTÍLEK, Miroslav a KURÁŽ, Václav a CÍSLEROVÁ, Milena.: Hydropedologie. Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2000. ISBN 80-7157-733-2. (CS)
KAMENÍČKOVÁ, Ivana: Hydropedologie - Hydropedologické praktikum. VUT FAST v Brně, 2006. [http://www.fce.vutbr.cz/studium/materialy/ucebnice.pdf] (CS)

Recommended reading

Klute, A. (editor): Methods of Soil Analysis. No. 9, Part 1, Physical and Mineralogical Methods. Wisconsin, 1986. (EN)
KUTÍLEK, Miroslav, NIELSEN, D.R.: Soil Hydrology. Catena Verlang, Germany, 1994. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ivana Kameníčková, Ph.D.