. . . . "ITC Bok"@en . . "201800275" . "WREM_002" . "7"^^ . "196"^^ . "10"^^ . "2023-02-02T23:00:00Z"^^ . "f2f" . "The course lasts for 10 weeks, with a balance time between Q2.1 (Physical Processes, this course) and Q2.2 (Earth Observations, sibling course).\nLectures, usually during mornings, explain the physical process in the radiation, energy and water balance, its components and the application examples to Water Productivity and Droughts. Lectures are both in class and recorded.\nThe practice is both supervised and unsupervised, although the responsible staff is always available for consultation. Practical style are chosen to best suit the process under study: exercises using standard tools (Excel sheets, calculations) to grasp the main (1D) “vertical” processes. The extension to 2-3D is done in Q2.2 in a natural conjunction along the course.\nThe blending between the theory and the practical is done through the use of Jupyter NoteBooks (JNB) where complementary explanations and exercising are together. Python is slowly introduced in this routinely work that is part of the Centre of Expertise in Big Geodata Science (CRIB) at ITC.\nThe course counts on Question Hour, practice quizzes and exploration in Field measurement and devices from the new LILA experimental site of the UT."@en . . . . . . . "Core ITC (Q1). Physics and math background. ,To have completed the Core Course of ITC (Quartile 1).\nThe strongly advised conditions are good skills in physics and math, high marks in the Remote Sensing related topics of the Core (Q1), have previous exposure to hydrology and activities in the Water Sector."@en . . . . . . . . . . "13"^^ . "2" . "1B" . . . . . . . . . "2022-11-13T23:00:00Z"^^ . "The interrelated Water and Energy cycle ultimate control all water presence and climatic processes on Earth, and consequently, the life of all beings and its quality. To understand those cycles is foundational to any conservative and sustainable action we, as professionals, may attempt in our environment. This course digs into the most critical and delicate balance of nature. \n\nTo explain the importance of the components of the water and energy cycle, the course envisages two end practical examples: the calculation of Water Productivity (Crop per Drop) and the evaluation of droughts. Water Productivity estimates is obtained after the studies of the radiation balance and evapotranspiration and droughts is the end product of the previous learnings and the addition of the precipitation, soil moisture and groundwater concepts. Along the course physical processes and their Remote Sensing retrievals are fully integrated.\n\nIt is to note that this Q2.1 is designed being supplementary to the Q2.2, in a dual treatment manner, wherein Q2.1 focuses on the understanding of Physical Processes and Q2.2 on Earth Observation of the Water and Energy Cycles of Earth System."@en . "Hydrological and Environmental Cycles"@en . . "Hydrological and Environmental Cycles"@en . "Hydrological and Environmental Cycles"@en . . "201800285" . "WREM_001" . "7"^^ . "196"^^ . "10"^^ . "2023-02-02T23:00:00Z"^^ . "f2f" . "The course lasts for 10 weeks with 2 days a week, and the Q2.1 (Physical Processes) and Q2.2 (Earth Observations) of water and energy cycles in the Earth system are designed as such to be closely complementary to each other. The course is designed for a continuous flow and the student is mostly unaware of this partition, adding to the robustness of the teaching.\n\nIn this way, the 10 weeks are divided in topics covering Water and Energy Balance components, each of which could last between 1 to 2 weeks depending on the complexity. Each topic ends up with a Question Hour direct to the involved staff. A number of quizzes are designed along the way as formative assessments, able to correct misalignments in the studies.\n\nSome topics have field trips to the novel LILA site at the campus in the University of Twente, where students practice on equipment and measuring devices."@en . . . . . "Core ITC (Q1). Physics and math background. ,knowledge of geometry, goniometry, integration, differentiation"@en . . . . . . . . . . "13"^^ . "2" . "1B" . . . . . . "2022-11-13T23:00:00Z"^^ . "Water and energy are fundamental for life on Earth, their variations, trends, and extremes are sources for drought extremes, heat waves, heavy rains, floods, and intensive storms that are increasingly threatening our society to cause havoc as the climate changes. Better observations and analysis of these phenomena will help improve our ability to understand their physical processes (as introduced in Q2.1) and to model and predict them. Earth Observation technology is a unique tool to provide a global understanding of essential water and energy variables and monitor their evolution from global to basin scales. In this course, you will learn the physical principles of how electromagnetic signals were applied to monitor these essential variables by spaceborne sensors, and learn tools and methods to collect, process, and visualize Earth observation data of surface solar radiation, evapotranspiration, precipitation, soil moisture, and terrestrial water storage. Furthermore, students will learn how to retrieve the essential water/climate variable – soil moisture from Earth observation data, applying the radiative transfer theory."@en . "Earth Observation of Water Resources"@en . . "Earth Observation of Water Resources"@en . "Earth Observation of Water Resources"@en . "https://ltb.itc.utwente.nl/page/792/concept/152832" . . "Evapotranspiration"