. . "201800303" . "WREM_004" . "7"^^ . "196"^^ . "10"^^ . "2023-07-06T22:00:00Z"^^ . "distance education" . "f2f" . "The course starts with a set of showcases from current research to illustrate the significance of the topic, and to highlight the role of climate change and human interactions and interventions. The course will provide a more in-depth understanding of the processes affecting surface waters, where it is interleaved with (Jupyter notebook) exercises, allowing students to link theory to more practical applications.\n\nIn week 7, student will perform a graded notebook exercise. Students will adapt a template Jupyter notebook exercise to process a dataset or modelling result related to surface water, and perform several experiments to answer questions related to the dataset and scientific problem.\n\nThe field excursion to the river Dinkel serves to illustrate how theory on discharge links to practical experiments, and to show the students the contrast between natural river courses versus man-made waterways.\n\nWeeks 8 and 9 are dedicated to a challenge, where groups of students will develop a small business case where they develop a case on how remote sensing data and/or modelling can be used to serve a customer need. The development of the business case and its pitching in front of a simulated set of entrepreneurs aims to make students learn about different stakeholder perspectives (users, scientist, inverstor), and link the material from the course to a non-academic setting. The contact hours will serve to explain the structure and steps to come to a business case."@en . . . . . . . "A necessary condition is to have attended the WREM courses Q2.1 & Q2.2.M-GEO WREM students, 2nd year M-GEO/M-SE students and short course participants "@en . . . "4"^^ . "4" . "2B" . . . . . . . . "2023-04-23T22:00:00Z"^^ . "Significance\n\nSurface waters such as lakes and rivers play a key role in water management and ecosystems in many countries. On the one hand, they offer direct access to water needed for agriculture, domestic uses, and industry. On the other hand, surface waters act as the interface between groundwater and the atmosphere, through processes such as evapotranspiration, runoff, and aquifer recharge.\n\nAt a geopolitical level, unsustainable anthropogenic use of surface water have a serious potential for conflicts. Many rivers cross international boundaries and upstream usage therefore can create shortages and pollution downstream.\n\nFurthermore, in light of climate change, it is expected that the water cycle will intensify at a global scale (“dry gets drier and wet gets wetter”) but there is still uncertainty on how this will manifests itself at a local and regional level. It is imaginable that some areas see little change in their climatic regime, while others will experience longer droughts more intense floodings and/or changes in the rain seasons.\n\nAims\n\nThis course aims to provide students with a foundation to (1) understand the geophysical processes which affect surface water changes in lakes and rivers, (2) explore various observation methods from space and in situ, and (3) explore ways of adding value to existing datasets. As such, the course will provide students with a skill-set allowing them to tackle surface water problems in various regions of the world, and make them aware of climatic and human factors which are modulating the water cycle with a dedicated focus on lakes and rivers.\n\nThe course offers content which is relevant to the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG) 6 (Clean water and Sanitation). It furthermore has relevance to SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) through the water use issues of crops, and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) through water availability for urban areas."@en . "Observing and modelling of surface water in a changing world"@en . . "Observing and modelling of surface water in a changing world"@en . "Observing and modelling of surface water in a changing world"@en . . . "Learning outcome"@en . . "Explain the role of surface water in the water cycle and changing climate"@en . "Explain the role of surface water in the water cycle and changing climate"@e