Course title
Soil and Water   [Soil and Water]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	1
Department		Year	～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	18142
Instructor(s)
斎藤 広隆   [SAITO Hirotaka]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

Learn about the interaction of soil and water and its concepts, measurement method, and the basis of evaluation methods. Especially the lecture focuses on water retention of soil and movement of water in the soil. Students will learn that knowledge can be applied to agricultural issues, irrigation management, water resource conservation, soil/groundwater pollution prevention, and remediation.

Expected Learning

Please refer to the Curriculum map of TUAT at https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/

Course schedule

1. Soil Physical Properties 2. Soil and Water 2. Soil Water Potential 3. Soil Water Retention 4. Saturated Water Flow I 5. Saturated Water Flow II 6. Unsaturated Water Flow I 7. Unsaturated Water Flow II 8. Infiltration, Redistribution, and Evaporation 9. Agriculture and Soil Physics 10. Environmental Problems

Prerequisites

Comply with the standard hours based on the university rules.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Course materials will be provided.

References

Soil Physics, 6th Edition by Jury and Horton, Wiley, 2006 Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics, Daniel Hillel, Academic Press, 2003

Assessment/Grading

Homework/Exercise 50%, Final exam or report, 50%

Message from instructor(s)

Please download the materials from Google Classroom.

Course keywords

Unsaturated Soil, Soil Physics, Water Flow, Soil Contaminants

Office hours

By appointment only.

Remarks 1

Lectures will be given on Sept 16 & 17, 2021.

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

English

Last update

2/28/2021 5:30:47 PM