Course title
環境土壌物理学   [Environmental Soil Physics]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 2  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01rn2026
Instructor(s)
斎藤 広隆   [SAITO Hirotaka]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
Learn about the physical characteristics of soil and its concepts, measurement method, and the basis of evaluation methods. Especially focus on water retention of soil and movement of water and heat in the soil and learn that the 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
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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. Heat Transport in Soils
10. Vapor Transport in Soils
11. Agriculture and Soil Physics
12. Environmental Problems
13. Numerical Analysis I
14. Numerical Analysis II
Prerequisites
Comply with the standard hours based on the university rules.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Soil Physics by Miyazaki et al. 2005
References
Soil Physics, 6th Edition by Jury and Horton, Wiley, 2006
Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics, Daniel Hillel, Academic Press, 2003
Assessment/Grading
Homework 30%, Midterm 30%, Final 40%
Message from instructor(s)
Please download the materials from Google Classroom.
I will give homework every week.
Course keywords
Unsaturated Soil, Soil Physics, Water Flow, Heat Transport, Soil Contaminants
Office hours
By appointment only.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/5/2022 10:31:42 PM