CDSAGENDA V.5 College on Soil Physics

College on Soil Physics

Start Time:

22 October 2007 at 08:30

Ends On:

9 November 2007

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

Directors: D. Gabriels, D. Nielsen, I. Pla Sentis, E. Skidmore; ICTP Local Organizer: G.C. Ghirardi.

Description:

MAIN TOPIS:

- Soil physical properties and processes
(intrinsic, spatial, temporal)

- Soil degradation and desertification processes
(physics, factors, prediction, control)

- Climate and soil-water-plant-atmosphere continuum
(infiltration, evaporation, soil water balance)

Material:

List Of Participants (HTML)
List Of Participants (PDF )
Programme (PDF )
announcement
application_form (deadline for requesting participation: 30 June 2007)
general_information
group_photographs

Monday 22 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

22 October 2007

08:30
09:45

REGISTRATION

01h15'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)

09:45
10:30

OPENING SESSION

45'

Welcome	GianCarlo Ghirardi (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
Introduction to the College lecture_notes	Ed Skidmore (USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA)
State of art in soil physics and soil hydrology	Donald Gabriels (Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium)
Presentation of participants

10:15
11:00

Coffee Break

45'

11:00
12:00

Soils of the world and their physical properties

01h00'

lecture_notes

Otto Spaargaren
ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:30

Soils of the world and their physical properties

01h30'

lecture_notes

Otto Spaargaren
ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands

15:30
16:00

Coffee Break

30'

18:30
21:30

WELCOME RECEPTION

03h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria

Tuesday 23 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

23 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Soil porous systems - Soil structure

01h15'

lecture_notes

Marcello Pagliai
Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break & 1st Group Photograph

30'

1st_group_photograph

10:45
12:00

Saturated flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Land degradation processes (general)

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Desertification: research priorities in drylands

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

Wednesday 24 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

24 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Soil surface sealing and crusting

01h15'

lecture_notes

Marcello Pagliai
Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Soil compaction

01h15'

lecture_notes

Marcello Pagliai
Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, Firenze, Italy

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:30

A soil mechanics approach to study soil compaction

01h30'

lecture_notes

Moacir S.Dias Junior
ICTP Senior Associate, Univ. Federal Lavras, Brazil

presented by Cezar Francisco ARAUJO JUNIOR (Univ. Federal Lavras, Brazil) & Luis Carlos TIMM (Fed. Univ. of Pelotas, Brazil)

16:00
18:00

VISIT TO CASTLE OF MIRAMARE

02h00'

Details on Notice Board outside Kastler Lecture Hall

Thursday 25 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

25 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Soil water hydrostatics-Soil water potential

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Soil water retention and water flow equations

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Measurement of soil water, use of neutron probe and tensiometers

01h15'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Soil water balance and climatic aspects

01h15'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Friday 26 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

26 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Unsaturated flow in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Water balance: infiltration, evaporation and evapotranspiration

01h15'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Radar sensing for mapping and monitoring soils in the Ukraine abstract	Maksym GICHKA (ISSAR, NSC, Kharkiv, UKRAINE)
Soil properties and tillage practices in Nigeria abstract	Martin Atu Ngozika ANIKWE (Enugu State University of Science & Technology, NIGERIA)
Bearing capacity and weed management in Brazil abstract	Cezar Francisco ARAUJO JUNIOR (Universidade Federal de Lavras, BRAZIL)
Methods to estimate saturated hydraulic conductivity abstract	Pedro Jose CISNEROS ESPINOSA (PROMAS, Universidad de Cuenca, ECUADOR)

Monday 29 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

29 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Simple field methods for soil water properties

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Water balance: deep drainage , including water flow in unsaturated soil

01h15'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Transient temperature and water vapor in soils

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Irrigation induced soil degradation in Bhubaneswar abstract	Suresh Kumar CHAUDHARI (Water Technology Centre For Eastern Region I.C.A.R., Bhubaneswar, INDIA)
Water use and crop coefficient for maize in Brazil abstract	Euro Roberto DETOMINI (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, BRAZIL)
Geophysical studies of soil and subsoil degradation in Romania abstract	Florina CHITEA (University of Bucharest, ROMANIA)
Soil water extraction, ET and coffee in Brazil abstract	Isabeli Pereira BRUNO (CENA, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, BRAZIL)

Tuesday 30 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

30 October 2007

09:00
10:15

Gamma and X ray attenuation and introduction to computed tomography

01h15'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Soil degradation

01h15'

lecture_notes

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Soil degradation

01h15'

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Soil density (gamma tomography) and soil management in Brazil abstract	Adilson Luis BAMBERG (Federal University of Pelotas, BRAZIL)
Water and atrazine movement in soils from drip irrigation in China abstract	Meng MAO (China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. CHINA)
Vegetative restoration in wind-water crisscross region of China abstract	Jun FAN (Inst. of Soil & Water Conservation, CAS, Yangling, P. R. CHINA)
Vegetative cover and soil erosion in Cuba abstract	Zuzell LEAL (Universidad Agraria de La Habana, CUBA)
Erosion and sediment deposition abstract	Robson Clayton Jacques ARTHUR (CENA, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, BRAZIL)

Wednesday 31 October 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

31 October 2007

09:00
10:00

Dimensional analysis and scaling, with an introduction to fractals

01h00'

lecture_notes

Klaus Reichardt
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

10:00
10:30

Geology and Palaeo Climate of the Trieste Karst

30'

Vinod Chandra TEWARI
ICTP Senior Associate, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India

10:30
10:45

Coffee Break & 2nd Group Photograph

15'

2nd_group_photograph

10:45
12:00

Nature of Wind erosion and development of wind erosion prediction

01h15'

Ed Skidmore
USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
18:00

VISIT TO THE GROTTA GIGANTE (Cave)

04h00'

Details on Notice Board outside Kastler Lecture Hall

Thursday 1 November 2007 (All Saints)

1 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Databases and submodels for simulating wind erosion

01h15'

Ed Skidmore
USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

WEPS for assessing wind erosion hazard and fighting desertification

01h15'

Ed Skidmore
USDA-ARS Manhattan, Kansas, USA

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Infiltration

01h15'

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Changes in soil structural stability by cultivation in India abstract	Joshua Olalekan OGUNWOLE (Ahmadu Bello University, NIGERIA)
Software for computing soil particle distribution, Nigeria abstract	Durodoluwa Joseph OYEDELE (ICTP Associate, Obafemi Awolowo University, NIGERIA)
Soil physical indicators for horticultural production abstract	Frank Ramon ZAMORA (Nacional Institute Research & Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Coro, VENEZUEL)
Research achievements in Iran abstract	Mohammad Hossein SEDRI (Agricultural and Natural Research Center of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, IRAN)
Effects of sewage sludge on some soil physical properties	Franklin Gerardo OJEDA CASTRO (CREAF, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, SPAIN)

Friday 2 November 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

2 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Sampling soils and their vegetation - geostatistical analysis

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Sampling soils and their vegetation - applied time series analysis

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:20

Spatial and time statistical tools for evaluating the variability of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System

01h20'

lecture_notes

Luis Carlos Timm
ICTP Regular Associate,University of Pelotas, Brazil

An example of application of state-space approach using Applied Statistical Time Series Analysis ASTSA (Shumway, 1988) software 20'
Field spatial and temporal patterns of soil water content and bulk density changes 20'
Neural network and state-space models for studying relationships among soil properties 20'
Structure of the spatial variability of physico-hydric attributes of an Entisol Quartzipsamment cultivated with irrigated grapevines in Northeast Brazil 20'

Monday 5 November 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

5 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Fundamentals of solute transport in soils

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Analyzing solute transport in field soils

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Nielsen
University of California, Davies, USA

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Soil salinization and sodification processes

01h15'

lecture_notes

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Topography and climate parameters in Turkey abstract	Halit APAYDIN (University of Ankara, TURKEY)
Seasonal snow cover in Chilean Andes abstract	Mauricio Andres CARTES (University of Chile, Santiago, CHILE)
Ring infiltrometer measurements along a forest toposequence in Nigeria abstract	Effiom Essien OKU (Cross River University of Technology, NIGERIA)
Slope, sediment transport and wind-driven rain abstract	Hilal SAMRAY (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara, TURKEY)

Tuesday 6 November 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

6 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes

01h15'

lecture_notes

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Evaluation and modeling of soil degradation processes

01h15'

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Aridity and drought indices

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Soil water balance and drip irrigation of tropical fruit trees in Cuba abstract	Geisy HERNANDEZ CUELLO (Instituto de Investigaciones de Riego y Drenaje, Habana, CUBA)
Infiltration on hillslope of karst region in China abstract	Hongsong CHEN (Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS, Changsha, P. R. CHINA)
Geophysical survey to determine soil physical properties in Ghana abstract	Kingsley KODOM (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, GHANA)
Fire and soil respiration in Peruvian Amazon abstract	Luis Fernando SUAREZ SALAS (ININDETEC, Huancayo, PERU)

Wednesday 7 November 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

7 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Factors affecting the water erosion process

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Factors affecting the water erosion process

01h15'

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Prediction of climate change: from global to regional scales

01h15'

lecture_notes

Filippo Giorgi
ICTP, Trieste, Italy

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Fractal models for simulating soil water retention curves abstract	Behzad GHANBARIAN (Agriucultural & Natural Resources, Karaj, IRAN)
Speciation and mobility of Pu an Am from Chernobyl in Belarus abstract	Irina Michailovna KIMLENKA (Belarussina State University, Minsk, BELARUS)
Mathematical model of soil moisture in Romania abstract	Florica MATEI ALDEA (USAMV, Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA)
Rainwater harvesting in western Himalayas abstract	Sheetal SHARMA (CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, INDIA)
Soil Stabilization and Civil Engineering abstract	Olugbenga Oludolapo AMU (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NIGERIA)

Thursday 8 November 2007

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

8 November 2007

09:00
10:15

Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation

01h15'

lecture_notes

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

10:15
10:45

Coffee Break

30'

10:45
12:00

Hydrological approach to soil and water conservation

01h15'

Ildefonso Pla Sentis
University of Lleida, Spain

12:00
14:00

Lunch Break

02h00'

14:00
15:15

Water harvesting in arid and semi-arid regions: soil physical and soil hydrological aspects

01h15'

lecture_notes

Donald Gabriels
Dept. Soil Management, Ghent University, Belgium

15:15
15:45

Coffee Break

30'

15:45
17:00

Presentations by participants

01h15'

Poultry manure and lime on Nigerian soils abstract	Mutiu Abolanle BUSARI (University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, NIGERIA)
Determination of soil water retention characteristics abstract	Xiaoli FU (Inst. of Soil & Water Conservation, CAS, Yangling, P. R. CHINA)
Soil carbon, wheat growth and manure in different systems in Pakistan abstract	Muhammad IBRAHIM (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PAKISTAN)
Numerical modelling of ET in flatlands of Argentina abstract	Andres CESANELLI (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, ARGENTINA)