Course info

Courses for further training and retraining of specialists "Modelling of Land Surface Waters" belong to the English course for further training and retraining of specialists with regard to speciality "Hydrology" aimed at use of acquired knowledge and skills in practical activities.

 Purpose of courses – forming of understanding by attendees of offered modern mathematical models on calculations and forecasts of hydrological and hydrochemical characteristics of rivers, lakes and water reservoirs. 

 Task of courses – forming of understanding by attendees of essence of offered methods and models of hydrological calculations and long-term forecasts for land surface waters, quantitative assessment and forecasting of hydrochemical state of water bodies, acquisition by them of practical skills on application of these models under modern conditions of climate change and rivers' hydraulicity.

 Main task of courses "Modelling of Land Surface Waters" – familiarization and practical use of modern models for rating of estimated characteristics of maximum runoff of floods and overflows, territorial long-term forecasts of hydrological characteristics of spring floods of lowland rivers, methods of assessment and forecasting of water quality based on norms of ecological safety of water use.

 Following the training at courses "Modelling of Land Surface Waters" attendees must  familiarize themselves with main principles of mathematical modelling for rating of estimated characteristics and long-term forecasts of rivers' runoff, assessment criteria and methods of forecasting of chemical composition of surface waters with consideration of anthropogenic changes within catchment areas and changes of global and regional climate.

 On the basis of acquired knowledge attendees must be able to set a mathematical problem, to process and to systematize source information, to determine and to describe parameters of selected mathematical model, to carry out analysis of results in accordance to existing criteria of assessment and to adapt them to modern state of land surface waters.

 Control of current knowledge is performed on the basis of module system of monitoring – in the form of tests, defence of practical tasks and credit (writing of credit test).

 Courses for further training and retraining of specialists "Modelling of Land Surface Waters" include notes of lectures, methodology guidelines, visual training manuals (presentations), test tasks for knowledge assessment.