A PhD course (2 ECTS), June 6-8, 2018, University of Oulu
Lecture room: AT115A (Architecture building)
Responsible teacher: prof. Björn Klöve
Contact person: MSc Anna Jaros anna.jaros@oulu.fi (for registration by 30.5 and info)
Credits: 2 ECTS for PhD students with a learning diary summarizing key points in 2-3 pages or presentation.
Day 1 (June 6) – Hydrology of peatland and impacts of drainage
Coffee 9:00-9:15
9:15-9:45 Prof. B. Klöve - Introduction to peatland hydrology
9:45-10:15 Dr. AK Ronkanen and MSc M. Menberu - Hydrological responses in managed peatlands
Break 10 min
10:25-10:45: Short information on projects BIOWATER, PEATWISE, MYR, AoF (each 5 min)
Presenting recently started research tasks on peatland hydrology and land use changes
- 10:45 – 11.05 Understanding peatland forestry impacts on water quality: mapping temporal drainage changes in the Simojoki catchment – MSc Joy Bhattacharjee
- 11:05 – 11:25 Studies on hydrology of cultivated peatlands: impacts of land use, climate and water table control on soil moisture (Luke experimental site set-up) – Dos. Hannu Marttila
Lunch 11:30-12:30
Day 1 - Hydrological processes in boreal and sub-arctic catchments
Evaporation and impact of vegetation on peat water table
12:30 – 13:15 Dos. Samuli Launiainen – Evapotranspiration in boreal forest catchments: upscaling by process models and open GIS data, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland - KEY NOTE
13:15 – 14:00 Dr. Kersti Haahti – Vegetation controls on water table depth in drained peatland forest – modelling exercise, LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland - KEY NOTE
Coffee 14:00-14:15
Studies at Pallas catchment with forest hillslopes, groundwater and peatlands
14:15 – 14:30 Dos. Hannu Marttila – Overview of hydrological research at the Pallas sub-arctic supersite
14:30 – 15:00 Dr. Pertti Ala-aho - Short presentation of newly started hydrology research at Pallas (Kvantum financed project – postdoc + 2 PhDs)
Day 2 (June 7) - Hydrology and biogeography of northern peatlands
9:00-9:15 coffee
9:15-10:15 Dr. Paul J. Morris, University of Leeds – Hydrology and biogeography of northern peatlands - KEY NOTE
Short break
10:15-11:00 Dr. Pertti Ala-aho – Conceptualising and modelling of spatially distributed runoff generation processes in peat dominated catchments
11:00-11:30 MSc Anna Jaros – HGS modelling of groundwater-peatland flow processes with various conceptual models for interaction
Lunch 11:30-12:30
Day 2 – Research examples on boreal catchment hydrology (PhDs presentations)
12:30-13:00 MSc Leo-Juhani Meriö – Analysis of storage and streamflow characteristics in peat catchments using GAM
13:00–13:45 MSc Elina Isokangas – Isotopic approaches to characterize groundwater flow in peatlands and headwater streams - KEY NOTE
Coffee 13:45-14:15
Day 3 (June 8, starting 12:00) PhD defense of Meseret Menberu - Hydrology of peat dominated headwater catchments: theories and empirical analysis, to study impacts of anthropogenic disturbance
PhD thesis to be found 29.5 at http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-1937-
Last updated: 24.5.2018