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.
The aim of the short course is to provide an introduction to peatland hydrology and present and discuss on-going hydrological research. The course present research and novel techniques to measure and model hydrological processes in pristine and managed peatlands and their catchments, including methods to assess spatial and temporal variation in precipitation, soil water storage and runoff. Understanding the hydrology of peatlands, provide the starting point to understand boreal catchments where these land forms are common. Different applied aspects of peatland studies will be shown related to climate change, environmental protection and restoration.
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, Lecture hall TA105) 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/isbn978-952-62-1937-0
Viimeksi päivitetty: 5.6.2018