During this course, students will learn how to model the concentration dynamics of organic contaminants in lakes, rivers, and groundwaters.

The lecture gives an overview over physical properties, flows and transport phenomena in stratified water bodies (reservoirs, lakes and the oceans). The focus is on oceans, their currents and the role of the seas in the global climate system. Students completing the course are able to interpret basic flow equations and apply them to phenomema.

Im ersten Teil der Veranstaltung werden die wichtigsten Transport-, Verteilungs- und Transformationsprozesse anhand von praktischen Beispielen illustriert. Danach sollen diese Kenntnisse an ausführlichen Fallbeispielen in Gruppen angewendet und vertieft werden.Die Lehrveranstaltung besteht aus (1) gemeinsamen Kontaktstunden für die Bearbeitung der Einführungsbeispiele, (2) Fragestunden, für Bearbeitung der Fallstudien und (3) gemeinsamen Päsentation Ergebnisse.

Application of water quality models in environmental risk assessments, project planning and data analysis

This course discusses physical transport and mixing processes affecting the behaviour of dissolved and particulate compounds in natural waters. Emphasis is on turbulence in stratified waters (oceans, lakes) and advective-dispersive transport in rivers and groundwater. The interrelation to temporal and spatial distribution of constituents is provided.