Master Lecture "Physics of Aquatic Systems"
Summer Term 2011
Lecture: Fri, 11:15-13:00, INF 227, SR 3.401
excpet Wed, 1.6 and 22.6., 11:30-13:00, INF 227, SR 1.403
Start: 13.4.11, 9:15
Lecturer: Prof. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig
Exercises: Wed, 13:15-14:00, INF 229, R120 (1st floor)
Start: 4.5.2011
Tutor: Dr. Martin Wieser
Content: Fundamentals of aquatic physics (physical limnology and oceanography, hydro(geo)logy) and isotope hydrology
Literature: Lecture notes
For the part on isotope hydrology: UNESCO/IAEA Series on Environmental Isotopes in the
Hydrological Cycle, Principles and Applications (Ed. W.G. Mook).
Available from the website of the IAEA Water Resources Programme (in chapters).
Also available as whole volumes via the UNESCO Publication Server (search for "Mook").
Remarks:
This specialised master course builds on some fundamental contents of the general master course MKEP4 "Environmental Physics", which therefore is a prerequisite. It is also possible to hear the two courses in parallel.
Lecture Notes:
Contents and literature
Part I, chapter 1 (Introduction)
Part I, chapter 2 (Density)
Part I, chapter 3 (Flow) (corrected version, 10.5.11)
Part I, chapter 4 (Transport)
Part I, chapter 5 (Energy)
Part I, chapter 6 (Gas)
Part I, chapter 7 (Groundwater)
Part II, chapter 1 (Isotope hydrology) (preliminary version)
Part II, chapter 2 (Stable isotopes)
Part II, chapter 3 (Tritium)
Part II, chapter 4 (Young waters I)
Part II, chapter 5 (Young waters II)
Part II, chapter 6 (Old waters)
Part II, chapter 7 (Noble gases)
Program, Slides, Exercises, Links:
PART I: Aquatic Physics
Useful literature on part I:
Imboden, D.M., and A. Wüest, Mixing mechanisms in lakes, in Physics and chemistry of lakes, edited by A.
Lerman, D.M. Imboden, and J.R. Gat, pp. 83-138, Springer, Berlin, 1995.
13.4.11:
1. Introduction (role and physical properties of water)
29.4.11:
2. Density stratification and flow in lakes and oceans
Exercise sheet 2
Paper: Wueest et al., 1996, Calculation of density from T and S in a lake
Paper: Holzner et al., 2009, Mixing in Lake Lugano, Schmidt-Stability
6.5.11:
3. Turbulent flow in surface waters
Link to online book on oceanography (e.g., chapter 10 on geostrophic currents):
Stewart: Introduction to Physical Oceanography
13.5.11:
4. Turbulent transport in surface waters
Exercise sheet 4
Data table for exercise 4 (Excel sheet)
20.5.11:
5. Energy flow in surface waters
27.5.11:
6. Gas exchange
Wed, 1.6.11, 11:30 - 13:00 in INF227, SR 1.403 :
7. Flow and transport in groundwater
Paper: Alley et al., 2002. Flow and Storage in Groundwater Systems, Science, 296: 1985-1990.
PART II: Isotope Hydrology
Useful literature on part II:
Mook,
W.G. (ed.), 2000. UNESCO/IAEA Series on Environmental Isotopes in the
Hydrological Cycle, Principles and Applications.
(Particularly important parts: Most of Vol. 1 and 2, and Vol. 6, chapter 2).
Kinzelbach, W., et al. (2002). UNEP-report "A Survey of Methods for Groundwater Recharge in Arid and Semi-arid regions"
10.6.11:
8. Introduction to isotope hydrology
Exercise sheet 7
Data table for exercise 7 (Excel sheet)
17.6.11:
9. Stable isotopes of water
Wed, 22.6.11, 11:30 - 13:00 in INF227, SR 1.403 :
10. Tritium and helium
1.7.11:
11. Dating young waters: Methods and models
Lumped-Parameter Software MTFT
Wed, 6.7.11, 11:30 - 13:00 in INF227, SR 1.403 :
12. Dating old waters
Written Exam: Friday, 8.7. 2011, 11:15, INF227, SR 3.401
15.7.11:
13. Noble gases and paleoclimatic applications
22.7.11:
Study Week (no lecture)