[Esip-envirosensing] REMINDER: Registration Open! Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Summer Short Course, and Techniques for Stream-Groundwater Investigations Workshop

[Elizabeth Tran]

Registration is now open for:

·      Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Summer Short Course

·      Techniques for Stream-Groundwater Investigations Workshop

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Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) Summer Short Course
June 6 - 10, 2016 || Fort Collins, Colorado
Early Bird Registration Deadline: April 1st
Regular Registration Deadline: May 1st

Sponsored by:
CUAHSI, USGS John Wesley Powell Center for Data Synthesis and Analysis, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

A U.S.-based summer short course is being offered in coordination with the Europe-based summer short course of the same name. Both courses cover the same material and are devoted to runoff prediction in ungauged basins (PUB), i.e., predicting water runoff at locations where no runoff data are available.

This announcement provides details for the U.S.-based course only.

Course details:
This course is aimed at training students in methods to estimate streamflow at ungauged locations across different time and spatial scales. Students will be introduced to approaches through a series of lectures that are supplemented by complimentary in-class exercises using data and catchments from the United States. Through this combination of lectures and hands-on experiences, the course will emphasize the larger concepts of catchment processes and behavior and deepen the students' understanding of catchment hydrology.

Prerequisites:
Students will benefit most from this course if they have completed the following course work:

·         Introductory hydrology course with understanding of catchments and river networks, river monitoring, hydrologic modeling, and the water cycle.

·         Environmental statistics course covering basic statistical concepts such as the mean, median, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis.

·         All course exercises and examples will be conducted in the freely-available statistical software R. You will need to have the current version of R installed on your computer; however, is not required that you are proficient in the software.
The course will be held at the Powell Center<https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/> in Fort Collins, Colorado. Only tuition is included in the registration fee.

Visit the event website<http://www.cvent.com/d/3fq1zf> for more information and to register<http://www.cvent.com/d/3fq1zf/4W>.

For more information about the U.S.-based PUB course, please contact Stacey Archfield at sarch at usgs.gov<mailto:sarch at usgs.gov>.

For more information on the Europe-based PUB course being offered 4-8 July 2016, Vienna, Austria, please contact Borbála Széles, Vienna University of Technology at office at waterresources.at<mailto:office at waterresources.at>.
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Techniques for Stream-Groundwater Investigations Workshop
August 8 - 12, 2016 || Crested Butte, CO
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 1st

This workshop will focus on quantifying stream-groundwater exchange using cutting-edge techniques: electrical resistivity, smart tracers, conservative tracers, heat tracing using distributed temperature sensing, and drones.  It will target on the novel data acquired using these four approaches to quantify the extent and dynamics of hyporheic exchange in alluvial aquifers, and locations of groundwater inflow to streams.

Workshop Objectives

1.    to introduce and train new users to novel techniques that can be used to investigate stream-groundwater interactions. Participants will learn to apply four novel techniques and learn related experimental design, data acquisition, data processing, and analysis issues for stream-groundwater interaction studies

2.    to stimulate discussion about how to appropriately apply these techniques and from where the next breakthroughs in quantifying stream-groundwater dynamics will come
Participants must bring a laptop with the Microsoft Office Suite installed - minimally Excel - as well as MATLAB if you use MATLAB.

Please be aware of the field and altitude components of this workshop. You must be prepared for cold and weather conditions when doing field work.

The course will be held at RMBL<http://www.rmbl.org/> in Crested Butte, CO. Course tuition, facilities costs, lodging, and all meals while on-site are included in the registration fee.

Visit the event website<http://www.cvent.com/d/cfqq19> for more information and to register<http://www.cvent.com/d/cfqq19/4W>.
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A very limited number of student travel grants are available on a first come, first served basis to help defray the cost of travel to the Stream-Groundwater course. Contact Elizabeth Tran at etran at cuahsi.org<mailto:etran at cuahsi.org> for more information.
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Questions?
Contact Elizabeth Tran at etran at cuahsi.org<mailto:etran at cuahsi.org>

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