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Goals

The student must understand the principles of the modeling in the environment. He must be able to simulate a physical process either by a commercial model or by a model, created by himself.

Curriculum

Introduction: General description of models. Modeling of environmental processes. Applicability and usefulness of environmental models. Types of models. Stochastic, deterministic models. Dimensions of models: 0 dim, 1,2,3 dim. models. Modules: hydrodynamic, transport/dispersion and biochemical modules. Basic equations (short overview). Equation of continuity, dynamic equation, advection-diffusion equation. Monod equation for degradation of matter. Calculation of mass balance of a pollutant. Case studies: (1) Transport processes and transformation of mercury (Hg) in Idrijca and Soča rivers and in the Gulf of Trieste. (2) Modeling of Hg in the Yatsushiro Sea and Minamata bay. (3) Simulations of transport of sediment and plutonium in the Mururoa lagoon. (4) Modeling of agricultural pollution in the lagoons of the NW Mexico (5) Modeling of dynamic of a landslide in Log pod Mangartom.