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2016　Introduction to Water and Mass Transport in the Environment

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Instructor(s)
Kinouchi Tsuyoshi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed1-2(S513)  Fri1-2(S513)  
Group
-
Course number
TSE.A314
Credits
2
Academic year
2016
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2016/4/27
Lecture notes updated
2017/2/2
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course is designed to understand the spacial-temporal transport of water and other substances on the earth, as well as its causal factors and related phenomena. Also, through this course, you learn the fundamental laws dominating phenomena relevant to the transport and their mathematical descriptions. In addition, you will be able to understand the whole system and the analytical methods to solve a given system. Furthermore, you learn the practical aspects for managing the transport of water and mass, and the impacts of human activities and climate change on it.

Student learning outcomes

Through this course, you will obtain the knowledge and capability about:
1) How water and various other substances are transported or circulated spacial-temporally, and what factors and phenomena affect the transport and circulation.
2) What laws dominates phenomena regarding the transport and circulation of water and other substances, and how these laws are described.
3) Analyitical methods for solving the transport and circulation of water and other substances in practical situations.
4) the management regarding the transport and cirluation of water and other substances, and the influences from human activities and climate change.

Keywords

Water and mass transport, global scale, regional scale, atmosphere, ocean, geosphere, human activity

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This course consists of three parts. In the introduction part, we try to understand the actual conditions of the transport and circulation of water and other substances in atmosphere, ocean and land (lectures 1 to 4). In the next part, we learn the background laws and their mathematical descriptions dominating the transport of water and mass (lectures 5 to 11). Finally, we focus on the interaction with human activities by understanding current issues and future perspectives regarding the transport and circulation of water and related substances (lectures 12 to 15).

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Factors dominating water and mass transport in the environment Learn about factors dominating water and mass transport in the environment.
Class 2 Water and mass transport in the atmosphere Understand how water and mass transport in the atmosphere.
Class 3 Water and mass transport in the ocean Understand how water and mass transport in the ocean.
Class 4 Water and mass transport in the geosphere Understand how water and mass transport in the geosphere.
Class 5 Principles of water and mass transport in the environment Understand the principles of water and mass transport in the environment.
Class 6 Representation of water transport system in the environment (1) Understand how individual processes in the water transport system (precipitation, evaporation, evapotransporation, etc.) are formulated and how the elements behave.
Class 7 Representation of water transport system in the environment (2) Understand how individual processes in the water transport system (infiltration, surface and subsurface flow, etc.), are formulated and how the elements behave.
Class 8 Representation of mass transport system in the environment (1) Understand how individual processes in the mass transport system (advection, diffusion, dispersion, etc.) are formulated and how the elements behave.
Class 9 Representation of mass transport system in the environment (2) Understand how individual processes in the mass transport system (adsorption, desorption, kinetic reaction, etc.) are formulated and how the elements behave.
Class 10 Analysis of water and mass transport in the environment (1) Learn how to solve the elementary processes in the water transport system.
Class 11 Analysis of water and mass transport in the environment (2) Learn how to solve the elementary processes in the mass transport system.
Class 12 Impacts of land use alteration and human activities on water and mass transport Understand what are the impacts of land use alteration and human activities on water and mass transport.
Class 13 Impacts of climate change on water and mass transport Understand what are the impacts of climate change on water and mass transport.
Class 14 Management and issues regarding water and mass transport in rivers and lakes Understand how to manage the water and mass transport in rivers and lakes, and what issues need to be solved.
Class 15 Management and issues regarding the water and mass transport in watersheds Understand how to manage the water and mass transport in watersheds, and what issues need to be solved.

Textbook(s)

Textbooks are specified by the instructor.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Supplemental materials are specified by the instructor. Lecture notes are distributed if necessary.

Assessment criteria and methods

Evaluate by the midterm repot (40%) and final exam (60%).

Related courses

  • None

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None

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