Events
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2 Jul - 27 Aug 2024 – Online
Python Masterclass: Advanced skills for hydrology
Python. This Masterclass is for Python users who want to advance their skills for hydrological data processing and modelling
Python is an ever-evolving programming language with endless possibilities. During this masterclass, attendees will learn about Python’s many aspects based on an interactive, case-based approach. The process of developing a code project will be broken into small modules that will be covered one step at a time over eight weeks.
This course is intended for hydro(geo)logists who already have experience with Python. It is aimed at practitioners and researchers who want to take their Python skills beyond the use of basic scripts. This course will provide you with a set of ready-to-use Python notebooks that can be adapted for a wide range of applications. This course covers a range of topics, including data analysis, visualisation, advanced optimisation, and modelling.
This exclusive course is designed to be offered live only. Registered participants will have access to the course material and resources for up to a month after the final session. Spaces are limited, so don't miss out - register now to secure your place!
Course Outcomes
In this Python Masterclass you will be equipped with the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel in water modelling. You will be able to:
- Use Python in Visual Studio Code;
- Create functions, classes and libraries;
- Develop custom hydrological models;
- Data visualization and parameter optimization;
- Collaborate using GitHub;
- Interface with QGIS.
By the end of this course you will have the ability to create sophisticated models, analyse complex data, and optimise your results for better performance.
Course Outline
Develop advanced skills in Python through a real-world case study on water modelling over the 8-week session. See below a detailed course outline.
Session 1: Establishing the Python landscape
This session will introduce the attendees to the various aspects of conda and setting up dedicated Python environments on your computer. It will look at Visual Studio Code and the integration with GitHub.
Session 2: DataFrames and GeoDataFrames
During this session we will download data from an online database and demonstrate how it can be imported in QGIS, using the libraries Pandas and GeoPandas. It will also feature a brief primer on the use of PyQGIS.
Session 3: Using Pandas to process time series
This session will be used on how Pandas can be used to process time series and combine data from different sources.
Session 4: Creating functions and classes
This session will be dedicated to creating functions and writing object-oriented code. Attention will be paid to creating docstrings, which are essential elements of all Python functions to document the code behaviour.
Session 5: Setting up a water balance model
Once all the data is in the right format, they can be imported into the water balance model. The model will be set up in a spreadsheet first, to make it easier to understand what happens once it is in Python.
Session 6: Model sensitivity analysis and optimization
All data and model parameters are uncertain. Using Python it is easy to explore the model sensitivity to these uncertainties. We will also look at some ways to optimize the model by best fitting the results to the measurements.
Session 7: Presentation of results
This session will look into different ways to visualize the data and the model results.
Session 8: Discussing programming problems
Throughout the course, attendees will be invited to suggest problems from their own work that we can collectively discuss and try to solve. We will select some cases to discuss during this final session of the course.
Format:
The course is delivered through units via the learning platform:
- 8 live and interactive sessions of 2 hours over eight weeks on Tuesday, 3-5pm Sydney Time
July 2, 9, 16 & 23 – 2024
~ Week break ~
August 6, 13, 20 & 27 – 2024
- Sessions are recorded & uploaded to the learning platform (LMS – within 48hrs after the session), if you cannot attend live;
- Pre-and-post-course materials to go through via the LMS;
- Exercises between the live sessions;
- Manual of the course and working model download/s;
- Ability to access all the online course materials for up to a month after the course. The pre-readings/videos and manual/s are available for ongoing learning.Price: 1495.00
Organised by Australian Water School.
https://awschool.com.au/training/python-masterclass-for-hydrology/ training@awschool.com.au
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9 Aug 2024
GMI – 6th Groundwater Conference – Call for Abstracts Extended to 9th August
The Call for Abstracts deadline for the upcoming Groundwater Management Institute's 6th Groundwater Conference has been extended to 9th August 2024.
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15-28 Aug 2024 – Kyrgyzstan
International Summer School in Geology
International Summer School on Geoheritage, Geology and Climatology, 2024 Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, 2024 Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. In the summer school program
In 2024, the summer school program is structured in such a way as to get acquainted not only with the geography of the Tien Shan and Kyrgyzstan, but also with the geological heritage of the southern and northern parts of this mountain system. The summer school program includes various objects of geological heritage, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, canyons, reference geological sections (stratotypes), weathering forms, landscapes, landslides, paleontological layers, a unique karst cave, geo-cultural objects, an ancient cave mine, mineralogy, rare springs and others. Also on the program is a city-museum – the era of the Soviet Union, a kind of geocultural open-air museum of history.
Purpose of the course
The interdisciplinary summer school offers a new and integrated approach to understanding past, present and future geoheritage through the lenses of structural geology, historical geology, geography and climatology.
The integrated development of geological and environmental skills and tools is very interesting when used together, as they can provide information about the origin and formation of geological heritage sites and their physical properties, as well as estimate the timing of processes.
In general, the Geological Sciences Field Summer School will introduce methods of field geology and geological research in a number of disciplines. Field studies will enable you to develop basic field research skills.
Specific topics of the Summer School will change in each individual region of Kyrgyzstan along the route. But they will be considered in conjunction with other thematic areas to provide the opportunity to participate in more than one Summer School and understand the interdisciplinary approach to the study of geoheritage.
Target group
Master’s students, postgraduates, PhDs and early career researchers in geology, environmental science or similar geoscientific fields, professionals in relevant fields and people seeking to gain knowledge of geological disciplines.
Program
Day 1. (15.08.). Arrival in Bishkek
Meeting at the airport. Hotel accommodation. Briefing.
Day 2. (16.08.). Bishkek – Ala-Archa National Park
Excursion to the national natural park. The park is located 45 km from the city of Bishkek. Acquaintance with the Caledonides of the northern Tien Shan. Mountainous terrain of the advanced mountain range in the Tien Shan system. Northern border of the Tien Shan mountain system.
Tourists arriving in Bishkek, paying attention to the Kyrgyz ridge, located south of the capital, think that these mountains are of volcanic origin. However, after visiting the Ala-Archa National Park, they understand that the Tien Shan mountains are of tectonic origin and have nothing in common with volcanoes.
Day 3. (17.08.). Bishkek – Kaji-Sai (Issyk-Kul)
Trip to Lake Issyk-Kul (warm lake). Along the way, visit the Kok-Moinok canyons. Study of erosion as a result of tectonic activity of the Tien Shan Mountains. The origin of the unique Lake Issyk-Kul. Flooded Chinese city of Chigu. The origin of the aesthetic Meso-Cenozoic landscapes of the southern coast.
Day 4. (18.08.). Kaji-Sai – Arabel high mountain valley (4000 m)
Excursion to the Barskoon gorge, where waterfalls and the classic mountain landscape of the northern Tien Shan are located. We will ascend to the Arabel Valley, a representative of the latest geological structure. Arabel is a peneplain at an altitude of over 4000 m. Accommodation in a field camp.
Day 5. (19.08.). Exploring the geodiversity of the Arabel Valley
Arabel is the newest geological structure. Here are located the representative glacier Suek, glacial lakes, Arabel syrts as a high-mountain landscape, and glacial moraines. On this day, participants will take an excursion to the Suek glacier, where glaciological observations have been carried out for more than 60 years. Return to Kaji-Sai.
Day 6. (20.08.). Kaji-Sai – Kazarman
Participants will see the diversity and difference of the magnificent landscapes of the northern and middle Tien Shan. Study of structural geology. Weathering and erosion processes in the Jumgal River valley. Various landforms. Badlands.
Day 7. (21.08.). Kazarman – Osh
We will climb the pass of the Fergana ridge (3000 m) and descend into the valley of the same name. Participants will see how geology and landscapes change in one day’s journey. There are magnificent panoramas along the way. From the northern and middle Tien Shan we get to the southern Tien Shan and see how the objects of geodiversity change and are very different from the objects of geodiversity of the northern part of the Tien Shan. Arrival in Osh – an ancient city on the Great Silk Road. Hotel accommodation.
Day 8. (22.08.). Osh – Pamir
A trip to the Alai Valley along the Pamir Highway. The Alai Valley is a tectonic boundary between two mountain systems, the Pamirs and the Tien Shan. The Pamir Highway is not just a road, it is an open-air museum of landscapes and geoheritage objects. Along the way, study landforms. Excursion to Tulpar-Kul lakes. The lakes are of glacial origin. Accommodation in a yurt camp in the Achik-Tash valley under Lenin Peak (7134 m).
Day 9. (23.08.). Achik-Tash – Osh
Excursion to Onion Glade, study of glaciers and glacial moraines. Dinner. The return journey along the Pamir Highway is a completely different perspective on geoheritage objects. Study of river terraces. Study of the red-colored Mesozoic complex. Excursion to a huge landslide in the town of Gulcha.
Day 10. (24.08.). Osh – Madygen
A trip to the Madygen geopark. Along the way, an excursion to the Tuya-Muyun karst region and a visit to the Barite cave with various mineral combinations. Accommodation in a tent camp.
Day 11. (25.08.). Geological studies in Madygen
Visit and study of Meso-Cenozoic, Paleozoic geological sections. Study of geoheritage objects, geomorphology, structural geology, paleontology.
Day 12. (26.08.). Geological studies in Madygen
Trip to the Zhailoo-Uchu valley to study the Madygen Formation, Triassic.
Day 13. (27.08.). Madygen – Osh
Return to Osh. Hotel accommodation. Dinner at an ethno restaurant.
Comments: Continuation of the summer school in Madygen for participants who will continue research in the geopark until 31.08.2024. Summer research school in geology in the Madygen geopark
Day 14. (28.08.). Osh Airport.Price: $ 700
Organised by Tien Shan Geological Society and Project 727 of the UNESCO International Geosciences Program.
https://www.geotianshan.org/en/expeditions/international-summer-school-geologist/ info@geotianshan.org
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26-28 Aug 2024 – Valencia, Spain
2nd International Summit on Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy
We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 2nd International Summit on Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy, scheduled during August 26 to 28, 2024 in Valencia, Spain. Building on the success of our inaugural summit, this second edition promises to be even more inspiring and impactful.
Price: $749
Organised by Spectrum Conferences.
https://www.spectrumconferences.com/2024/isnre isnre2024@spectrumconferences.com
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3-17 Sep 2024 – Online
MODFLOW 6 and FloPy
Script-based numerical modelling with MODFLOW 6. FloPy is a powerful and versatile Python library to create MODFLOW models and process their output. MODFLOW 6 is the latest member of the family of codes, and script-based models created with FloPy and MODFLOW 6 is emerging as a new industry standard.
In this course we will introduce beginners to script-based numerical modelling with MODFLOW 6. It will provide you with a set of ready-to-use Python notebooks with FloPy code that can be adapted for other flow problems.
Learning outcomes
- Create steady-state and transient MODFLOW 6 models using FloPy;
- Visualise calculated heads and flow paths; calculate water budgets;
- Define boundary conditions;
- Work with river, well and recharge packages;
- Interface with QGIS.
- Course outline
- History of MODFLOW & core versions with terminology & conventions
- MODFLOW Groundwater flow model (gwf) packages
- Steady flow/steady state – create a MODFLOW model
- Well & head packages
- Output control (checks/plot heads)
- Water balance
- Theory of leaky stream bed
- Pathlines with Modpath
- Aquitard and second aquifer
- Transient flow and head vs time | transient simulation
- Boundary drawdown size
- Grid types
- Estimate parameters from pumping test with analysis
- Working with shapefiles & idomain arrays
- Plotting heads & layers using MODFLOW
- Python scripts to show results
Practical exercises are provided during and after each session with follow-up discussion.
Format
3 live and interactive sessions of 2 hours over three weeks:
– Tuesday 3rd Sept, 2024, 3-5pm Sydney time
– Tuesday 10th Sept, 2024, 3-5pm Sydney time
– Tuesday 17th Sept, 2024, 3-5pm Sydney time
Live session recordings available via the learning platform (LMS) if you are unable to attend live;
Unlimited course access for 30-days after the last live session;
Pre-and-post-course materials to go through via the LMS;
Exercises between the 3 sessions;
Set of Jupyter notebooks with working MODFLOW models;
Ability to ask questions to the presenters live and at anytime through the LMS.
Prerequisites
Basic command of Python (register for the on-demand Python essentials for water if you’re a beginner Python user);
Basic knowledge of groundwater hydrology and groundwater flow processes.Price: 695.00
Organised by Australian Water School.
https://awschool.com.au/training/modflow6-flopy-2024/ training@awschool.com.au
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8-9 Sep 2024 – ONLINE
Urban Regeneration and Sustainability
The 5th International Conference on “Urban Regeneration and Sustainability” aims to address these challenges through in-depth discussions, presentations, and workshops focused on the latest trends, best practices, and innovative research in the field.
This edition will focus on various aspects of urban regeneration and sustainability, exploring the latest trends, best practices, and cutting-edge research in the field. The 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability will encompass a wide range of topics, including but not limited to; Sustainable urban planning and design; Smart cities and digital technologies for urban development; Resilient urban infrastructure and transportation systems; Urban ecology and biodiversity conservation; Social and economic aspects of urban regeneration; Historic preservation and cultural heritage in urban contexts; Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in cities; Urban governance and policy-making for sustainable development; Participatory approaches in urban regeneration projects; Sustainable construction and building materials and other topics related to sustainable urbanism and urban regeneration.Price: €250
Organised by IEREK.
https://www.ierek.com/events/urban-regeneration-and-sustainability-urs-5th-edition#introduction urs@ierek-scholar.org
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8-13 Sep 2024 – Davos, Switzerland
IAH World Groundwater Congress
Interacting Groundwater. Share your findings and get a comprehensive update on the latest international developments on groundwater and their relevance for society in a scenic Alpine setting.
The IAH World Groundwater Congress is the premier international groundwater event organised under the auspices of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). After Wuhan and Cape Town, the IAH World Groundwater Congress returns to Europe for its 51st edition. Organised by the Swiss Society of Hydrogeology (SSH) and the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics of the University of Neuchâtel (CHYN), the event will take place at the renowned Davos Congress Centre in Switzerland. During the week-long event, delegates from academia, government and industry will share the latest findings on groundwater, present innovative solutions and discuss pressing societal challenges. Evening events and mid-week excursions provide additional networking opportunities in a scenic Alpine setting. For more information and to get involved visit: www.iah2024davos.org.Organised by The Swiss Society of Hydrogeology (IAH Switzerland National Chapter) and the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics of the University of Neuchâtel.
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17-20 Sep 2024 – Santa Rosa city (La Pampa - Argentina)
XII Argentine Congress of Hydrogeology and the XVI Latin American Congress of Hydrogeology
Groundwater: Challenges for a sustainable management. The main topics to be developed include: Regional Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry, Quality and Contamination, Hydrogeology of Salars, Urban Hydrogeology, Surface water - groundwater interaction, Planning, Management and Legislation, Public Policies and Water Governance.
Our expectation is that this congress will constitute a general call to contribute to the strengthening of the systems of study, evaluation and communication of groundwater understanding. This will allow us to redefine ideas that will promote progress and success in the professional activity of hydrogeologists, with special reference to the Latin American region.Price: From $50 (students) to $250 (non IAH members); early bird discounts available
Organised by National University of La Pampa, ALHSUD and IAH Argentine Chapter.
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24 Sep - 8 Nov 2024 – The course can be attended remotely or on site. The venue is located in Vetralla (VT), Italy (60 km from Rome).
Introduction to Applied Groundwater Flow Modelling with GW Vistas
Numerical modelling with Groundwater Vistas. This training course is scheduled to take place in autumn 2024 at the SYMPLE school in Vetralla, Italy, with the option of participating online. The course is divided into three parts: the first is theoretical and entirely conducted online, the second part is a blend of online and on-site attendance, emphasizing practical applications. A final session, focused on a dewatering project, will commence on-site and continue online after one month. The entire course will be conducted in English.
The course will cover essential practical criteria necessary for constructing a numerical flow model. This includes topics like defining parameters, boundary conditions and inputs, both in stationary and transient conditions. Practical applications using MODFLOW and related packages will be demonstrated through computer exercises facilitated by the proprietary GUI Groundwater Vistas. Each participant will have access to Groundwater Vistas for a duration of 2 months.
To ensure accessibility and flexibility, all course sessions, whether conducted online or on-site, will be recorded. These recordings will be uploaded to our e-learning platform, allowing participants to review the material at their convenience.Price: 600 € (Students, ECHN), 1000 € (IAH, SGI), 1200 € (Regular fee)
Organised by Symple.
https://hydrosymple.com/en/prodotto/introduction-to-applied-groundwater-flow-modelling-with-groundwater-vistas-feinstein/ info@hydrosymple.com
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25-27 Sep 2024 – La Coruña - Spain
Congreso Ibérico de las Aguas Subterráneas. CIAS 2024
Groundwater and all related topics. The International Association of Hydrogeologists (AIH) brings together more than 3,700 members from 135 countries. Its purposes are the exchange of knowledge and the promotion of activities in the field of hydrogeology. To this end, it organizes conferences, conferences and meetings; edits scientific-technical monographs and the international journal Hydrogeology Journal. The Spanish partners have formed the AIH Spanish Chaoter (AIH-GE) which represents and coordinates the activities of the AIH in Spain, in addition to promoting activities of interest to Spanish members and sometimes internationally. It also organizes round tables, debates and conferences on current issues.
One of the main objectives of the Spanish Group of the AIH is to promote meetings of scientists, technicians and water managers to advance the knowledge of the problems and the search for solutions to the problems related to the water cycle understood as a whole and with groundwater in particular
The Spanish Group of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, as part of its activities to promote activities in the field of hydrogeology, is going to organize the “Iberian Groundwater Congress 2024” giving continuity to the congresses held previously in an attempt to stage the return to normality after "The Great Pause."
The purpose of this conference is to bring together groundwater professionals to share knowledge and experiences. In this sense, the call is open to consultants, drillers, academics, students and, in general, to all those who direct their activity to hydrogeology.
The Congress will be held from September 25 to 27, 2024 at the Universidade da Coruña.Price: From 175 to 600
Organised by AIH - Spanish Chapter.