Introduction to Water and Climate

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Syllabus

  • The different processes of the global water cycle
  • The challenges in better understanding and adapting to the impact of climate change on water for the coming 50 years
  • The flows of water and sand in different riverine, coastal and ocean systems
  • How to identify mechanisms of climate change and explain the interplay of climate change, sea level, clouds, rainfall and future weather
  • Why, when and which engineering interventions are needed in rivers, coasts and urban environments
  • Why water for food and water for cities are the main challenges in water management and what the possibilities and limitations of reservoirs and groundwater are to improve water availability

Prerequisite

  • secondary school (high school) algebra
  • basic mathematics concepts

Instructors

Caroline Katsman
Associate Professor, Oceans and Climate
Delft University of Technology

Herman Russchenberg
Professor in Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Delft University of Technology

Hubert Savenije
Professor of Hydrology, head of the Water Resources Section
Delft University of Technology

Marcel Stive
Emeritus Professor of Coastal Engineering
Delft University of Technology

Nick van de Giesen
Professor in Water Resources Management
Delft University of Technology

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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands. 

It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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