Course: Application of Public Domain Models for Water, Food and Climate Studies

This course is geared towards water professionals working in developed and developing countries. The course will cover the essentials of hydrology, crop growth and climate change modeling concepts to support decision making and hands-on exercises to become familiar with the models. The lectures and exercises do not require extensive modeling background. More experienced professionals will have the opportunity to work with their own data during the exercises.Those who complete the course will be able to:

•Make sound decisions which model should be selected to answer specific questions.
•Better understanding of water-food-climate processes and linkages.
•Ability to apply a physical based water assessment tool.
•Ability to apply a water allocation decision support tool.
•Ability to apply a detailed soil-water-crop model.
•Understand strength and weaknesses of various modeling approaches.
•Obtain a clear overview of readily available data sources.

Course fee is € 3250 including course material, full board and lodging (5 days, 6 nights).