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ORM7380 | Soil Erosion Simulation Models | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sezgin HACISALİHOĞLU | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge of soil erosion simulation methods and their usage art and area. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | describe soil erosion and their main processes. | 1,3,4 | 1,3, | PO - 2 : | explain the main differences between the soil erosion simulation models. | 1,3,4 | 1,3, | PO - 3 : | apply various soil erosion simulation models to the problematic areas. | 1,3,4 | 1,3, | PO - 4 : | understand the historical development of the simulation models | 1,3,5 | 1,3, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
The concept of soil erosion, their formations, the factors affecting the process and the forms of soil erosion. Development processes of the soil erosion simulation models. The specifications of the common known and used soil erosion simulation models (USLE, RUSLE, WEPP, OPUS, EPIC, CREAMS, EUROSEM, ANSWERS) and their precisions. New calculated or developed simulation models and their main specifications. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Soil erosion introduction | | Week 2 | Soil erosion measurements methods | | Week 3 | Historical development of the soil erosion simulation methods | | Week 4 | Soil erosion simulation methods | | Week 5 | USLE | | Week 6 | RUSLE | | Week 7 | EPIC | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | OPUS | | Week 10 | CREAMS | | Week 11 | WEPP | | Week 12 | ANSWERS | | Week 13 | EUROSEM(2D, 3D) | | Week 14 | Aplication techniques of the soil erosion simulation methods | | Week 15 | Evaluation of the soil erosion simulation methods | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Ders notları ve makaleler | | |
1 | Schwertmann, U. at all., 1987. Bodenerosion durch Wasser, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart.
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Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 25/11/2021 | 2 | 30 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | 23/12/2021 | 2 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/01/2022 | 2 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 10 | 20 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Uygulama | 1 | 10 | 10 | Ödev | 3 | 10 | 30 | Proje | 2 | 10 | 20 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 166 |
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