PGR Catchment Science Summer School

Dates: 1 - 6 September 2024

Location: University of Birmingham

The 15th Annual Catchment Science Summer School will be run in person from 1 - 6 September 2024. It is designed for PhD students and postdocs in catchment science. The course is taught by Jeff McDonnell (University of Saskatchewan and University of Birmingham) Dr. Chris Soulsby, Dr. Jan Seibert, Dr. Ilja van Meerveld, Dr. David Hannah, Dr. Stefan Krause and Dr. Dorthe Tetzlaff. It is co-hosted by the University of Birmingham and the University of Aberdeen, University of Zurich, TU Berlin and the Global Institute for Water Security.

Course instructors bring a broad spectrum of experience and knowledge from a variety of universities with water programs. This course is an excellent opportunity for professional networking and planning next-steps in your career.

Course Overview 

The Catchment Science Summer School is a 5-day short course that is intended for post-graduate students and post-docs interested in a hands-on catchment science curriculum, focusing on northern catchments, runoff processes and combined hydrometric, isotope/chemical tracer and modeling techniques in catchment hydrology. The learning objectives for this short course are to understand:

  • Rainfall-runoff processes
  • Rainfall-runoff model development, use, and testing
  • Hydrochemical and isotopic measurement and analyses
  • Linking field experiments with modeling approaches
  • Evolution of empirical and theoretical understanding of runoff processes
  • Landscape analysis, land-use and climate change impacts on streamflow 

Register now.