SWAT
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SARDINIA - in progress
EPIC/APEX course information
Reference Teacher
Jaehak Jeong
- Luca Doro, PhD, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (ldoro (at) uniss.it)
- Robin Taylor, PhD, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (rtaylor (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Evelyn Steglich, MS., USDA-NRCS (esteglich (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Susan Wang, PhD, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (swang (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Jaehak Jeong, PhD, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (jjeong (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Javier Osorio, PhD, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (josorio (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Norman Meki, PhD, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (nmeki (at) brc.tamus.edu)
- Candiss Williams, PhD, USDA-NRCS (candiss.williams (at) lin.usda.gov)
Draft Syllabus (updated as of: February 18th, 2015)
Bio-physical processes occurring in the cropping systems of agricultural watersheds are a great challenge to replicate in a modeling framework. APEX was developed to evaluate various land management strategies considering sustainability, runoff, erosion, water supply and quality, soil organic carbon and soil quality, plant competition, weather, pests and economics. This course offers the fundamental principles of the APEX model for use in whole farm/small watershed management with hands-on exercises. The objective of the workshop is to introduce new users to the model, review necessary and optional inputs, and familiarize the user with the ArcAPEX and general procedures of model development, implementation and evaluation.
June, the 22nd (09:00-12:30) (13:30-17:20)
- 09:00-09:20 Welcome and Introduction (J. Osorio)
- 09:20-10:20 APEX Basics: Model structure and file system (L. Doro)
- 10:20-10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30-12:30 APEX model setup using ArcAPEX (E. Steglich/J. Osorio)
- 12:30-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-14:20 APEX theory (R. Taylor)
- 14:30-16:20 ArcAPEX continues – Hands on (E. Steglich/J. Osorio)
- Discussion (16:30 - 17:20) [scheduled if necessary to meet the demand for additional feedback]
- 09:00-10:20 Use of APEX in Research (L. Doro, C.Williams, S. Wang, R. Taylor, N. Meki, J. Jeong)
- 10:20-10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30-11:20 ArcAPEX databases and management operations (.OPS) (E. Steglich)
- 11:20-12:30 Preparation of weather and soil data (J. Osorio)
- 12:30-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-14:20 Calibration (J. Jeong)
- 14:30-16:20 Auto-calibration and sensitivity analysis (S. Wang)
- 16:30-17:20 DiscussionFinish ArcAPEX exercise
These are interactive courses and practical participation is required.
- Desktop computers will be available in the classroom (2 people share a computer) or participants may use their own laptop computers in the classroom.
- Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop with projects for debugging.
- Hardware/Software requirements: Windows 7 or higher, ArcGIS 10.2.2
- Software programs to be distributed: ArcAPEX Beta4.0, APEX Check program, APEX-CUTE program, APEXeditor, WSGEN/WXPN.
Training time schedules can be modified in some circumstances to suit to possible interesting points emerged during the lessons.
Any further questions should be forwarded to Dr. Jaehak Jeong at : jjeong (at) brc.tamus.edu