Environment and Ecosystems courses from THE ACADEMY by DHI

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS Facilitating environmentally sustainable projects in water environments

STANDARD TRAINING COURSES

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS The ACADEMY by DHI provides training courses and packages in all aspects of environment and ecosystem management such as water quality management and assessment studies of marine ecosystems. We also provide training in using our software tools to improve your management of environment, ecosystems and water quality.

Good ecosystem health is the backbone of wealth, well-being and quality of life. Comprehensive understanding of ecosystem mechanisms & key physical, chemical and biological components is vital to sustainable development.

Increasing populations, economic growth and technological development - these are all threats to the environments of rivers, wetlands and lakes. Also remote marine areas are becoming increasingly alluring for prospective exploitation of natural resources such as renewable energy, oil and gas.

STANDARD TRAINING COURSES #01

MIKE HYDRO RIVER ECO Lab -1D water quality and ecological modelling

#02

MIKE 21/3 ECO Lab - 2D and 3D water quality and ecological modelling

#03

ABM LAB - Agent based modelling

#04

MIKE 21/3 OS FM - Oil spill modelling using flexible mesh

#05

OIL SPILL ANALYSIS: MODELLING APPROACH - How to model the fate and transport of oil in water environments

#06

MODELLING OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS - Risk assessment of environmental noise impacts

#07

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - EIAs and support tools

#08

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT - Data collection, analysis and validation

#09

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT - Processes, regulations and management

#10

BATHING WATER QUALITY AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS - How to improve bathing water management with focus on human health

#11

METOCEAN MODELLING FOR MARINE RENEWABLES - New trends in offshore metocean modelling and analysis

#12

INTEGRATED URBAN WATER SYSTEMS (IUWS) - Integrated modelling of water quality in urban areas

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO RIVER ECO Lab 1D water quality and ecological modelling

This three-day, hands-on course teaches you the fundamentals of ecological modelling and gives you an introduction on how to develop an ecological model using MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab. Focus is on 1D systems (rivers, channels, streams, etc.). Depending on the level of your experience and specific wishes topics can be added or tailored course offered.

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Ecological modelling is used to describe and simulated various process and phenomena of ecosystems. It is usually applied to model water quality aspects, the fate of dissolved substances or biological relations on population or individual level.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

MIKE ECO Lab is a numerical modelling tool for ecological modelling integrated in MIKE HYDRO River, which gives easy access to the equations of an ecological model. MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab is used for rivers and streams as it is capable of simulating the spatial distribution in 1D of variables in the environment.

COURSE TOPICS 

Fundamentals of ecological modelling

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Introduction to MIKE ECO Lab and dialogue overview

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Introduction to existing MIKE ECO Lab templates

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Guidelines for ecological model development

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How to set up the MIKE ECO Lab model

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Calibration and validation procedures

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Trouble-shooting advice

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, and product safety and environmental risk.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- to construct your own basic ecological model descriptions - to set up and run MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals in environmental engineering and management in the public or private sector working with 1D systems (rivers, channels, streams, etc).

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You should have a background in applied water quality aspects and/or biology.

Some experience with hydraulic modelling is an advantage but no condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE 21/3 ECO Lab 2D and 3D water quality and ecological modelling

This two-day, hands-on course will teach you the fundamentals of ecological modelling and give you an introduction on how to develop an ecological, process oriented model using either MIKE 21 or MIKE 3 ECO Lab (classic or FM series).

Depending on the level of your experience and specific wishes topics can be added or tailored course offered.

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Ecological modelling is used to describe and simulated various process and phenomena of ecosystems. It is usually applied to model water quality aspects, the fate of dissolved substances or biological relations on population or individual level.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

MIKE ECO Lab is a numerical modelling tool for ecological modelling integrated in both MIKE 21 and MIKE 3, which gives easy access to the equations of an ecological model. MIKE 21 ECO Lab is used for 2D simulations of shallow lakes or coastal areas with insignificant stratification whereas MIKE 3 ECO Lab 3D is applied to stratified systems in either marine areas or in deep, stratified lakes.

COURSE TOPICS 

Fundamentals of ecological modelling

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Introduction to MIKE ECO Lab and dialogue overview

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Introduction to existing MIKE ECO Lab templates

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Guidelines for ecological model development

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How to set up the MIKE ECO Lab model

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Calibration and validation procedures



Trouble-shooting advice



Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- to construct your own basic ecological model descriptions

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- to set up and run MIKE 21/3 ECO Lab simulations (classic or FM series) TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals in environmental engineering and management in the public or private sector working with shallow inland lakes or coastal areas.

You should have a background in applied water quality aspects and/or biology.

Experience with hydraulic modelling is an advantage but no condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

ABM LAB Agent based modelling

In this one-day, hands-on course you will receive an introduction to AMB ('Agent Based Modelling') Lab and how to set up simple agent based models in the MIKE FM modelling complex.

The ABM Lab module allows you to formulate agent based models within the MIKE FM series of hydrodynamic environments of the MIKE by DHI framework.

ABM Lab is a flexible numerical laboratory where you can define agents, their behaviour and their states. The Lagrangian ABM Lab can work with hydrodynamics alone or it can be combined with the Eulerian MIKE ECO Lab in order to make the agents react to water quality parameters.

ABM Lab allows you to address questions that are beyond the scope of traditional water quality models. Therefore, agent based modelling has received much attention in recent years.

COURSE TOPICS  

Fundamentals of ecological modelling Introduction to MIKE ECO Lab/ABM Lab and dialogue overview (working with the editor; integration to HD engines)

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Guidelines for ecological model development

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How to set up MIKE ECO Lab/ABM Lab

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Calibration and validation procedures

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Trouble-shooting advice



Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- to construct your own basic ABM model - to set up and run MIKE 21/3 ECO Lab simulations (FM series)

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals in environmental engineering and management working with shallow inland lakes or coastal areas. You should have a background in applied water quality aspects and/or biology and preferably with experience in MIKE ECO Lab either through experience or through following the course 'MIKE 21/3 ECO Lab - 2D and 3D water quality and ecological modelling' prior to the course.

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It is also an advantage if you have knowledge of the MIKE 21 and MIKE 3 FM modelling complex.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE 21/3 OS FM Oil spill modelling using flexible mesh

This two-day course teaches you the fundamentals of 2D/3D oil spill modelling using flexible mesh and how to set up and model the fate and transport of oil using the MIKE 21/3 Oil Spill model (OS) FM. Oil spills pose serious threats to water environments and place massive pressure on the entities that are responsible for the emergency response and clean-up operations, such as oil companies and national authorities.

The Oil Spill module simulates the spreading and weathering of suspended substances using a dedicated oil spill template. Oil spill modelling is important for emergency response planning and environmental impact assessment. Oil spill models predict the spreading and weathering processes acting on the spilled oil.

Results can be evaluated with respect to the impacts on flora, fauna and selected species or habitats.

COURSE TOPICS 

Theoretical background for MIKE 21/3 OS FM

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Application areas of MIKE 21/3 OS FM

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Basic concepts of oil spills

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Advantages in modelling oil spill

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Main properties of oils

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Weathering processes

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Hydrodynamics, effects of currents, winds, waves and water properties

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Numerical modelling of oil dispersion

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How to set up an oil spill model using MIKE 21/3 OS FM

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Interpretation of results and visualization

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Guidelines on when to use 2D and 3D modelling

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Hands-on exercises

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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Professionals in hydraulic engineering and management working with coastal areas and or marine environments. Experience with hydrodynamic modelling (MIKE 21 Flow Model FM or MIKE 3 Flow Model FM) is essential. Pollutant/ dispersion modelling (eg using MIKE ECO Lab) is an advantage but not a condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

OIL SPILL ANALYSIS: MODELLING APPROACH How to model the fate and transport of oil in water environments

The purpose of this two-day, thematic hands-on course is to give professionals working with environmental impact assessment and contingency planning an introduction to oil spill modelling and analysis. The course will cover the technical aspects of the use of models and how modelling tools can help professionals make decisions based on the results provided by the models.

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Oil spills pose serious threats to water environments and place massive pressure on the entities that are responsible for the emergency response and clean-up operations, such as oil companies and national authorities.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Oil spill modelling is important for emergency response planning and environmental impact assessment. Oil spill models predict the spreading and weathering processes acting on the spilled oil. Results can be evaluated with respect to the impacts on flora, fauna and selected species or habitats.

COURSE TOPICS 

Basic concepts of oil spills

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Advantages in modelling oil spill

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Main properties of oils

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Weathering processes

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Hydrodynamics, effects of currents, winds, waves and water properties

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Numerical modelling of oil dispersion

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What type of model to select 2D or 3D? and why?

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How to set-up an oil spill model using MIKE 21/3 OS FM

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Real world case studies

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals from consultancy companies, oil and gas companies, port authorities, emergency response companies and governmental environmental agencies interested in planning emergency response to accidental oil spills and assessing its impacts on water environments.

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Experience with hydrodynamic modelling (MIKE 21/3) is essential. Pollutant/ dispersion modelling (eg using MIKE ECO Lab) is an advantage but not a condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MODELLING OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS Risk assessment of environmental noise impacts

This 1-day course teaches you the fundamentals of underwater acoustics modelling with the aim of being able to carry out biological risk assessments of environmental noise impacts for e.g. wind farms, seismic surveys, shipping, dredging and other human activities.

Marine mammals and other marine life face threats from many different human activities, including fishing, habitat destruction and man-made noise. Increased background noise and specific sound sources can impact marine animals in several ways. The potential impacts include sounds that cause marine animals to alter their behaviour, prevent marine animals from hearing important sounds (masking), cause hearing loss (temporary or permanent), or damage tissue.

The Underwater Acoustics Simulator (UAS) module in MIKE simulates propagation of noise in the far-field with a state of the art Range dependent Acoustic Model (RAM). UAS provides the option to specify a number of outputs in terms of sound exposure level or transmission loss depending on the objective of the environmental risk assessment.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to underwater acoustics

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Biology and marine impact assessment

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Effects of noise on aquatic life (e.g. fish and marine mammals)

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Setting up a UAS model with site specific properties

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Interpretation of results and visualisation incl. introduction to Matlab postprocessing

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Presentation of case studies

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Biologists performing an EIA, professionals in hydraulic engineering, acousticians and management working with coastal areas and or marine environments. No pre-qualifications are needed. Basic experience in either environmental risk assessment, hydrodynamic modelling (MIKE), or acoustics is useful but not a condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS EIAs and support tools

This three-day course provides you with an understanding of an EIA, its structure and implementation. You will be given an overview of the various types of environmental impacts and their supporting tools. Finally, you will be introduced to the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM - developed by DHI), receive a copy of the software as well as be trained in using it.

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EIAs have always suffered from subjective judgements that are difficult to quantify and present, leading to the criticism of EIA as a tool with insufficient transparency.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Good EIAs are based upon decision support tools, knowledge and skills. EIAs have developed into a universal tool for planning and have become mandatory, in one form or another, in all industrialised countries and in many developing countries. Accordingly, it is important to achieve a good understanding of EIAs and the decision support tools supporting EIAs, such as RIAM. COURSE TOPICS 

Fundamentals of EIAs

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EIA and legislation

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Learning the steps of an EIA

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Public participation

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Mitigating measures

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Pit-falls

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The RIAM software package

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Using RIAM in case studies

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Hands-on exercises

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Overview of supporting MIKE Powered by DHI software

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals working with EIAs, either as authorities receiving EIAs or consultants carrying out EIAs.

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The typical professional is an engineer, biologist, geographer, or other natural or social scientist. It is an advantage, but no condition, that participants are acquainted with the functionalities of EIAs.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT Data collection, analysis and validation

This one-day, thematic course gives you a practical introduction to data assessment, validity checking, and understanding the flow from sampling and transport to analysing data. You are introduced to how to interpret water quality data in order to avoid misunderstandings and wrong decisions based on false interpretation of data.

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Water quality assessments are carried out all over the world and most systems are well structured, and with a variety of sampling frequencies. However, it is often seen that the management carried out on the basis of the analytical data are not taking the understanding of water quality variables into account.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Most users of water quality or quantity data take the value for granted and may use the data for large-scale projects, followed by large-scale financial investments. However, data should be used with great care to avoid taking decisions on false data.

COURSE TOPICS 

Management and legislative background for water quality management

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Scientific background of concepts of water quality and water management

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Different types and systems for monitoring and reporting on water quality

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Choosing sample stations

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Sample representativeness of, for example, river or lake

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Sampling and transport to laboratory

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Choosing the right laboratory

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Errors in data reporting

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Pitfalls and troubleshooting

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals working with water quality data, either as authorities or consultants.

The typical professional is an engineer, biologist, geographer, or other natural science professional.

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If you are working with models from the MIKE family for rivers and lakes, the understanding of water quality data and monitoring is a prerequisite for being capable to use model outputs for water management.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT Processes, regulations and management

In this two-day, thematic course you are given an overview of the physical processes of dredging and reclamation and their impacts on marine environments. The focus is on the environmental impacts of dredging and reclamation projects and the available tools and procedures that can help to sustainably manage these projects both during the design and implementation of the works. The course includes stakeholder analysis and stakeholder involvement in the management of dredging and reclamation projects.

Coastal environments have diverse environmental receptors sensitive to potential impacts arising from dredging and reclamation. These include habitats such as coral reefs, natural resources such as fisheries, economic resources such as water intakes and socio-cultural resources such as tourism facilities. Coupled with the fact that the physical processes of currents and waves can transfer the potential impacts of dredging and reclamation many kilometers from the work area, it becomes clear that the management of environmental impacts of dredging and reclamation is a challenging activity.

The course provides you with the necessary knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological impact processes resulting from dredging and reclamation works and how these can be minimized through project planning and environmental management during execution.

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COURSE TOPICS 

Overview and analysis: The dredging and reclamation process and techniques

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Potential environmental impacts

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Mitigation options

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Sediment physical properties

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Natural sediment processes

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Handling contaminated sediments

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Introduction and analysis of the EIA process

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Optimisation of reclamation design

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Environmental management during construction

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Stakeholder management

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Public servants, developers and professionals in the fields of environmental management, coastal engineering, master planning, coastal administration and project management who are involved in the planning, management or approval of dredging and reclamation projects.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

BATHING WATER QUALITY AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS How to improve bathing water management with focus on human health

This two-day, thematic course provides an overview of the most important parts of the European Bathing Water Directive and gives an introduction to real life cases of good management of bathing water and different early warning methods.

The course includes a field trip to relevant beaches/ sites in Denmark.

Recreational use of water can deliver important benefits to health and well-being.

Yet, there may also be adverse health effects associated with recreational use if the water is polluted or unsafe. Clean water is essential to ensure the health and safety of the bathers.

Good bathing water management is the key to minimise health risks while maximising the recreational value as well as the revenue of bathing waters. The European Bathing Water Directive sets the standard for the management of the bathing waters of rivers, lakes and coastal water with focus on people´s health.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to bathing water quality and human health

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The European Bathing Water Directive

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Management of bathing water - strategies and tools

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Stakeholders and information needs

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Dynamic early warning systems

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Case studies of the implementation of online bathing water forecast systems in Denmark and Sweden

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A one-day field trip to relevant beaches/sites in Denmark

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Regional and local water bodies, tourism boards, professional bodies and engineering companies, city planners, urban water utilities and authorities in general that work with topics related to bathing water quality and tools for the management of safe bathing waters.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

METOCEAN MODELLING FOR MARINE RENEWABLES New trends in offshore metocean modelling and analysis

This two-day, thematic hands-on course introduces modelling and analyses of relevance for marine renewable energy projects. It enables the practitioner to understand the benefits and limitations of metocean design data and provides guidelines on how to develop these. The course is focused on our ‘Best Practices’ for coastal and offshore projects for wind turbines wave and tidal power and marine infrastructure projects.

Project managers and others working with coastal or offshore projects are facing the forces of nature and must develop reliable designs, able to withstand the waves and currents in harsh environments and at the same time harness the energy of the oceans to the benefit of society Part of the planning or design process of marine projects is to find valid data sources either from observations or via modelling and to carry out relevant analyses which can pertinently quantify the environmental conditions.

COURSE TOPICS 

Metocean data sources and quality assessment

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Recognised standards and guidelines

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Introduction to wave modelling using MIKE 21 models

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Introduction to flow modelling using MIKE 21 models

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Metocean modelling

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Model calibration and skill assessment

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Hindcast and forecast simulations

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Analysis and presentation of metocean data

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Yield estimation for wave and tidal power plants

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES This two-day thematic course is directed towards project engineers, who need an introduction to off-shore metocean modelling and analysis, or project managers with a need to understand the advantages and limitations of best practice methods in the establishment of normal and extreme environmental parameters.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTEGRATED URBAN WATER SYSTEMS (IUWS) Integrated modelling of water quality in urban areas

This two-day thematic course provides the theoretical basis for the modelling of integrated urban water systems. It includes some interesting case studies of practical applications and hands-on exercises based on the WEST software package.

Both policy makers and the industry are increasingly realising the necessity of adopting an integrated approach to water management. Urban water management presents big challenges, but also great opportunities to minimise both the impact on the receiving water (and on the environment in general, e g energy and materials consumption, pollutants emission) and any costs. Options like water quality based real time control, sewer operation minimising odour and corrosion problems, global sewer control, construction of retention volumes and treatment facilities, water reuse, nutrient recovery, can be better designed and evaluated by using models, which include the interaction between all units involved. Optimising individual subsystems may not be the best solution for the entire system. The integrated assessment of the system provides the opportunity to develop holistic solutions and/or provide the justification for prioritising implementation plans in a manner that will provide the best value and greatest benefits for the receiving water.

COURSE TOPICS 

Hydraulic models simplification

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Water quality model interfaces

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What to request and expect from a model

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Examples from planning cases

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- conceptual model development - integrated models - decision support, scenarios and indicators

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Urban water resource professionals including water managers, wastewater collection system and treatment managers.

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Comprehensive experience with modelling principles and modelling tools is a prerequisite.

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THE ACADEMY BY DHI GLOBAL TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACTIVITIES THE ACADEMY by DHI embraces all DHI’s global training and knowledge sharing activities. We develop and arrange training packages and facilitate access to research results, expert fora, networks, partnerships and technology. We share our experiences with our partners in order to make a difference in the world’s water environments.

Through THE ACADEMY we invite you to join the thousands of water professionals and organisations, who every year participate in our global training and capacity development activities as well as MIKE Powered by DHI user group meetings, seminars and conferences. The activities are run by our experienced trainers and facilitators.

We offer a palette of courses, capacity development packages and workshops all designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training and workshops.

Our MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Our thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

We have more than 200 highly skilled trainers and facilitators located at our offices worldwide. They are all experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their individual fields.

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