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Credit points: 6.00
Contact: 18 hours of lectures and 8 hours tutorials/practical work
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this subject students will have acquired a user-oriented knowledge in engineering hydrology with sufficient theory to allow students to pursue further study in the field, and will have sufficient detail background material and methodology of Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 in Australian Rainfall and Runoff (1987). Students will also have a grasp of basic techniques in stochastic data generation and storage yield analysis, as well as an understanding of field methods for measuring hydrologic variables.
Content:
Precipitation, atmospheric circulation, hydrologic cycle, rainfall processes, measurement and data error analysis and regression, spatial and temporal patterns, rainfall frequency. Streamflow: gauging, hydrographs, rational method, unit hydrograph and runoff routing models, flood frequency, yield from small and large catchments, rainfall-runoff models, stochastic procedures.
Assessment:
A two-hour examination; reports and assignments up to a total of 30 pages.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 99)
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