421-471 Applied Hydrology

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

421-373 Physical Hydrology

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this unit, students will have acquired a user-oriented knowledge in both surface and groundwater hydrology with sufficient theory to allow them to pursue further study in the field.

Topics covered include:

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.

Groundwater: storage and groundwater flow, saturated conductivity and storage coefficient, groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, groundwater and seepage, well hydraulics and pumping test analysis.

Assessment

One examination not exceeding three-hours (85%); assignments up to a total of 50 pages (15%)