| Course ID: | WASR 4500/6500. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Quantitative Methods in Hydrology |
Course
Description: | Advanced analysis of hydrologic processes to provide a theoretical understanding of precipitation, evapotranspiration, streamflow, groundwater occurrence and movement, and soil zone flow and transport. Emphasis is upon quantitative methods used in conjunction with field and laboratory data to identify flow and transport dynamics in hydrologic systems. |
| Oasis Title: | Quantitative Methods Hydrology |
| Prerequisite: | ENVE 4435/6435 or CRSS(FANR) 3060 or WASR(FORS) 4110/6110-4110L/6110L or GEOL 4220/6220 or GEOG 4030/6030 or (CRSS 4600/6600 and CRSS 4600L/6600L) or permission of school |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Analytic methods are used to quantify physical and chemical processes in
hydrologic systems. The objective of this course is to provide a theoretical
basis for interpreting field and laboratory data. Students will be judged on
their ability to use physical and chemical relationships to develop a
consistent description of hydrologic processes. |
| Topical Outline: | Weekly Topics
1 Atmospheric Processes: Adiabatic Physics and Chemistry, Global Climate Models
2 Evapotranspirations: Plant Water Availability and Uptake
3 Infiltration Processes: Darcy's Law, Vadose Zone Physics
4 Surfacewater Flow and Transport: Bernoulli's Equation, Kinematic Wave Equation
5 Unit Hydrograph and Convolution Integral, Flood Routing
6 Subsurface Flow and Transport: Flownets and Equipotentials
7 Flow Toward a Well, Capture Zones, Laplace and Poission Equations
8 Diffusion, Dispersion, Sorption, Reactions, Fugacity
9 Water Quality Dynamics of Streams, Lakes and Estuaries
10 Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction: Recharge-Discharge Areas, Springs and Wetlands |