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      Basic Hydrology

 

   
 
 
Introduction
Asgn 0 Hydrologic cycle and processes (1.1-1.2)

 

Water balance equation (1.3-1.5)

 


River basins (8.2)
Asgn 1 Project Introduction, Basin Area (none)
Solution

 


Probability and Statistics
  Random variables, probability (3.1-3.3)

 


Data analysis, statistics (3.7)

Asgn 2

Theoretical distributions (3.5-3.7)

Solution

Frequency factors (3.7)

 

Precipitation
  Processes, hyetographs (4.1-4.3)
Asgn 3 Spatial averages, missing data (4.4-4.5)

Solution

Inconsistent data (none)

 
Storm characterization (4.6-4.9)
Asgn 4 Design storms: SCS method (13.4)
Solution

Design storms: Block method (13.4)

 

Losses and Excess Precipitation
  Interception, depression storage (5.1-5.3)
  Infiltration, Phi Index Method (7.1-7.3, 7.7)
  Review Session

 

MIDTERM EXAM
Asgn 5 SCS excess precipitation method (7.9)
Solution SCS excess precipitation method (7.9)
 

Streamflow Response
  Streamflow observations (8.1)
Asgn 6 Base flow separation (9.1-9.2)

Solution

Base flow separation (9.1-9.2)


 

Unit hydrographs (9.3)
Asgn 7 Unit hydrograph derivation (9.3)

Solution

Unit hydrograph derivation (9.3)


 


Changing UH duration: S-curve (9.3)

Asgn 8

Changing UH duration: S-curve (9.3)

Solution Synthetic UHs: Snyder method (9.4)

 

Synthetic UHs: SCS method (9.4)
Asgn 9 Synthetic UHs: SCS method (9.4)
Solution

 


Routing the Streamflow Response
  Reservoir routing: Modified Puls (9.5)
 
  Reservoir routing: Modified Puls (9.5)
  Review Session
  MIDTERM EXAM
 
River routing: Muskingum method (9.5)
Asgn 10 Muskingum parameter estimation (9.5)
Solution Muskingum application (9.5)
 

Periods Between Storms
  Evapotranspiration (6.1-6.2)
Asgn 11 Evapotranspiration (6.2, 6.6-6.7)
Solution Groundwater Flow (10.1-10.2)

 



Special Topics
  Hydrologic Modeling (none)
  Hydrologic Modeling (none)
  Front Range Water Supply (none)
 

FINAL EXAM

 

   


 

 

Nile River Valley (NASA)