A307 ERC
Office Hours:
e-mail: ramirez@engr.colostate.edu
Textbook
- Introduction to Hydrology by Warren Viessman, Jr., Gary L. Lewis. Crowell, Harper Collins College Publishers, Fourth Edition, 1996.
- The following additional references will also be used throughout the course. They have been placed on reserve at the Morgan Library.
- Hydrology, an Introduction to Hydrologic Science by Rafael L. Bras. Addison Wesley, 1990.
- Physical Hydrology by L. Dingman, Prentice Hall, 1994.
- Dynamic Hydrology by Peter S. Eagleson. McGraw Hill, 1970.
- Applied Hydrology by Ven Te Chow, David Maidment, and Larry W. Mays. McGraw Hill, 1988.
- Hydrologic Analysis and Design by R. H. McCuen. Prentice Hall, 1989; 2nd Edition.
- Hydrology and Flood Plain Analysis by Philip B. Bedient and Wayne C. Huber. Addison Wesley, 1988.
- Hydrology for Engineers by Ray Linsley, Max Kohler, and Joseph Paulhus. McGraw Hill, 1975.
- Class handouts.
Additional suggested readings: - Physical Climatology by William D Sellers. The University of Chicago Press, 1974.
- Hydraulics of Groundwater by Jacob Bear. McGraw Hill, 1979.
- Atmospheric Science, an Introductory Survey by John Wallace and Peter Hobbs. Academic Press, 1977.
Course Evaluation
Homework
2 Midterm Exams @25% each
Final Exam
Schedule
Lecture MWF 8:00 - 8:50 AM - Room A108 Microbiology
Course Outline and Reading Assignments
| Date | Topic | Readings |
| Jan 19 | Introduction. Introduction to Hydrologic Science. The Global Hydrologic Cycle. | 1, 2, 3, 4:Ch 1 |
| Jan 21 | Introduction. The Hydrologic Cycle. The Hydrologic Budget Equations. | 1, 2, 3, 4:Ch 1 |
| Jan 24 | Principles of Hydrometeorology: The Earth Atmosphere System - Temperature, Pressure, and Hydrostatic Equation. | 1:Ch 2; 2, 4:Ch 3;3: Ch 3, 4 |
| Jan 26 | Principles of Hydrometeorology: The Earth Atmosphere System - Water Vapor and its distribution. Precipitable Water. | 1:Ch 2; 2, 4:Ch 3;3: Ch 3, 4 |
| Jan 28 | Precipitation: Formation, Types, Space-Time Variability, Distribution. | 1:Ch 2; 2:Ch 4; 3:Ch 11; 4:Ch 3 |
| Jan 31 | Precipitation: Point Precipitation, Areal Precipitation: Thiessen Polygons and Isohyetal Methods. | 1:Ch 2; 2:Ch 4; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 2 | Precipitation: Estimation of Missing Data - Consistency analysis. | 1:Ch 2; 2:Ch 4; |
| Feb. 4 | Interception and Depression Storage | 1:Ch 3; 2:Ch 5; 4:Ch 5; |
| Feb. 7 | Infiltration: Definition and Measurement. | 1:Ch 4; 2:Ch 8; 3:Ch 14; 4:Ch 4 |
| Feb. 9 | Infiltration: Horton Infiltration Model. | 1:Ch 4; 2:Ch 8; 3:Ch 14; 4:Ch 4 |
| Feb. 11 | Infiltration: Green-Ampt Infiltration Model. | 1:Ch 4; 2:Ch 8; 3:Ch 14; 4:Ch 4 |
| Feb. 14 | Infiltration: SCS Curve Number Infiltration Model. | 1:Ch 4; 2:Ch 8; 3:Ch 14; 4:Ch 4 |
| Feb. 16 | Evaporation and Transpiration: Water Budget. | 1:Ch 5; 2:Ch 5; 3:Ch 12; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 18 | Evaporation and Transpiration: Energy Budget. | 1:Ch 5; 2:Ch 5; 3:Ch 12; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 21 | Evaporation and Transpiration: Mass Transfer Techniques. | 1:Ch 5; 2:Ch 5; 3:Ch 12; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 23 | Evaporation and Transpiration: Combination methods - Penman Equation. | 1:Ch 5; 2:Ch 5; 3:Ch 12; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 25 | Evapotranspiration: The Penman-Monteith equation | 1:Ch 5; 2:Ch 5; 3:Ch 12; 4:Ch 3; |
| Feb. 28 | Midterm Exam | |
| Mar 1 | Watershed Characteristics: The Catchment. | 1:Ch 10; 2:Ch 12; 3:Ch 16; 4:Ch 5; |
| Mar 3 | Watershed Characteristics: The Drainage Network - Fluvial Geomorphology - Horton Ratios. | 1:Ch 10; 2:Ch 12; 3:Ch 16; 4:Ch 5; |
| Mar 6 | Spring Vacation Recess. No Class. | |
| Mar 8 | Spring Vacation Recess. No Class. | |
| Mar 10 | Spring Vacation Recess. No Class. | |
| Mar 13 | Watershed Characteristics: Channel & Basin Gradients; Area-Elevation Relations. | 1:Ch 10; 2:Ch 12; 3:Ch 16; 4:Ch 5; |
| Mar 15 | Streamflow Hydrographs: Shape, Components, Baseflow Separation. | 1:Ch 6, 11; 2:Ch 9, 12; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar 17 | Streamflow Hydrographs: Temporal Characteristics. | 1:Ch 11; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar 20 | Unit Hydrographs: Theory, Definition and Empirical Derivation. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7 |
| Mar 22 | Unit Hydrographs: S-Hydrograph. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar 24 | Unit Hydrographs: Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar 27 | Synthetic Unit Hydrographs: Snyder Unit Hydrograph. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar. 29 | Synthetic Unit Hydrographs: Nash Unit Hydrograph. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Mar. 31 | Synthetic Unit Hydrographs: SCS Unit Hydrograph. | 1:Ch 12; 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Apr. 3 | Complex Unit Hydrographs and Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs. | 2:Ch 9; 4:Ch 7; |
| Apr. 5 | Hydrograph Routing: Reservoir Routing | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 7 | Hydrograph Routing: Reservoir Routing - Storage Indication Method. | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 10 | Midterm Exam | |
| Apr. 12 | Hydrograph Routing: Reservoir Routing - Storage Indication Method. | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 14 | Hydrograph Routing: River Routing | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 17 | Hydrograph Routing: River Routing - Muskingum Method. | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 19 | Hydrograph Routing: River Routing - Muskingum Method. | 1:Ch 13; 2:Ch 10; 4:Ch 8; |
| Apr. 21 | Engineering Days - No class | |
| Apr. 24 | Probability and Statistics in Hydrology | 1:Ch 26; 2:Ch 11; 4:Ch 11 |
| Apr. 26 | Probability and Statistics in Hydrology | 1:Ch 26; 2:Ch 11; 4:Ch 11; |
| Apr. 28 | Probability and Statistics in Hydrology | 1:Ch 26; 2:Ch 11; 4:Ch 11; |
| May 1 | Flood Frequency Analysis | 1:Ch 27; 2:Ch 11; 4:Ch 12; |
| May 3 | Flood Frequency Analysis | 1:Ch 27; 2:Ch 11; 4:Ch 12 |
| May 5 | Course Review | |
| May 11 | Final Exam | 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
