Class Unique Number: 13300
Instructor: David R. Maidment
Class Hours: MWF 11-12, ECJ 9.236
Office Hours: MF 1-3, ECJ 8.612
Telephone: (512)471-4620
Email:
maidment@crwr.utexas.edu
Internet: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/ce394k/ce394k.htm
Letter grades will be based on the weighted average specified above and assigned as follows:
There will be no make-up exams or incomplete grades in this course. I reserve the right to change the date of a quiz with notice in advance. Course instructor evaluation will be by the usual College of Engineering procedures.
"Applied Hydrology", by V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment, and L.W. Mays, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988.
Recommended Reading: "Handbook of Hydrology", ed. by D.R. Maidment, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993
Homework assignments are due in by 5PM on the date assigned. There is a box outside my door in ECJ 8.6 for turning in assignments after the class hour if necessary. Homework must be done on clean paper, must be stapled at the top left corner, and have your name written on the top right corner, and your name, class and assignment number written on the outside when the homework is folded in half.
This course is designed to present:
The purposes of the term paper are:
The steps in carrying out the project are:
DATE | TOPIC |
Water Balance at the Land Surface | |
Weds Aug 29 | Introduction to hydrology, hydrologic cycle |
Fri Aug 31 | Control volumes, Reynolds Transport Theorem |
Labor Day Vacation | |
Weds Sept 4 | Continuity and mass balance |
Fri Sept 6 | Momentum principle |
Mon Sept 9 | Energy balance |
Weds Sept 11 | Atmospheric circulation |
Fri Sept 13 | Water vapor flow |
Mon Sept 16 | Precipitation formation |
Weds Sept 18 | Precipitation measurement |
Fri Sept 20 | Nexrad radar rainfall |
Mon Sept 23 | Evaporation and the energy balance |
Weds Sept 25 | Evaporation and aerodynamics |
Fri Sept 27 | Evapotranspiration |
Mon Sept 30 | Infiltration and soil water movement |
Weds Oct 2 | Green-Ampt equation |
Fri Oct 4 | Infiltration under rainfall |
Mon Oct 7 | Excess precipitation |
Weds Oct 9 | Review |
Fri Oct 11 | QUIZ |
Water Flow Through the Landscape | |
Mon Oct 14 | Surface and groundwater flow |
Weds Oct 16 | Transport of chemicals |
Fri Oct 18 | Transport of sediment |
Mon Oct 21 | Storm runoff |
Weds Oct 23 | Unit hydrograph |
Fri Oct 25 | Spatially distributed unit hydrograph |
Mon Oct 28 | Groundwater flow systems |
Weds Oct 30 | Unconfined shallow groundwater |
Fri Nov 1 | Deeper confined flow |
Mon Nov 4 | Water flow in rivers |
Weds Nov 6 | Muskingum method for flow routing |
Fri Nov 8 | Routing based on St Venant equations |
Mon Nov 11 | Nonpoint source pollution sources |
Weds Nov 13 | Computation of pollutant concentrations |
Fri Nov 15 | Pollutant loadings |
Mon Nov 18 | Map-based hydrologic modeling |
Weds Nov 20 | Modeling of large river basins |
Fri Nov 22 | Term project presentations |
Mon Nov 25 | Term project presentations |
Weds Nov 27 | Term project presentations |
Thanksgiving Vacation!! | |
Mon Dec 2 | Term project presentations |
Weds Dec 4 | Term project presentations |
Fri Dec 6 | Course evaluation and review for final exam |
Final Exam: Weds Dec 11, 9 AM - 12 noon