CE 394K.2 GIS in Water Resources, Spring 1999
Review for Midterm Exam

The material is classified according to Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Level Title  Meaning
1 Knowledge Definitions, facts, formulas
2 Comprehension Explanation of definitions, formulas, problem solving procedures
3 Application Know how to use a formula or procedure to solve simple problems
4 Analysis Break down a complex problem and solve by steps
5 Synthesis Derivation of basic formulas, design of new systems
6 Evaluation Advantages and limitations of alternative approaches
Lectures
Lecture Topic Level
1 Introduction to surface water hydrology, hydrologic cycle 2
2 Hydrologic simulation using HEC-HMS 3
3 Hydrologic principles: continuity, momentum, energy 5
4 Atmospheric water 3
5 Precipitation 4
6 Evaporation 4
7 Infiltration and soil water movement 5
8 Groundwater 2
9 Surface water  3
10 Unit Hydrograph 5
11 Flood routing 3
12 Hydrology in urban drainage management in Austin 2
13 Hydraulic routing 2
Readings: Applied Hydrology
Source Topic Level
Chap 1 Introduction to hydrology 2
Chap 2 Continuity, momentum and energy 5
Sec 3.1-3.2 Atmospheric water 3
Sec 3.3-3.6 Precipitation and evaporation 4
Sec 4.1-4.2 Infiltration 2
Sec 4.3-4.4 Green-Ampt Method 5
Sec 5.1-5.4, 5.6-5.7 Surface water 3
Sec 5.5 SCS abstraction  4
Sec 7.1-7.3 Unit hydrograph principles 5
Sec 7.4-7.7 Unit hydrograph applications 4
Sec 8.1-8.2 Flow routing in storage 2
Sec 8.4 Muskingum method 4
Sec 9.2-9.4, 10.1-10.2 Distributed flow routing 2
Chap. 6 Handbook Groundwater flow 2
Journal Paper Spatial Unit hydrograph 2


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