Purpose of the course
- This course aims at developing a quantitative approach to understanding, estimation, and prediction of different components of the hydrologic cycle.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Describe the application of different types of models in hydrology, including model calibration, validation and uncertainty;
- Use hydrological models for flood forecasting, water resources assessment, impact assessment of climate change and land-use change;
- Evaluate hydrological models with respect to their applications on gauged and un-gauged basins and on stationary/non-stationary climatic conditions
Content
Hydrologic models, system approach; components of system & system representation; general theory of mathematical modeling, taxonomy of hydrologic models; model formulation, model development, model calibration, parameter optimization, validation of runoff models and their inherent uncertainty; stochastic models: concepts and definitions of stochastic processes, classification of hydrological time series, analysis of hydrological time series (WETSPRO); Monte Carlo generation of synthetic time series; application of rainfall-runoff models; HEC-HMS, SWAT, MIKE 11-NAM, case studies.
Mode of Delivery
Lectures, computer exercises, project work, library research, demonstration, group-based learning, and e-learning.
Course Assessment
- Continuous assessment tests (Computer assignments & project work - 30 marks),
- Written examination (70 marks).
Core Reading Materials for the Course
- Chapra, S. C. (1997). Surface Water-Quality Modeling, McGraw-Hill Series in
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York.
- Willems, P. (2009). A time series tool to support the multi-criteria performance evaluation of rainfall-runoff models. Environmental Modelling and Software Vol: 24, Elsevier, 311–321.
3. Neistch, S. A. (2011). Texas Water Resource Institute Technical Report No-406 Soil and Water Assessment Tool, Theoretical Documentation Version 2009. Texas: Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory-ARS, Backland Research Center,TAMU.
4. Neitsch, S., Arnold, J., Kiniry, J., Srinivasan, R., and Williams, J. (2004). Soil and water assessment tool; Input/output file documentation. Version 2005. Texas: Grassland soil and water research laboratory; Agricultural Research Service.
- Viessman, W.J and Lewis, G.L (2003): Introduction to Hydrology. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
- USACE (United States Army Corps of Engineers), (2010). Hydrologic Modeling System - HEC-HMS: User’s Manual Version 3.5, USACE, Davis, CA, USA (2010).
Recommended Reference Materials
- McCuen, R.H. (1989). Hydrologic analysis and Design. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.
2. Chow, V., Maidment, D., and Mays, L. (1988). Applied Hydrology. New York. McGraw-Hill.
- Bras, R.L. (1990). Hydrology: An introduction to Hydrologic Science. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Jaya, R.R. (2008). A Textbook of Hydrology. University Science Press, New Delhi.
- Teacher: Sirya Katana