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Course code: IWS20212o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Dynamic hydrology
Major: Water Engineering and Managment
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 6
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Dorota Olearczyk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student knows, understands and correctly interprets the processes and laws determining the water cycle in ecosystems. Knows scientific methods used for description of hydrological processes and relationships between them. Knows hydrological models of basin. Understands the principles of operational forecasting. Skills: Student can generally describe a problem in the field of hydrological processes in a basin. Knows how to acquire a necessary information and data from appropriate sources required for a solution of practical problems related to hydrological processes. Can propose and apply a proper model for single process and in complex hydrological system. Can use computer techniques to collect, analyze and present data and results of own work.
Competences: Student understands the importance of water for social and economic development; is aware of the responsibility for the economical and rational management of water resources; understands the non-economic importance of water for society; feels the need to deepen knowledge in the field of own specialization.
Prerequisites: meteorology, hydrology, fluid mechanics, hydrogeology, mathematical statistics.
Course content: Definitions and development of dynamic hydrology. Hydrological system of basin and modelling of water cycle processes. Water supply of basin. The atmospheric phase of water cycle. Spatial and time distribution of precipitation. Accumulation and melting of snow cover. The formation and structure of snow cover. Measurements of snow. Methods for determining the melting intensity of snow cover. Processes of evaporation and evapotranspiration in system soil – plant - atmosphere. Models of processes of areal evaporation and evapotranspiration. Spatial distribution of potential and areal evaporation in Poland. Types of retention in basin. Hydrological aspects of the description of processes of interception, infiltration, surface runoff and groundwater runoff. Hydrological models of basin. Identification of model parameters and their classification. Models of complex dynamic systems. Deterministic models. Stochastic processes and models in hydrology. Model of rainfall-runoff type in agricultural catchment and in small urbanized catchment. Application of mathematical models to solve practical problems. Operational forecasting, planning and design. Research tasks.
Recommended literature: 1. Byczkowski A.: Hydrologia, cz. I i II, PWN, Warszawa 1998. 2. Ozga-Zielińska M, Brzeziński J.: Hydrologia stosowana, PWN, Warszawa 1997. 3. Eagleson P.S. Hydrologia dynamiczne, PWN 1978. 4. Dębski K. Hydrologia kontynentalna, t.1, 2. Warszawa 1960. 5. Davie T. Fundamentals of hydrology, New York, 2008.
Assessment methods: credit of individual project, 2 tests, written exam
Comment: Lecture 1: Definitions and development of dynamic hydrology – hydrology of processes. Hydrological system of basin and modelling of water cycle processes. Lecture 2: Water supply of basin. The atmospheric phase of water cycle. Phase transitions in the atmosphere. Lecture 3: Spatial and time distribution of precipitation. Precipitation of high intensity. Lecture 4: Accumulation and melting of snow cover. The formation and structure of snow cover. Measurements of snow. Methods for determining the melting intensity of snow cover. Lecture 5: Processes of evaporation and evapotranspiration in system soil – plant - atmosphere. Lecture 6: Methods for determination of evaporation and evapotranspiration. Models of processes of areal evaporation and evapotranspiration. Spatial distribution of potential and areal evaporation in Poland. Lecture 7: Types of retention in basin. Lecture 8: Hydrological aspects of the description of processes of interception, infiltration, surface runoff and groundwater runoff. Lecture 9: Hydrological models of basin – basic concepts, classification of hydrological mathematical models. Lecture 10: Identification of model parameters and their classification. Lecture 11: Models of complex dynamic systems. Deterministic models. Stochastic processes and models in hydrology. Lecture 12-13: Model of rainfall-runoff type in agricultural catchment and in small urbanized catchment. Lecture 14-15: Application of mathematical models to solve practical problems. Main fields of models application. Operational forecasting, planning and design. Research tasks. Type and scope of the practical classes: individual projects. Project 1. Elaboration of model structure of river catchment and determination of basic parameters for GIUH. Lecturer: dr eng. Dorota Olearczyk Teachers leading practical classes: dr eng. Dorota Olearczyk, dr eng. Radosław Stodolak