HYDROLOGY

To Understand the processes that drive the hydrologic cycle, and apply analytical techniques to solve water resource problems that are important to soil and water scientists. To study the movement and occurrence of water on earth, characteristics and analysis of rainfall, methods and estimation of evaporation, infiltration process, rainfall-runoff relations, groundwater flow, and fundamentals of flow in porous media. What you are expected to learn from this course 1. Hydrological cycle, unites of measurement, related soil physical properties 2. Methods of measurements of precipitation. Data and frequency Analysis. 3. Direct Measurements, predictions, and estimation of evaporation and transpiration ET 4. Measurements and calculations of infiltration and factors affecting infiltration. 5. Process and design of runoff, construction of runoff hydrographs 6. Hydrology of groundwater (Aquifers, Groundwater Flow-confined and unconfined, Darcy’s law) List of Textbook References: 1. Hydrology in practice, 2nd ed. Elizabeth M. Shaw. Chapman and Hall. 2. The textbook will be supplemented by handout materials and assigned readings from other sources. Grading: HW and Exams10