CEE 6400 Physical Hydrology Schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)    
Date   Topic Reading1 Due dates
26-Aug Mon Introduction and the Hydrologic Cycle. Conservation laws. Error assessment. Water supply reservoir sizing. Ch 1-2.   1
28-Aug Wed Streamflow temporal variability. Working with R. Ch 2.6, 2.7 & 2.8 HW0 2
         
2-Sep Mon Labor Day - No Class    
4-Sep Wed Water supply reservoir sizing and storage - yield analysis Loucks et al., 20052, chapter 11, pages 343-347   3
         
9-Sep Mon The climate system: radiation, energy balance, greenhouse effect, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Ch 3. HW1 4
13-Sep Fri   5
         
18-Sep Wed Meteorology of precipitation. Ch 4. p94-105 HW2 6
20-Sep Fri Precipitation data analysis, Measurement and area averaging, Climatology, Intensity-duration-frequency curves, Probable maximum precipitation. Ch 4. p105-165.   7
         
23-Sep Mon Physical factors in the generation of runoff. Ch 6. Online module4 Ch 1-3   8
25-Sep Wed HW3 9
         
30-Sep Mon Water in Soil Ch 6. Online module4 Ch 4   10
2-Oct Wed HW4 11
         
7-Oct Mon Infiltration Ch 9. Online module4 Ch 5.   12
9-Oct Wed   13
     
14-Oct Mon   14
16-Oct Wed Review   HW5 15
         
21-Oct Mon MIDTERM     16
23-Oct Wed Digital elevation models and GIS in Hydrology     17
         
28-Oct Mon TOPMODEL and the role of topography and variable contributing areas in runoff generation. Ch 9. Online module ch 6.   18
30-Oct Wed   19
     
4-Nov Mon HW6 20
6-Nov Wed Routing surface runoff to a basin outlet. Overland flow, channel routing, unit hydrographs and linear systems theory. Ch 9, Chow et al.5, ch 7 p213-223   21
     
11-Nov Mon   22
13-Nov Wed   23
         
18-Nov Mon Evaporation. Energy input from solar radiation. Evapotranspiration physics and models. Ch 7. Handbook of Hydrology6 ch 4. HW7 24
20-Nov Wed   25
     
25-Nov Mon   26
27-Nov Wed No class. Thanksgiving holiday.  
       
2-Dec Mon Evapotranspiration Continued   27
4-Dec Wed Review   HW8 28
         
9-Dec Mon 1.30-3.20. Final Exam. Comprehensive. EL 221 (This is the final exam slot according to the USU Fall 2013 Final Exam Schedule for classes that meet M or W at 2 pm).    
1. Unless otherwise designated - Readings refer to the primary text: Dingman, S. L., (2002), Physical Hydrology, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 646 p.
2. Loucks, D. P., E. van Beek, J. R. Stedinger, J. P. M. Dijkman and M. T. Villars, (2005), Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications, UNESCO, Paris, 676 p, http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2804
3. Bras, R. L., (1990), Hydrology, An introduction to hydrologic science, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 643 p.
4. Tarboton, D. G., (2003), Rainfall Runoff Processes, Online module and workbook prepared for the National Weather Service COMET outreach program, http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/rrp.html.
5. Chow, V. T., D. R. Maidment and L. W. Mays, (1988), Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 572 p.
6. Shuttleworth, W. J., (1993), "Evaporation," in Handbook of Hydrology, Chapter 4, Edited by D. R. Maidment, McGraw-Hill, New York.