CEE 3430 Engineering Hydrology Schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Date		Topic	Reading	Assignments due
10-Jan	Mo	Introduction, Hydrologic Cycle, Water Balance	Preface, CH1 1-14
12-Jan	We	Weather Systems, Precipitation	CH1 15-43
14-Jan	Fri	Streamflow, Hydrologic Measurements	CH1 43-54
17-Jan	Mo	No Class - Human Rights Day
19-Jan	We	Evapotranspiration	CH1 55-65	HW1
21-Jan	Fri	Infiltration, Summary	CH1 65-70, 80-82
24-Jan	Mo	Hydrograph analysis	CH2 96-114	HW2
26-Jan	We	Unit Hydrograph Theory	CH2 115-127
28-Jan	Fri	Synthetic Unit Hydrograph	CH2 128-143
31-Jan	Mo	Applications of Unit Hydrographs	CH2 143-147	HW3
2-Feb	We	Linear and Kinematic Wave Models	CH2 147-151
4-Feb	Fri	Snow	CH2 151-158
7-Feb	Mo	Hydrologic Simulation Models	CH5 312-327	HW4
9-Feb	We	HEC-HMS	CH5 327-338
11-Feb	Fri	HEC-HMS Case Study	CH5 338-350
14-Feb	Mo	Review and problem solving		HW5
16-Feb	We	Review and problem solving
18-Feb	Fri	Test 1
21-Feb	Mo	No Class - Presidents Day
22-Feb	Tu	USU on Monday Schedule.  Probability concepts, Random Variables, Return Period	CH3 171-193
23-Feb	We	Common probability distributions	CH3 193-209
25-Feb	Fri	Plotting positions and regional analysis	CH3 210-226
28-Feb	Mo	Hydrologic and Hydraulic Routing	CH4 241-248	HW6
2-Mar	We	Hydrologic River Routing	CH4 248-257
4-Mar	Fri	Hydrologic Reservoir Routing	CH4 257-268
7-Mar	Mo	No Class - Spring Break
9-Mar	We
11-Mar	Fri
14-Mar	Mo	Runoff generation mechanisms	TM CH 1-2	HW7
16-Mar	We	Jeff Horsburgh.  The Little Bear River and Hydrologic Information Systems
18-Mar	Fri	Physical factors affecting runoff	TM CH 3
21-Mar	Mo	Soil properties	TM CH 4	HW8
23-Mar	We	Soil properties	TM CH 4
25-Mar	Fri	At a point infiltration	TM CH 6
28-Mar	Mo	At a point infiltration	TM CH 5	HW9
30-Mar	We	No Class - Spring runoff conference
1-Apr	Fri	At a point infiltration	TM CH 5
4-Apr	Mo	At a point infiltration	TM CH 5
6-Apr	We	Simulation of runoff generation in models	TM CH 6
8-Apr	Fri	Review and problem solving		HW10
11-Apr	Mo	Test 2
13-Apr	We	Review test
15-Apr	Fri	Groundwater and Steady radial flow to well in confined aquifer	CH8 500-518, 525-528
18-Apr	Mo	Steady radial flow to well in unconfined aquifer, multiple wells	CH8 528-533
20-Apr	We	Dupoit equation (Example 8.3)	CH8 518-522	HW11
22-Apr	Fri	Kevin Werner.  Operational streamflow forecasting at the National Weather Service Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
25-Apr	Mo	Logan River Streamflow Measurement
27-Apr	We	Review
29-Apr	Fri	Review
2-May	Mo	Final Exam.  11.30 - 1.20 pm
Notes
CH* refers to Chapters in Bedient et al., 2008 Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis.  TM refers to Chapters in Tarboton, 2003, Rainfall Runoff Processes: http://hydrology.usu.edu/rrp.