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.