CEE7430, Stochastic Hydrology Schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Date Day Topic Deadlines
6-Jan-09 Tue Introduction  
8-Jan-09 Thur Initial storage yield and reservoir reliability analysis example  
       
13-Jan-09 Tue Storage - Yield analysis and the context for stochastic hydrology in the Colorado river HW1 due
15-Jan-09 Thur Random Variables, Probability distributions and moments.  
       
20-Jan-09 Tue No class. Tarboton away.  View Burges online Langbein Lecture.  
22-Jan-09 Thur Multiple random variables and joint distributions.  Conditional and joint probability.  HW2 due
       
27-Jan-09 Tue No class.  Tarboton away - to be rescheduled   
29-Jan-09 Thur No class.  Tarboton away - to be rescheduled  
       
2-Feb-09 Mon 10-11.30 am.  Make up class.  Single site summary presentations.  (Introduction to R.)   HW3 due
3-Feb-09 Tue Introduction to R.  Simulating streamflow at a single site.  
5-Feb-09 Thur Simulating streamflow at a single site.    
       
10-Feb-09 Tue ARMA models for representing dependence  
12-Feb-09 Thur  
       
17-Feb-09 Tue 10-11.30 am.  Make up class. EL235 b HW4 due
19-Feb-09 Thur Multivariate time series  
     
24-Feb-09 Tue HW5 due
26-Feb-09 Thur No class.  Tarboton away.  
       
2-Mar-09 Mon Make up class.  Midterm review  
3-Mar-09 Tue Midterm  
5-Mar-09 Thur Disaggregation   
       
10-Mar-09 Tue No class. Spring break.  
12-Mar-09 Thur No class. Spring break.  
       
17-Mar-09 Tue Disaggregation  
19-Mar-09 Thur HW6 due
       
24-Mar-09 Tue Long term persistence.  Hurst phenomenon.  Fractals  
26-Mar-09 Thur  
       
31-Mar-09 Tue Nonparametric methods applied in hydrology HW7 due
2-Apr-09 Thur Spring runoff conference in lieu of class  
       
7-Apr-09 Tue No class.  Tarboton away.  
9-Apr-09 Thur Nonparametric methods applied in hydrology  
10-Apr-09 Fri Make up class.  10.00-11.30.  Non Parametric methods HW8 due
       
14-Apr-09 Tue Nonparametric methods   
16-Apr-09 Thur Frequency domain analysis in hydrology  
     
21-Apr-09 Tue HW9 due
23-Apr-09 Thur HW10 due
       
28-Apr-09 Tue Final Exam:  11:30-1:20, EL235B