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Course Description: The study of the science of physical hydrology which centers on the understanding and application of the physical principles governing the occurrence and movement of water on and beneath the earth’s surface. Hydrologic processes such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff, infiltration and unsaturated flow, saturated flow, stream flow and flood wave prediction and analysis, will be studied. Field methods to quantify these processes will be discussed and implemented. Physical hydrology is of interest to students in fields ranging from the earth sciences to engineering, environmental sciences, policy studies and even law. Instructor:
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Prerequisites: Earth Sciences 020 or 281b; or one of Earth Sciences 081a/b, 083F and one of 082a/b, 084b; and Mathematics 030 or any two of Calculus 050a/b, 051a/b, 081a/b, Linear Algebra 040a/b, or Applied Mathematics 026, or the former Applied Mathematics 020, or 023a/b plus 024a/b, or the former Applied Mathematics 027; and one of Chemistry 020, 023, 024a/b, or permission of the Department. Text: Elements of Physical Hydrology, Hornberger, Raffensperger, Wiberg, Eshleman, Johns Hopkins, 1998 - Required & bring to class. Lecture Notes: A course handouts package is available at the Custom Course Material Office, UWO book store, Earth Sciences 340a M4230 - Required & bring to class Lectures/Lab: Two lecture hours and two laboratory hours per week
Assignments: Assignments will be given out during lab periods. Help with assignments and some lecture material will be given during laboratory session. Assignments will normally be due the following week, at the beginning of the lab, unless otherwise instructed. Some of the labs which involve field work may be due at fairly irregular intervals depending on weather conditions. Many of the exercises will involve spread sheet programs. Therefore the student will need to become familiar with a spread sheet program such as LOTUS 1-2-3, Excel, or Quattro Pro. B&G Rm 17 is the computer instruction lab. As only Quattro Pro will be loaded on these machines it will be the spreadsheet program that one should learn. We will also be using the program MATLAB in several of the laboratory exercises. Any assignments handed in past the due date will be subject to a penalty of 10% per late day. Once answers to assignments are posted, usually one week after due date, no late assignments will be accepted. The first lab will start on Sept. 13/14, 2001 (Quattro Pro and MATLAB tutorial), and labs will be held each week with the last lab on Nov. 22/23 (assignment due on Nov. 30 in lecture; handed back Dec 5 in lecture).
You will be responsible for both lab problems and lecture material on midterm and final exams.
Note on labs: During some labs we will be outside measuring stream flow on and adjacent to campus. You will be informed when we will have outside labs. Make sure you:
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Exams: Exams will be closed book (definitions; short answer; calculations). A pencil, ruler, eraser, and basic calculator (basic math & geometry functions; but no extensive non-volatile memory capability). A calculator is to be used for calculations only and not storage of information - any recall of such stored information will be considered a scholastic offense (cheating).
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