Fall 1998

Fall 1998 G405: Hydroclimatology

Instructor: Dr. Sue Grimmond, Student Building 104 (5-7971) Office Hours: TR 10:45-11:45
email: grimmon@indiana.edu (note absence of "d") or by appointment

Objectives:

To provide a physical understanding of each of the components of the water balance with an emphasis on their interaction with climatic processes.

To become familiar with methods used to collect and analyze hydroclimatic data and the problems inherent in these methods.

It is assumed that you will be interested in applying material from this course in further studies or practical work. Hence the course will be analytical, rather than descriptive. Field work will be included.

Course evaluation: Labs 4 x 12.5% =               50%
                            Midterm exam 1 x 20% =       20%
                            Final exam 1 x 30% =             30%
                                                                   Total 100%

Note on behavior: Students should show common courtesy and observe basic rules of behavior in class and lab periods. The policy on academic dishonesty included in the Schedule of Classes and student academic information handbook will be adhered to strictly. Cheating in any form will NOT be tolerated.

Course outline

Lecture Topic and Reading from Dingman (1994)

1 - 2 Introduction: water balance, properties of water, scale, SI units (D: Ch 1,2,3, Ap A, B)
3 - 8 Precipitation: processes of formation; measurement - point, areal; statistical analysis of hydrological data; spatial and temporal variability, interception. (D:Ch 4, 5 Ap. C, D)
22 September Precipitation Lab
9 - 14 Soils: infiltration process and controls; infiltration measurement; soil moisture measurement; movement of water in soils; groundwater (D: Ch 6, 8)
13 October Soils Lab
15 20 October MIDTERM EXAM
16 - 21 Runoff: runoff processes; generation mechanisms; measurement; flood frequency and duration; snow hydrology (D: Ch 2, 3, 5,8,9 Ap C, F)
3 November Runoff Lab
22 - 27 Evaporation: atmospheric moisture; processes; measurement; modeling; resistances (D: Ch 2,3,7, Ap D, E)
24 November Evaporation Lab
28 - 29 Integration and Review
17 December 10:15-12:15 FINAL EXAM

Labs: As you will note from the course evaluation above, the labs are worth a significant portion of the final grade. You should distribute your effort accordingly. Each lab will be due two weeks after it is given out. The penalty for late labs will be 10% of the potential marks per day. For each lab a class period will be assigned (see schedule). The labs will be handed out in class before each lab period. You are strongly encouraged to start the lab before coming to class so that you can use the lab period most efficiently to ask questions and to actually work on the lab.
Lab Reports: Collaborative work on the routine mechanical computational component of the labs is encouraged. However individual assignments must be handed in (unless otherwise stated).

calculations must be shown
include units with all calculations
use appropriate significant figures
reports are to be neat and legible & stapled
all tables & figures must be numbered (e.g., Table 1, Fig. 1) & referred to as such in their write up.
all Tables and Figures must have a title
axes on graphs must be labeled and units specified

Recommended Text: Dingman S.L. (1994) Physical Hydrology, Prentice Hall

Useful textbooks:

Ahrens C. (multiple editions) Meteorology Today, West.
Barry, R. G. and R. J. Chorley (multiple editions) Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Methuen.
Bruce, J. P. and R. H. Clark (1966) Introduction to Hydrometeorology, Pergamon, 319p.
Chow, V. T. (1964) Handbook of Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill.
Chow, V. T., D. R. Maidment and L. W. Mays (1988) Applied Hydrology McGraw Hill, 572p.
Dunne, T. and L. B. Leopold (1978) Water in Environmental Planning, W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 818 p
Gray, D. M. (1970) Handbook on the Principles of Hydrology.
Hewlett, J. D (1982) Principles of Forest Hydrology, The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 183 p.
Hillel D. (1971) Soil and water: physical principles and processes. Academic Press.
Hillel D. (1981) Applications of soil physics. Academic Press.
Lee, R. (1980) Forest Hydrology, Columbia University Press, 349 p.
Linsley, R. K. and J. B. Franzini (1979) Water Engineering, McGraw Hill, 716 p.
Maidment D.R. (1993) Handbook of Hydrology, McGraw Hill.
McIlveen, R. (1986) Basic Meteorology: a Physical Outline, Von Nostrand Reinhold, Wokingham, 457 p.
Miller, D. H. (1977) Water at the Surface of the Earth, Academic Press.
Oke T.R. (1987) Boundary Layer Climates.(2nd ed) Methuen
Rogers R.R. and M.K. Yau (1989) A short course in cloud physics. (3rd edn). Pergamon Press.
Singh V.P. 1992: Elementary Hydrology, Prentice Hall, 973p.
Wallace J. M and P. W. Hobbs (1977) Atmospheric Science, Academic Press, 477 p.
Wanelista M. (1990) Hydrology and water quantity control. John Wiley & Sons.
Ward, R. C. (1975) Principles of Hydrology (2nd ed.) McGraw Hill, 367 p.

Specific reading lists on each topic will be announced in class.