Description:

Moderately advanced hydrology course. Quantitative description of hydrological processes. Methods of measurement and data evaluation. Deterministic and stochastic modelling in hydrology.

Contents:

Global weather patterns and synoptic weather systems.
Water and energy in the atmosphere.
Transport processes in the atmospheric boundary layer.
Estimation of evapotranspiration.
Snowmelt.
Infiltration.
Soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
Precipitation.
Catchment runoff generation.
Flow routing.
Rainfall-runoff modeling.
Hydrological extremes and design values.
Stochastic modeling in hydrology.

Seminar contents:

Water in the atmosphere, radiation balance, Bowen ratio
Evaporation, potential transpiration, snowmelt
Soil water, infiltration, effective precipitation
Hillslope runoff, kinematic wave, linear reservoir
Unit hydrograph
Frequency analysis of extreme precipitation and flood flows

Recommended literature:

Brutsaert, W, Hydrology - An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0521824796.
Beven, K, Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012. ISBN:9780470714591.
Ven Te Chow et al., Applied hydrology, McGraw-Hill, 1988. ISBN:0-07-010810-2.
Aguado, E., J.E. Burt, Understanding Weather and Climate. Prentice Hall. 2001. ISBN:0321987306.
Hydrologický průvodce Národní technické knihovny https://www.techlib.cz/cs/83720-hydrologic.

Keywords:

Water in the atmosphere; Radiative balance; Transport processes; Surface layer of the atmosphere; Evaporation intensity; Snowmelt; Subsurface water; Soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; Hillslope hydrology; Catchment hydrology; Hydrological observations; Hydrological models

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar