| No. |
Description | Assigned
| Due |
| |
| 01
| Choose one of the
the types
of hydrology listed in
Facets
and write a short essay
(100-200 words) on it.
| 220822
| 220829
|
| 02
| Calculate the psychrometric constant γ
at an elevation of 2,000 m above mean sea level and air temperature T = 15°C
at 0% relative humidity.
| 220907
| 220914
|
| 03
| Write a short essay (200 words or less)
explaining why the
runoff curve number method is effectively a surface
runoff curve number method.
How does this affect, or limit, the applicability of the method?
| 220912
| 220919
|
| 04
| What is the main conceptual
difference between the runoff curve number method
and Horton's infiltration formula?
| 220914
| 220921
|
| 05
| (a) Derive Eq. 2-51 of D1 of the Syllabus. (b) How do we know for sure that the
kinematic wave produces the fastest response in overland flow
dynamics? Explain in a less-than-200-word statement.
| 220921
| 220928
|
| 06
| Can the local (and eventually, regional) climate
be subject to change by anthropogenic vegetation/ecosystem management?
What is the controlling factor? Explain in a less-than-200-word statement.
| 220928
| 221005
|
| 07
| Prove Eq. 11-40 in item F07 of the Syllabus.
| 221019
| 221026
|
| 08
| What was Creager's contribution to flood
hydrology? How does it relate to runoff diffusion? Describe in a less-than-200-word
statement.
| 221026
| 221102
|
| 09
| Explain the difference between Clark's original
unit hydrograph (1945)
and Ponce's version (1989). Which version results in a lesser peak?
Why?
| 221102
| 221109
|
| 10
| Prove that Eqs. 10-10 and 10-11 in item G13 of the
Syllabus are equivalent.
| 221107
| 221114
|
| 11
| Explain the difference between kinematic, diffusion, and dynamic
waves. What is grid independence in the context of numerical modeling?
What flood routing method is demonstrably grid independent? Why?
| 221114
| 221121
|
| 12
| Explain why the solution of the St. Venant equations,
commonly referred to as the "dynamic wave",
requires a knowledge of a looped downstream rating curve
for the solution to be consistent with the differential equation. How may
this difficulty be resolved in practice? Why is it commonly not done?
| 221121
| 221128
|