CIV E 634 SURFACE-WATER HYDROLOGY
    FALL 2022
    SUGGESTED PROJECT TOPICS

  1. Calculation of the groundwater recharge coefficient in a watershed/basin in San Diego County. (Moore)

  2. Calculation of the groundwater recharge coefficient in a watershed/basin in California. (TBA)

  3. Comparison of the Blaney/Criddle and Penman-Monteith methods for a watershed/basin in California. (TBA)

  4. Comparison of the Thornthwaite and Penman-Monteith methods for a watershed/basin in California. (TBA)

  5. Application of the Shuttleworth-Wallace method to a California watershed. (TBA)

  6. Status of the initial abstraction ratio λ = 0.05 in the NRCS runoff curve number method. (TBA)

  7. Application of the Pfasftetter topology to the Colorado river basin using GIS. (TBA)

  8. Application of the Pfasftetter topology to the Columbia river basin using GIS. (TBA)

  9. Comparison of the Papadakis and Kazan formula with: (a) Kirpich, (b) Kerby-Hathaway, and (c) kinematic wave equations for time of concentration in three California watersheds. (TBA)

  10. Application of ONLINEOVERLAND to a San Diego County watershed. (TBA)

  11. Application of ONLINEOVERLAND to a California watershed. (TBA)

  12. Drought characterization in two California watershed/basins, one arid/semiarid and another subhumid/humid. (TBA)

  13. Comparison of the two Clark methods for unit hydrograph development using California watershed data. (Santos)

  14. Application of the general dimensionless unit hydrograph to a California watershed/basin. (TBA)

  15. Application of the Muskingum-Cunge method to flood routing in a U.S. river. (TBA)

  16. Application of the Muskingum-Cunge method to flood routing in the Muskingum river, Ohio (or California river). (Thornbury)

  17. Comparison between Muskingum and Muskingum-Cunge channel routing methods using California data. (TBA)

  18. Application of HEC-HMS to a California watershed/basin. (TBA)

  19. Application of HEC-HMS to a U.S. watershed/basin. (TBA)

  20. Effect of global climate change on California precipitation. (Merpour)

  21. Effect of global climate change on California snowpack. (Rinder)

  22. Effect of global climate change on California runoff. (McGough)

  23. Effect of global climate change on Himalayan range glaciology and hydrology. (McRae)

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