CIV E 634-SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2005
INSTRUCTOR: DR. V. M. PONCE
TEXT: Engineering Hydrology, Principles and Practices, by V. M. Ponce, complemented with online syllabus

Topic No.     Description     Chapter No.   [Paper No.]

  1. Water balance     1  [1, 2]
  2. Evapotranspiration     2  [3]
  3. Overland flow     4  [4, 5]
  4. Infiltration      5  [6, 7, 8, 9]
  5. Hydroclimatology     [10, 11]
  6. Droughts     [12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  7. Baseflow    11  [17, 18, 19]
  8. Hydrologic modeling    13, 14  [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  9. Hydrosedimentology    15 [26]
  10. Climate change     [27, 28]

Paper No.     Title

  1. A conceptual model of catchment water balance: 1. Formulation and calibration (3140) (3140a)
  2. A conceptual model of catchment water balance: 2. Application to runoff and baseflow modeling (3141) (3141a)
  3. The Penman-Monteith method (4604)
  4. Generalized conceptual modeling of dimensionless overland flow hydrographs (3148) (3148a)
  5. Time of concentration in small rural watersheds (4606)
  6. Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity? (3143) (3143a)
  7. Discussions to "Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?" (4605)
  8. Closure to "Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?" (3225)
  9. Conversation with Vic Mockus (1716)
  10. Surface albedo and water resources: Hydroclimatological impact of human activities (3146) (3146a) (4205)
  11. The facts about El Niño (3601)
  12. Characterization of drought across climatic spectrum (3154) (3154a)
  13. A conceptual model of drought characterization across the climatic spectrum (3153) (3153a)
  14. Drought characterization in the Ojos Negros region, Baja California, Mexico (3159)
  15. Management of droughts and floods in the semiarid Brazilian Northeast (3139) (3139a)
  16. Three Issues of sustainable management in the Ojos Negros valley: Drought (1719)
  17. Management of baseflow augmentation: A review (3124) (3124a) (4151) (4152)
  18. Estimation of regional aquifer parameters using baseflow recession data (3507)
  19. Vegetated earthmounds in tropical savannas of Central Brazil: A synthesis (3132) (3132a)
  20. Search for physically based runoff model -- A hydrologic El Dorado? (4602) (4602a)
  21. Evolution of Clark's unit hydrograph method to spatially distributed runoff (4603) (4603a)
  22. HEC-HMS Muskingum-Cunge model (4209)
  23. Flood hydrology of the Binational Cottonwood Creek - Arroyo Alamar, California and Baja California. (2202)
  24. Feasibility of pumping scheme to provide water for Tecate River Park (2753)
  25. Groundwater recharge by channel infiltration in El Barbon basin, Baja California, Mexico (3149) (3149a)
  26. Ultimate sediment concentration (3123)
  27. The facts about global warming (1711)
  28. Global climate change, sustainable development, and environmental ethics (3150)

CALENDAR

Week No. 5:   Topic selection deadline (Monday, February 21, 1900)

Week No. 8:   Midterm Exam (Monday, March 14, 1900-2015)

Week No. 10:   Preliminary oral presentations (Monday, April 4, and Wednesday, April 6, 1900-2015)

Week No. 15:   Paper Presentations (Monday, May 9, and Wednesday, May 11, 1900-2015)

Week No. 16:   Final Exam (Wednesday, May 18, 1900-2100).

INSTRUCTIONS

OFFICE HOURS: E421E or PS231B (Visualab), MW 1100-1200, MW 2015-2115.

GRADING POLICY:   Homework Set (25%), Midterm (25%), Project (25%), Final (25%).

HOMEWORK SET:   Unless otherwise noted, homework is due at the start of the class period, one week after date of assignment. Late homework is accepted only one week after due date. Late homework will incur a penalty of 20%.

PROJECT:   The project will consist of individual work on a project/paper/topic mutually agreed with the instructor. A written paper and oral presentation (15th week) are an integral part of the experience. The paper should be of professional quality, and its length should not be more than 15 pages, including tables and figures. Text should be double-spaced. The oral presentations should be web-based, either Power Point or HTML.