Course detail

Hydrology

FAST-BS02Acad. year: 2014/2015

Hydrosphere, watershed, rainfall - runoff process in watershed and its factors, factors influencing rainfall-runoff process, hydrologic losses and their quantification, hydrological network, instruments and devices, measurement of
atmospheric precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, atmospheric humidity, water-level gauge and water discharge measurement, hydrological data processing, water courses and river network, maximum and minimum discharges, floating matters and sediments, ground water level and ground water runoff, balance of surface waters and groundwater.
Stochastic hydrology, theory of stochastic processes, probability and statistical methods used in hydrology for hydrological data processing, real and artificial discharge series.
Operative hydrology, simulation and prediction models of rainfall-runoff processes and river basin water discharge, modelling of river basin discharge during floods.


Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Water in nature and water circulation
overview of basic hydrological quantities
quantification of hydrological variables and their relationship
modeling of rainfall - runoff process
prediction of water gauge and flow
information on water bodies according to EU legislature

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of higher mathematics, physics, probability theory and statistics, basic knowledge of hydraulics.

Co-requisites

Basic knowledge of hydropedology, climatology, groundwater hydraulics, geology.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Students pass the 13 basic lectures in classical and applied hydrology.
In practice, students process according to entering some basic hydrological task using computers and software available.
At the end of course test draw from the full range of lectures and pass the oral exam.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For a successful finishing of the subject, student has to:
♦ - be present in seminars,
♦ - have presentations of selected topics from hydrology,
♦ - hand over his presentations,
♦ - pass the tests,
♦ - oral exam.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, basic terms, river basin, rainfall-runoff process
2. Precipitation
3. Atmospheric humidity, evaporation
4. Geographical factors of a river basin
5. Water-level gauge and water discharge measurement
6. Statistical processing of hydrological data
7. Approximation of empirical distributions by theoretical distributions used in hydrology, regress models
8. Analysis of hydrological series, basic stochastic hydrology, artificial discharge series
9. Derivation of discharge series, determination of Qa, introduction to extreme discharges
10. Maximum and minimum discharges
11. Prediction of water-level gauge and discharges, basic types of models
12. Floating matters and sediments
13. Ground water, springs, ground water runoff.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basic knowledge of water in nature and water circulation, overview of basic hydrological quantities, quantification of hydrological variables and their relationship, modeling of rainfall - runoff process, prediction of water gauge and flow, information on water bodies according to EU legislature.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Chow Ven Te: Handbook of Applied Hydrology: A Compendium of Water Resources Technology. Published by McGraw Hill Text, 1964. (EN)
Kemel M.: Klimatologie, meteorologie, hydrologie. ČVUT Praha, 1996. (CS)
Sommer, M.: Hydrologie. SNTL Praha, 1995. (CS)

Recommended reading

HYDROLOGY, National Engineering Handbook 4. US, SPB, 734pp, Cat. No. NEH 4, SCS, 1985. (EN)
Nacházel, K. - Starý, M. - Zezulák, J. a kol: Užití metod umělé inteligence ve vodním hospodářství. ACADEMIA Praha, 2004. (CS)
Philip B. Bedient - Wayne C. Huber: Hydrology & Floodplain Analysis. Published by Prentice Hall, 2002. (EN)
Starý, M. - Kožnárek, Z. - Soukalová, E.: Hydrologie. Návody do cvičení. ES VUT Brno, 1990. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, basic terms, river basin, rainfall-runoff process
2. Precipitation
3. Atmospheric humidity, evaporation
4. Geographical factors of a river basin
5. Water-level gauge and water discharge measurement
6. Statistical processing of hydrological data
7. Approximation of empirical distributions by theoretical distributions used in hydrology, regress models
8. Analysis of hydrological series, basic stochastic hydrology, artificial discharge series
9. Derivation of discharge series, determination of Qa, introduction to extreme discharges
10. Maximum and minimum discharges
11. Prediction of water-level gauge and discharges, basic types of models
12. Floating matters and sediments
13. Ground water, springs, ground water runoff.

Exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Geographic properties of catchment
2. Average rainfall height in the catchment
3. Ombrogram evaluation
4. Determination of substitute rainfall intensity in a small catchment
5. Snow melting
6. Hydrometric pocket book evaluation
7. Analysis and statistical processing of the real flow series
8. Analysis and statistical processing of the real flow series
9. Synthetic flow series generating
10. Maximum flow determination from the measured data
11. Maximum flow determination in the last profile of a small basin
12. Minimum flow determination from the measured data
13. Check the reports and the credit