Surface Water Hydrology

Course aim

To continue to develop students’ in-depth understanding on how hydrologic principles can be applied to supplement decision support system for water and environmental management.

Course content

This course covers the following three modules

Module 1: Hydrological Processes (weeks 1-3)
1. Natural Hydrological Cycle
2. Properties of Hyetograph and hydrograph,
3. Spatial and temporal variability of hydrological characteristics
4. Rainfall-runoff process
Module 2: Applied Hydrology 1 – Deterministic Hydrology (weeks 4-7)
1. Hydrograph analyses
2. Base flow separation
3. Unit hydrographs theory
4. Rainfall-runoff modelling
Module 3: Applied Hydrology 2 – Stochastic Hydrology (weeks 8-12)
1. Nature and properties of hydrological data –concept of IID, persistence, run length, severity and magnitude
2. Analyses of floods and droughts
3. Time series modelling

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 12 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Major Project, Problem solving tasks (on-going), Take Home Exam

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.