Quantitative Hydrology - FORS 4120/6120

Course summary:

Quantitative descriptions of hydrologic processes are used to understand and predict precipitation and water yield, stormwater runoff, flood routing, groundwater flow, and water quality

The dominant focus is on the hydrology of the developed environment.

Students will be judged on their ability to use mathematical relationships to understand and use quantitative tools for describing hydrologic physical and chemical processes.

Instructor:

Todd Rasmussen, trasmuss@uga.edu
Forestry Building 4 - Room 115
Office hours: By appointment

Teaching Assistant:

Negussie Tedela, negussie@uga.edu
Forestry Building 4 - Room 127
Office hours: By appointment

Textbook:

McCuen, RH, Hydrologic Analysis and Design, 2005.

Lecture Schedule

Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30 to 10:45, Forestry 1-303

Organization and Notes:

  1. Introduction to Hydrology
  2. Statistical Methods in Hydrology
  3. Watershed Characteristics
  4. Precipitation
  5. Frequency Analysis
  6. Subsurface Hydrology
  7. Peak Discharge Estimation
  8. Hydrologic Design Methods
  9. Hydrograph Analysis and Synthesis
  10. Channel Routing
  11. Reservoir Routing
  12. Water Yield and Snowmelt Runoff
  13. Water Quality Estimation
  14. Evaporation
  15. Erosion and Sedimentation

Grading:

  1. Homework, Due Every Thursday (10 points each)
  2. Exam 1, Chapters 1-5, Week 6 (100 points)
  3. Exam 2, Chapters 6-10, Week 11, Take Home (100 points)
  4. Exam 3, Chapters 11-15, Week 16, Take Home (100 points)
  5. Term Project (150 points)
  6. Course Participation (50 points)

University Honor Code and Academic Honesty Policy:

Students will adhere to the University of Georgia Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others."

A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi.