Course Notes - Hydrologic Modeling - GEOL(FORS) 8740

Course Summary:

  • Solutions of surface and subsurface flow and transport problems including finite-difference, finite-element, boundary-integral, and analytic-element methods.
  • Analytic techniques include Laplace-, z-, and Fourier-transforms, complex variables, and separation of variables methods.
  • Application to problems commonly found in the environmental field, including capture zones, particle-tracking, advection-dispersion, and non-aqueous phase liquids.

Course Instructors:

Course Time and Location:

  • Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 to 9:15
  • Forestry Building 4, Room 128

Grading:

  • 25% Weekly Assignments (due every Thursday)
  • 25% Midterm Project (due Thursday Week 8)
  • 25% Final Project (due Thursday Week 15)
  • 25% Class Participation

Academic Honesty and Plagiarism:

  • All academic work must meet the standards contained in the University's academic honesty policy (see A Culture of Honesty).
  • All students are responsible for informing themselves about those standards before performing any academic work. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe (see Sanctions for Dishonesty), and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

Course Schedule and Notes:

Chapter 1: Hydrologic Models

Chapter 2: Statistical Models

Chapter 3: Analog Models

Chapter 4: Mathematical Basics

Chapter 5: Differential Equations