CE 5361 Surface Water Hydrology
(3) Advanced study of hydrologic cycle: hydrologic abstractions, surface-runoff mechanics, hydrographs, baseflow seperation, data analysis, reservoir and channel routing, and an introduction to rainfall-runoff modeling
CE 3305 or equivalent
Lesson time, days, and location:
Instructor: Theodore G. Cleveland, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, F. EWRI
Email: theodore.cleveland@ttu.edu (put CE 5361 in subject line for email related to this class)
Office location: CECE 203F; but prefer Telepresence (Zoom)
Office hours: TBD (meetings will be by Zoom call)
Teaching Assistant: none authorized
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:::{note} The above book is on Blackboard because we are required to select a textbook :::
Chow, V.T., Maidment,D.M., and Mays, L.W. (1998) Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill The link is to an international copy from Taiwan. Physical copies from Amazon would be cheapest if you wish one.
Supplimental Readings are stored on the class server. Many are linked in the notes; If you browse, you will need to open the target files to see the topic.
Theory and application of surface water hydrologic concepts; learn how to use predictive tools such as charts and computer programs, and apply these tools to the analysis and design of collection and drainage systems.
During this course the student will
Computational tools equivalent to those used in ENGR 1330 are expected. Professional software is used in the course; these are downloaded from the original sources (USGS and COE)
The college of engineering has specific laptop requirements for courses that are listed at https://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/dean/engineeringitservices/buyingtherightcomputer.php
A minimal AWS Lightsail Instance (use Windows Server 2000 template; lowest resource provision tier; AWS RDP client, or download and install own RDP client) is sufficient to run the course software if you are incapable of installation onto your own laptop.
Blackboard(BB) is used as the learning management system (LMS) for this class and all exercises are to be uploaded to BB. Late submissions are accepted, but scores are be reduced by at least 50%.
The instructor notes are located at CE 5361 Instructor Notes
| date | topic | readings | homework |
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| 11Jan24 | (Introduction - Course Resources - Introductory Concepts |
- What is Hydrology? - Hydrology Definition - What is Hydrology(Mays)? |
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| 16Jan24 | Hydrologic Cycle - Hydrologic Cycle - Water Budgets |
- Water Budget - Wanilista - Water Budget - McCuen |
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| 18Jan24 | Watersheds - Watershed Delineation - Watershed Metrics |
- Watersheds - McCuen - How to Delineate a Watershed - Numerical Planimetry - How To Measure Path - How to use Topographic Maps - |
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| 23Jan24 | Computational Hydrology (GIS) - Installing qGIS - Data Sources - Watershed Delineation |
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| 25Jan24 | Precipitation - Types - Point Precipitation - Areal Precipitation |
- Probability Estimation Modeling - I - Probability Estimation Modeling - II - Design Rainfall - Rainfall Intensity for Design - Empirical Hyetographs - DDF-Texas - Texas DDF Atlas |
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| 30Jan24 | Abstractions - Infiltration - Evaporation - Interception |
- What is Runoff? - Bulletin 17B (deprecated) - Bulletin 17C (current) - PeakFQ - Texas Regional Regression Equations |
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| 01Feb24 | Streamflow - Streamflow Measurement - Flood Frequency Analysis (B17C) - Flow Duration Curves - Regional Regression Equations |
- What is Runoff? - Bulletin 17B (deprecated) - Bulletin 17C (current) - PeakFQ - Texas Regional Regression Equations |
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| 06Feb24 | Runoff Mechanisms - Rainfall-Runoff Process - Rational Equation (A simplistic model) |
- Hydrologic Processes - Mays - Surface Runoff - Mays - Rational Method for Design - Rate-Based C - Volume-Based C - Return Period Adjusted C_2013.pdf) - Time-Parameter Estimation for Texas - Low-Slope Tc Experiments - Low-Slope Tc Estimation |
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| 06Feb24 | Evaporation Models - Blaney-Criddle - Thornwaithe - Turk - HEC-HMS Implementation(s) |
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| 08Jan24 | Computational Hydrology (HMS) </font> - Introduction to HEC-HMS - Installation - GeoHMS (or other public domain grid-scale tools) - Examples |
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| 13Feb24 | Exam 1 | ||
| 15Feb24 | Infiltration Models - Horton (infiltration Excess) - Dunne (saturation excess) - Green-Ampt (soil physics) - HEC-HMS Implementations |
Gupta 93-110 - Infiltration Notes - Green-Ampt Notes - Infiltration PBK - Green-Ampt in Texas |
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| 20Feb24 | Shallow Depression and Canopy Storage Models - Process Description(s) - HEC-HMS Implementations |
Gupta ppXX-XX | |
| 22Feb24 | Unit Hydrographs - I - Background - Convolution/Deconvolution - UH Analysis |
- Sherman Unit Hydrograph - Statistical-Mechanical Unit Hydrograph - Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs in Texas - |
ES8 Tc Determination for a Watershed |
| 27Feb24 | Unit Hydrographs - II - Gamma - NRCS-DUH - TR-55 - UH Synthesis |
- Prediction of DUH - Unit Hydrographs from DEMs - Physical Basis for Gamma Dist. |
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| 05Mar24 | Design Project Computational Hydrology Workshop II - HEC-HMS Rainfall-Runoff - Design Storm by Texas Hyetograph |
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| 07Mar24 | Hydrograph Routing - I Hydraulic vs. Hydrologic Routing - Lag Routing - Level-Pool Routing |
-Reservoir and Stream Routing - Mays | |
| 19Mar24 | Hydrograph Routing - II - Muskingum-Cunge - topic |
-Reservoir and Stream Routing - Mays | |
| 21Mar24 | Reservoir Storage Routing - Elevation-Area Tables - Elevation-Discharge Tables |
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| 26Mar24 | Reservoir Outlet Works - Orifices - Weirs - Conduits |
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| 28Mar24 | Design Project Computational Hydrology Workshop III - Lag/Muskingum Routing for Hardin Creek Reaches - Level-Pool Routing for SCS Storage Reservoirs |
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| 02Apr24 | Exam 2 | ||
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| 06May24 | Exam 3 |
There will be homework assignments, three tests.
Late assignments will be scored at 50% reduced value
Grades will be based on the following components; weighting is approximate:
| Assessment Instrument | Weight(%) |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 10 |
| Test-1 | 25 |
| Test-2 | 25 |
| Test-3 | 25 |
| Homework | 15 |
| Overall total | 100 |
Letter grades will be assigned using the following quantiles proportions:
| Normalized Score Range | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
| 86-100 | A |
| 71-85 | B |
| 51-70 | C |
| 21-50 | D |
| 0-20 | F |
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