|
Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 2-24-2009 |
||
|
WRT250 2009 Summer I – 2010 Fall |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Occ |
|
|
Surface
Water Hydrology |
||
|
Fundamentals of surface water, understanding of surface water
features, and characteristics and parameters impacting surface water
features. Conducting hydrologic modeling and on modeling itself. Prerequisites: (WRT150 and WRT117)
and (MAT120, or MAT121, or MAT122) or permission of Department or Division. |
||
Go to Competencies Go to Outline
|
MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
|
|
|
|
|
WRT250 2009
Summer I – 2010 Fall |
Surface Water Hydrology |
|
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the components of the hydrologic cycle and their interrelationships. (I) 2. Determine the hydrologic impact a storm event may have given prior hydrologic conditions. (II) 3. Estimate flood discharges via hydrologic modeling. (III) 4. Determine surface water parameters for rainfall losses. (IV) 5. Determine depth-duration-frequency statistics of storms. (V) 6. Demonstrate acceptable uses of the rational method. (VI) 7. Demonstrate appropriate uses of unit hydrographs. (VII) 8. Determine the best method of channel routing given specific channel characteristics. (VIII) 9. Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to determine hydrologic data. (IX) 10. Construct a hydrologic model. (X) 11. Evaluate the soundness of a hydrologic model. (XI) |
Go to Description Go to top of
Competencies
|
MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
||
|
|
||
|
WRT250 2009
Summer I – 2010 Fall |
Surface Water Hydrology |
|
|
||
|
I. Hydrologic Cycle A. Precipitation B. Evaporation C. Condensation D. Infiltration E. Runoff F. Percolation G. Interception II. Storm Event A. Hydrologic Conditions 1. Season 2. Saturation 3. Storm Event III. Flood Discharges A. Methods B. Models 1. HEC1 2. HEC-RAS IV. Runoff Rainfall Losses A. Types 1. Evaporation 2. Infiltration 3. Depression storage 4. Interception B. Methods 1. Holtan infiltration equation 2. Exponential loss rate 3. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) curve numbers loss rate 4. Green and Ampt infiltration methods 5. Initial loss plus uniform loss rate C. Limitations V. Rainfall Statistics A. Depth B. Duration C. Frequency D. Spatial distribution E. Temporal distribution VI. Water Law Rational Method A. Surface streams Uses B. Other Theory C. Assumptions D. Limitations E. Parameters 1. Coefficient 2. Intensity 3. Area 4. Time of concentration VII. Unit Hydrographs A. Types 1. Clark unit hydrograph 2. Maricopa county unit hydrograph procedure 3. S-graph B. Principles C. Limitations VIII. Channel Routing A. Types 1. Kinematic wave 2. Muskingum 3. Muskingum cunge 4. Normal-depth IX. Geographic Information Systems A. Collecting data B. Using tools X. Hydrologic Models A. Techniques B. Programming XI. Model Evaluation A. Evaluation of results B. Fine-tuning models C. Parameter estimation |
|
|