CIV E 634 Surface-water Hydrology --- Fall 2020 --- Syllabus
A. Water Balance
(Weeks 1 and 2)

[200824-200831]

A01. Ponce, V. M., and the Late A. B. Palaniappan. 1993-2014. Facets of hydrology.
A02. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Factors affecting precipitation.
A03. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Water balance figures.
A04. Ponce, V. M. 201. L'vovich's water balance.
A05. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Water balance using catchment wetting. Video
A06. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Water balance using catchment wetting (Calculator).
A07. Ponce, V. M. 2018. Why is the cybernetic hydrologic balance better suited for yield hydrology than the conventional approach?  Video
A08. Ponce, V. M. 2018. How much water could be pumped from an aquifer and still remain sustainable?  Video
A09. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Water balance to determine groundwater recharge coefficient (Calculator).
A10. Ponce, V. M., and A. V. Shetty. 1995. A conceptual model of catchment water balance:  1. Formulation and Calibration.
A11. Ponce, V. M., and A. V. Shetty. 1995. A conceptual model of catchment water balance:  2. Application to runoff and baseflow modeling.
A12. Penman, H. L. 1970. The water cycle.
A13. Ponce, V. M. and J. Da Silva. 2019. The properties of water. Video
A14. Ponce, V. M. 1992. Letter to South American Explorer. Video
B. Evapotranspiration
(Week 3)

[200902-200909]

B01. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Evaporation and evapotranspiration.
B02. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Evaporation. (Video)
B03. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Evapotranspiration. (Video)
B04. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The Penman-Montieth method.  Video.
B05. Ponce, V. M. 2007. Penman calculator.
B06. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The psychrometric constant.
B07. Ponce, V. M. 2007. Thornthwaite calculator.
B08. Ponce, V. M. 2007. Penman-Montieth calculator.
B09. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Penman-Montieth calculator for ecosystems.
B10. Aguilar, R. D., and V. M. Ponce, 2013. Evapotranspiration using the Shuttleworth-Wallace method.
B11. Aguilar, R. D., and V, M. Ponce. 2013. Shuttleworth-Wallace calculator.
C. Infiltration
(Week 4)

[200914-200916]

C01. Ponce, V. M. and R. H. Hawkins. 1996. Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?
C02. Several authors. 1997. Discussion to Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?
C03. Ponce, V. M. and R. H. Hawkins. 1997. Closure to Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?
C04. Ponce, V. M. 1996. Notes of my conversation with Vic Mockus.  In NRCS website.   Video
C05. Ponce, V. M., and L. Magallon. 2015. Initial abstraction revisited.  Video
C06. Ponce, V. M. 1996. Hydrologists of the third kind.  Video
D. Overland flow
(Week 5)

[200921-200923]

D01. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Catchment properties   (Video).
D02. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Runoff   (Video).
D03. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Overland flow.
D04. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The Pfasfstetter coding system for watershed identification.  Video
D05. Ponce, V. M., O. I. Cordero-Brana, and S. Y. Hasenin. 1997. Generalized conceptual modeling of dimensionless overland flow hydrographs.
D06. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Calculation of conceptual dimensionless overland flow hydrographs.
D07. Woolhiser, D. A. 1987. Search for a physically based rainfall-runoff model.
D08. Papadakis, C. N., and M. N. Kazan. 1987. Time of concentration in small rural watersheds.
D09. Ponce, V. M., and A. C. Klabunde. 1999. Parking lot storage modeling using diffusion waves.
D10. Aguilar, R. D., 2014. Diffusion wave modeling of catchment dynamics using online calculation.
D11. Aguilar, R. D., and V. M. Ponce. 2014. Overland flow using the diffusion wave method.
E. Hydroclimatology
(Weeks 6 and 7)

[200928-201007]

E01. Ponce, V. M., A. K. Lohani, and P. T. Huston. 1997. Surface albedo and water resources: Hydroclimatological impact of human activities.
E02. Ponce, V. M., A. K. Lohani, and P. T. Huston. 1997. Budyko's hydroclimatological model of a coupled land surface-atmosphere system.
E03. Ponce, V. M. 2003. The Sahel, Africa.
E04. Ponce, V. M. 2003. Advective precipitation.
E05. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Is vegetation paying its own way?
E06. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Is vegetation paying its own way? (Video)
E07. Ponce, V. M. 1995. The ARS lab in Tucson.
E08. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The untimely drought.  Video
E09. Ponce, V. M., and A. V. Shetty. 2009. The facts about El Niño.
E10. Ponce, V. M. 2007. Q & A on the return period to be used for design.  Video
E11. ASCE. 2007. The ASCE Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel Report.
E12. ASCE. 2007. Quote from the ASCE Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel Report (page 73).
E13. Ponce, V. M. 2007. The ford-bridge:  Sustainable river crossings in arid regions.  Video
E14. Hoover, L. 2005. Mohave river flood of March 2005.
E15. Ponce, V. M., R. P. Pandey, and S. Ercan. 2008. Characterization of drought across climatic spectrum.
E16. Ponce, V. M., R. P. Pandey, and S. Ercan. 2008. A conceptual model of drought characterization across the climatic spectrum.
E17. Shetty, A. V., A. Taher-Shamsi, V. M. Ponce, and R. Garcia-Cueto. 2002. Drought characterization in the Ojos Negros region, Baja California, Mexico.
E18. Ponce, V. M. 1995. Management of floods and droughts in the semiarid Brazilian Northeast: The case for conservation.
E19. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The 800-mm isohyet: Health and hope.
E20. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The 800-mm isohyet: Health and hope. (Video)
E21. Ponce, V. M. 2004. Drought, in Three issues of sustainable management in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California, Mexico.
F. Baseflow augmentation
(Week 8)

[201012-201014]

F01. Ponce, V. M., and D. S. Lindquist. 1990. Management of baseflow augmentation: A review.
F02. Ponce, V. M. 1989. Baseflow augmentation by streambank storage: Literature review and annotated bibliography.
F03. Ponce, V. M. 2004. Camp Creek 15-yr assessment.
F04. Ponce, V. M. 2004. Severance reservoir 15-yr assessment.
F05. Ponce, V. M. 2007. Red Clover Creek: Past and Present.
F06. Ponce, V. M. 2007. The Story of Red Clover Creek, Plumas County, California.
F07. Ponce, V. M. et al.. 2013. Regional aquifer parameters using baseflow recession.
F08. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Surface-subsurface flow interaction.
F09. Ponce, V. M., et al. 2014. Effect of groundwater pumping on the health of arid vegetative ecosystems.
Week 9

[201019-201021]

Midterm Exam (Exam 201019 17:30-18:45; review 201021 17:30-18:45)
G. Catchment routing
(Weeks
10, half of 11,
and half of 12)

[201026-201109]

G01. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Runoff diffusion reexamined.  Video
G02. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Creager and flood wave diffusion.  Video
G03. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Synthetic unit hydrographs explained.  Video
G04. Ponce, V. M. 2010. The source of the Missouri river.  Video
G05. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Time-area method.
G06. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Time-area method. (Video)
G07. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Time-area method calculator.
G08. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Clark unit hydrogragh. (Video)
G09. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Clark unit hydrogragh. (Video)
G10. Ponce, V. M., and N. R. Nuccitelli. 2013. Comparison of two types of Clark unit hydrographs. Video
G11. Ponce, V. M., and N. R. Nuccitelli. 2013. Online routing Clark.
G12. Kull, D. A., and A. D. Feldman. 1998. Evolution of Clark's unit graph method to spatially distributed runoff.
G13. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Cascade of linear reservoirs.
G14. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Cascade of linear reservoirs. (Video)
G15. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Cascade of linear reservoirs calculator.
G16. Ponce, V. M. 1980. Linear reservoirs and numerical diffusion.
G17. Ponce, V. M. 2011. A general dimensionless unit hydrograph.  Video
G18. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Cascade and convolution: One and the same.  Video
G19. Ariza, G. 2017. Application of the dimensionless unit hydrograph using California watershed data.
G20. Woolhiser, D. A. 1996. Search for physically based runoff model: a hydrologic El Dorado?
G21. Ponce, V. M. 2005. Flood hydrology of the Binational Cottonwood Creek - Arroyo Alamar, California and Baja California.
G22. Ponce, V. M., H. A. Castro, A. E. Espinoza, R. Celis, and F. Perez. 2005. Flood hydrology of Tecate Creek, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico.
G23. Ponce, V. M. 2005. A hydrodynamic watershed model.  Video
Week 11 (First half)Term Project Preliminary Oral Presentations (Monday 201102)
H. Channel routing
(Weeks 13 and
half of 14)

[201116-201123]

H01. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Kinematic waves.
H02. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Diffusion waves.
H03. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Muskingum-Cunge method.
H04. Hydrologic Engineering Center. 1998. HEC-HMS Muskingum-Cunge model.
H05. Ponce, V. M. 2020. Analytical verification of Muskingum-Cunge flood routing method. Video
H06. Ponce, V. M. 2008. La Leche river flood control project, Lambayeque, Peru: Flood hydrology.
H07. Ponce, V. M., R. P. Pandey, and S. Kumar. 1999. Groundwater recharge by channel infiltration in El Barbon basin, Baja California, Mexico.
H08. Vuppalapati, B., and V. M. Ponce, 2016. Muskingum-Cunge amplitude and phase portraits with online computation.
H09. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Muskingum method. (Video)
H10. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Kinematic waves. (Video)
H11. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Kinematic wave celerity. (Video)
H12. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Diffusion waves. (Video)
H13. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Muskingum-Cunge method. (Video)
H14. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The Att-kin model.  Video
H15. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The competition between kinematic and dynamic waves.
H16. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Introduction to dynamic waves. (Video)
H17. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Instability of the Preissmann scheme.
H18. Ponce, V. M. 2011. [When to use] Unsteady flow with HEC-RAS.  Video
H19. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Causes of runoff diffusion. (Video)
I. Climate change
(Week 15)

[201130-201202]

I01. Ponce, V. M., and S. Kumar. 1999. Global climate change, sustainable development, and environmental ethics.
I02. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The global carbon cycle.
I03. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The 33 facts about global warming.
I04. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The science of global warming: Good, bad, or ugly?
I05. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Uncommon sense: The sense behind global warming.
I06. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Plants and animals: How many are they?  Video
I07. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The global warming puzzle: How many people does one car amount to?
I08. Ponce, V. M. 2015. Effect of global climate change on the White Range of Peru .  Video
I09. Ponce, V. M. 2015. Global warming milestones .  Video
Week 16Term Project Final Oral Presentations (Monday 201207 and Wednesday 201209 17:30-18:45)
Week 17Final exam (Monday 201214 19:00-21:00) (updated 201201)
201201 12:00