CIV E 634 - SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2011
INSTRUCTOR: DR. V. M. PONCE
TEXT: Online syllabus and "Engineering Hydrology, Principles and Practices", by V. M. Ponce (recommended)
Topic No.     Description     Chapter No.   [Paper No.]
  1. Water balance     1   [1, 2, 3]
  2. Evapotranspiration    2   [4]
  3. Overland flow     4   [5, 6]
  4. Infiltration      5   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  5. Hydroclimatology    -   [11, 12, 13, 14]
  6. Droughts      -   [15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
  7. Baseflow     11   [20, 21, 22]
  8. Hydrologic modeling   13, 14   [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32]
  9. Hydrosedimentology   15   [33, 34, 35]
  10. Climate change    -   [36, 37, 38, 39, 40]
PAPERS
  1. A conceptual model of catchment water balance: 1. Formulation   (31042)
  2. A conceptual model of catchment water balance: 2. Application   (31043)
  3. Catchment wetting and water balance   (36003)   (17509.130)
  4. The Penman-Monteith method   (46003)
  5. Generalized conceptual modeling of dimensionless overland flow hydrographs   (31050)
  6. Time of concentration in small rural watersheds   (46005)  (49004)  (31023)
  7. Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?   (31045)
  8. Discussions to "Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?"   (46004)
  9. Closure to "Runoff curve number: Has it reached maturity?"   (32025)
  10. Notes of my conversation with Vic Mockus   (17047)
  11. Surface albedo and water resources   (31048)   (42005)
  12. The facts about El Niño   (17018)
  13. Q&A on the return period to be used for design   (38009)
  14. The ford-bridge   (38007)
  15. Characterization of drought across climatic spectrum   (31056)
  16. A conceptual model of drought characterization across the climatic spectrum   (31055)
  17. Drought characterization in the Ojos Negros region, Baja California, Mexico   (31061)
  18. Management of droughts and floods in the semiarid Brazilian Northeast   (31041)
  19. Three Issues of sustainable management in the Ojos Negros valley: Drought   (17065)
  20. Management of baseflow augmentation: A review   (31026)   (41043)   (41044)   (97064)
  21. Baseflow augmentation by streambank storage   (31025)
  22. Estimation of regional aquifer parameters using baseflow recession data   (35007)
  23. A general dimensionless unit hydrograph   (36001)
  24. Cascade and convolution   (36002)
  25. Search for physically based runoff model -- A hydrologic El Dorado?   (46001)
  26. Evolution of Clark's unit hydrograph method to spatially distributed runoff   (46002)
  27. Source of the Missouri river   (42032)
  28. HEC-HMS Muskingum-Cunge model   (42012)
  29. Flood hydrology of the Binational Cottonwood Creek - Arroyo Alamar   (23002)
  30. Flood hydrology of Tecate Creek, Tecate, Baja California   (26041)
  31. Flood hydrology of the La Leche river, Peru   (45101)
  32. Groundwater recharge by channel infiltration in El Barbon basin   (31051)
  33. Ultimate sediment concentration   (31024)
  34. The importance of fluvial morphology in hydraulic engineering   (37003)
  35. The Lane relation revisited   (42023)
  36. Global climate change, sustainable development, and environmental ethics   (31052)
  37. The science of global warming   (43059)
  38. The facts about global warming   (43008)   (43007)
  39. The reason behind global warming   (38002)
  40. The sense behind global warming   (43060)
CALENDAR

Week No. 6:   Topic selection deadline (Monday, February 28, 1900)

Week No. 8:   Midterm exam (Monday, March 14, 1900-2015)

Week No. 10:   Preliminary oral presentations (Monday, April 4, 1900-2015)

Week No. 15:   Final oral presentations (Wednesday, May 4, 1900-2015, and Monday, May 9, 1900-2015).

Week No. 15:   Papers due (Monday, May 9, 1900)

Week No. 16:   Final exam (Wednesday, May 18, 1900-2100)

INSTRUCTIONS

OFFICE HOURS: PS231B, MW 0900-1000, MW 1900-2000.

GRADING POLICY:   Homework Set (25%), Midterm (25%), Project (25%), Final (25%).

HOMEWORK SET:   Homework is due at the start of the class period, one week after date of assignment. There is no late homework.

PROJECT:   The project will consist of individual work on a project/paper/topic mutually agreed with the instructor. A written paper and two oral presentations (10th and 15th week) are an integral part of the experience. The paper should be of professional quality, and its length should not be more than 15 pages, including tables and figures. Text should be double-spaced. The oral presentations should be web-based or Power Point.