PPT-CE 374K Hydrology Lecture 5: Precipitation

Precipitation mechanisms Rainall maps Rainfall hyetographs Nexrad measurement of rainfall Reading for today Applied Hydrology Sec 33 and 34 Reading for Thursday Applied Hydrology Sec 35 and 36. Contents nce of different forms of movement of water and changes of its physical state on a given area of the Earth. The cal cycle and their description depends on the chosen spatial-temporal scales. Hydrologic Systems. Hydrologic systems and hydrologic models. How to apply physical laws to fluid systems. Intrinsic and extrinsic properties of fluids. Reynolds Transport . Theorem. Continuity equation. Syllabus, sequence of topics. Case study of Brushy Creek watershed . Hydrology as a science and as a profession. Hydrologic cycle and world water balance. Water as a physical substance. Readings: . For today – Applied Hydrology and Chapter 1. Syllabus, sequence of topics. Hydrology as a science and as a profession. Hydrologic cycle and world water balance. Water as a physical substance. Case study of Brushy Creek watershed . Readings: . For today – Applied Hydrology and Chapter 1. Lecture 5: Precipitation. Precipitation mechanisms. Rainall. maps. Rainfall hyetographs. Nexrad. measurement of rainfall. Reading for today – Applied Hydrology, Sec 3.3 and 3.4. Reading for Thursday – Applied Hydrology, Sec 3.5 and 3.6. Frequency Factors. Frequency Analysis using Frequency Factors. The . magnitude of an extreme event . can be thought of as a departure from the mean expressed as a number of standard deviations. The . Hydrologic Systems. Setting the context in Brushy Creek. Hydrologic systems and hydrologic models. Reynolds Transport Theorem. Continuity equation. Reading for next Tuesday – Applied Hydrology, Sections 2.3 to 2.8. Hydrologic Systems. Hydrologic systems and hydrologic models. How to apply physical laws to fluid systems. Intrinsic and extrinsic properties of fluids. Reynolds Transport . Theorem. Continuity equation. a. lways babbles, but never talks?. HYDROLOGY. Water is possibly the world’s most important commodity. . Water makes . life. possible on any planet. That’s why we are always looking for water on other planets…where there is water, there is the possibility life.. a. lways babbles, but never talks?. HYDROLOGY. Water is possibly the world’s most important commodity. . Water makes . life. possible on any planet. That’s why we are always looking for water on other planets…where there is water, there is the possibility life.. Runoff. Streamflow. Generation. Excess Rainfall and Direct Runoff. SCS Method for runoff amount. Examples from Brushy Creek. Reading for today: Applied Hydrology sections 5.1 to 5.6. Reading for Tuesday Feb 19: Applied Hydrology Sections 5.7 and 5.8, Chapter 6. LECTURE 1. REFERENCE BOOKS. Awan . N. . M, . Surface Water Hydrology (Vol-1), National Book Foundation, Islamabad Pakistan.. Chow . Ven. . Te. , David R. . Maidment. , Larry W. . Mays, . Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill Book International Edition.. February 15, 2011. Hydrology as a Science. “. Hydrology is the science that treats the waters of the earth, their occurrence, circulation and distribution, their chemical and physical properties, and their reaction with their environment, including their relation to living things. The domain of hydrology embraces the full life history of water on the earth. April 14, 2011. Hortonian Flow. Sheet flow described by Horton in 1930s. When . i. <. f. , all . i. is absorbed . When . i. > . f. , (. i-f. ) results in rainfall excess. Applicable in . impervious surfaces (urban areas).