Syllabus

Lecture 1: Introduction to Hydrology

Expectations;

Terminology

Hydrologic Cycle;

Water Budgets

Engineering hydrology and hydrologic problems

Lecture 2: Precipitation

Mechanisms of Precipitation;

Measurement of Rainfall;

Rainfall Hyetographs;

 Intensity Duration Frequency (IDF) Curves;

 Estimate of Point and Areal Precipitation;

Design Storms

Precipitation and measurement,

rain gauge network design,

consistency of records,

areal precipitation estimation

Lecture 3: Evaporation

(E) &Transpiration Evapotranspiration (ET); Pan,

Potential and Open Water

Evaporation;

Energy and Water

Budget Methods

Lecture 4: Evaporation

Evaporation and evapotranspiration and estimation,

pan-evaportation, Penman's equation

Infiltration,

Soil Moisture

Percolation        

Measurement; Phi Index;

Horton’s, Holtan’s and Green-

Ampt Models; Soil Moisture

Redistribution; Field Capacity and

Other Indices

Infiltration and theory, Horton's equation, phi index, SCS method, factors affecting infiltration

Lecture 5: Runoff & Streamflow              

Hydrographs; Flow Measurement;

Baseflow Separation;

Rational Method

Catchment characteristics,

area, length, slope, runoff coefficients,

land use and cover, streamflow and hydrographs

Lecture 6: Hydrologic Design

data requirements, analysis and design for floods, low flows, average flows

Characteristics and analysis of hydrological data,

probability concepts,

flood, draught, rainfall frequency analysis, i-d-f- curves

Unit hydrograph theory, derivation and application of unit hydrographs

Lecture 6: Theory and application of river and reservoir routing

Hydrologic design of storm sewer systems, rational methods, design storms

Hydrograph

AnalysisUnit Hydrograph Theory;

Estimation of Hydrograph

Ordinates; Triangular

Hydrographs; Convolution Synthetic

Hydrographs      Snyder Method; Soil Conservation

(Curve Number) Method;

Lecture 7:-Flood

Routing                Hydrologic Vs. Hydraulic

Methods; Storage Indication;

Muskingum Methods

Lecture 8:-Stormwater Management    

Introduction Urban Hydrology;

Quantity and Quality Management

Issues;

Detention and Retention Systems

Frequency Analysis        

Histograms; Risk and Reliability;

Frequency Distributions;

Estimation of Extreme Events

Lecture 9:-Introduction to GIS  

Lecture 10: Introduction to Computer Models  

Lecture 11: Introduction to Climate and weather

Lecture 12: Hydrological modelling for climate-change impact assessment

Lecture 13: Statistical Methods in hydrology     

Lecture 14: Statistical Methods in Water Resources