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Environmental Hydrology: Introductory Class

Rezaul Karim Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Technology Jessore Science and Technology University

Rezaul Karim

Assistant Professor, Dept of EST, Jessore University of Science and Technology

B.Sc. & M.S. in Environmental Science (JU) M.Sc. In Sustainable Technology, KTH, Sweden

Research Interest
Climate Change; Sustainability; Risk Management; Energy
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Class outline
Aims Out line of the topics: Hydrology

Course contents Course materials Class test + attendance References

Summary Outcomes of the study

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Course Number: EST 2111 Course Title: Environmental Hydrology Credit: 2 [2 hours per week for a period of 13 (2X13 hours) weeks]

Aims

The class is designed to give an understanding about Hydrology and its contents and importance to the 2nd year student of the EST department.

therefore, they will be able to do higher courses related to water issues of their further study.
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Introduction: Hydrology

The word hydrology combines

the Greek word Hudor which means water and the logy designates a study of.

It is also origins in the new Latin word hydrologia. Generally, hydrology refers to the scientific study of water and its properties, distribution, and effects on Earths surface, soil and atmosphere. Different things to different professions. E.g. Chemist, planners, environmentalists & meteorologists and so on.

Definition

Hydrology is an earth science. It encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement and properties of the waters of the earth. The U.S. National Research Council (1991)

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Hydrologic Cycle is the Centre of Hydrology

Course out line

Introduction:
Hydrology: the study of water, Importance of Water, Worlds water resource, A brief history of development hydrology, Major aspects of hydrology, Hydrological data, Scope of hydrology, Application of hydrology to environmental problems

Hydrologic cycle:
hydrologic cycle and its components and process; system concept, water balance, world's surface water: precipitation, evaporation and runoff, metrological parameters affecting hydrologic cycle, water shed, hydrologic equation

Precipitation and interception:

water vapor and precipitation; precipitation formation; types of precipitation, precipitation distribution; static influences on precipitation distribution; measurement of precipitation; forest rainfall measurement; point and areal precipitation; moving from point measurement to spatially distributed estimation; rain-gauge density; rainfall intensity and storm duration; surrogate measures for estimating rainfall; precipitation in the context of water quantity and quality

Evaporation and transpiration:

evaporation, evaporation as a process, evaporation from water surfaces and soil, evaporation above a vegetation canopy: transpiration, measurement of evaporation, estimation of evaporation, remote sensing of evaporation, evaporation in the context of water quantity and quality

Storage and ground water:

water beneath the earths surface, water in the unsaturated zone, water in the saturated zone, aquifers and aquitards, groundwater flow, measuring water beneath the surface, measurement of infiltration rate, estimating water beneath the surface, storage in the context of water quantity and quality

Run off and flooding:

types of flow, runoff mechanisms, groundwater contribution to stormflow, measuring streamflow, measuring hillslope runoff, estimating streamflow, floods, influences on flood size, runoff in the context of water quality Stream flow analysis and modelling : hydrograph analysis; the unit hydrograph; flow duration curves; frequency analysis; limitations of frequency analysis; computer modelling in hydrology; flow assessment for stream ecology

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Course Number: EST 2112 Course Title: Environmental Hydrology Sessional Credit: 1 [1 hours per week for a period of 13 (1X13 hours) weeks] Course Content
Data Analysis and Statistics Calculating Intensity, Duration, and Frequency Field infiltration tests Runoff modeling using TR55

Course Teacher:
Rezaul Karim Sayka Jahan
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Sciences involved

Hydrology is a broad subject. It needs help from allied sciences such as

Physics Mathematics Statistics Geology Geography Meteorology Forestry Agriculture Hydraulics
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Application fields: essential for:

Sustainable agriculture (foods for the growing population); Environmental protection and management; Water resources development and management; Prevention and control of natural disasters; Control problems of tidal rivers and estuaries; Soil erosion and sediment transport and deposition; Mitigation of the negative impacts of climatic change; Water supply; and Flood and drought control;
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Recommended references

Tim Davie (2002) Fundamentals of hydrology, Routledge Fundamentals of Physical Geography, 2nd ed. Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Viessman, W., Jr., and G.L. Lewis, 2003. Introduction to Hydrology, 5th Edition. Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, NY. Raghunath, H. M. (2006) Hydrology: principles, analysis and design. 2nd ed. New age international (p) limited, New delhi 110002
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Hydrology is an earth science that encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement and properties of the waters of the earth. The main jobs of a hydrologist are collection and analysis of data, and making predictions out of this analysis. It requires support of other allied subjects. The employment opportunity is diversified fields e.g. weather station, flood control department, mining and so on.
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As to sum up

Outcomes of the study

After the class, it is expected that one can

Define the hydrology Describe its contents and important Analyze their prospects and potentials on the field related to hydrology and Evaluate their decision when they might to choose the course from multi-disciplinary curriculum on their teaching or taking subsidiary courses on their further study.
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Thank you