Environmental Planning and Design
SBW901 Hydrology 3.0 ECTS credits
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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Aug 97
LANGUAGE: Swedish
EXAMINER
A Lundberg Univ adj
PREREQUISITES
COURSE AIM
To give the basic knowledge of Hydrology.
CONTENTS
The hydrological cycle: percipitation, water balance. Energy balance, radiation
Evaporation: measurements, the aerodynamic method, the energy balance method, the Penman method
Runoff: The rational method, the unit hydrograph, the S-hydrograph, the time-area method, the linear reservoir method
Ground water: Darcy«s law, hydraulic conductivity, steady one-dimensional flow in open and closed aquifers, flow nets, influence of wells
Ice and snow: snow-melt, ice growth in rivers and lakes, growth of crystals, snow physics, snowpack dynamics, measurements, drift of snow
Hydropower in Sweden: Discharge modelling, Design flood, Probable Maximum Flood
TEACHING
EXAMINATION
Participation in laborations is compulsory. The course is examined by a written test.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5
ITEMS AND CREDITS
Laboratory work 0.7 ECTS
Written exam 2.2 ECTS
COURSE LITERATURE
Bergström, S., 1993, Sveriges hydrologi - grundläggande hydrologiska förhållanden, SMHI.
Literature developed by the department (in Swedish).
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Last modified 97-03-05
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