B621 – Hydrology & Hydrometry

Module
Hydrology & Hydrometry
Hydrology & Hydrometry
Module number
B621
Version: 1
Faculty
Civil Engineering
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Hydrology and Hydrometry"

Dipl.-Hydrol. Susanna Kettner
susanna.kettner(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Hydrology and Hydrometry"

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jakob Ebermann
jakob.ebermann(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Hydrology and Hydrometry"
Course language(s)

English
in "Hydrology and Hydrometry"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Seminar | 2.00 SCH Internship)
Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)

Protocol
in "Hydrology and Hydrometry"
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Hydrology and Hydrometry"
Form of teaching

Seminars, field and laboratory practical, excursions
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Water cycle and basic catchment hydrology
  • Catchment delineation
  • Hydrometry including flow gauging, rain gauging and measurement of key meteorological and hydrological parameters
  • Rating curve
  • Data management and data processing (HEC-DSS Vue)
  • Data checking
  • Data analysis 1 – rainfall, evapotranspiration, soil moisture
  • Data analysis 2 – design flow - method
  • Data analysis 3 – rainfall – runoff modelling (unit hydrograph,  SCS-CN approach, rational method)
  • Rainfall – runoff modelling and flow routing (HEC-HMS)
Qualification objectives

Students will be familiar with the water cycle of different scales, will be able to estimate the water balance of a particular area and will know about the consequences of climate change on the water cycle. Students will have an overview of hydrometric techniques and will have practiced some of the most common gauging methods. They will be familiar with the requirements of checking and processing of hydrometrical data. Students will have practiced several methods to determine design flows for planning from Excel-calculations to their application in internationally applied software and will be able to use any other hydrological method or software.
Social and personal skills
No information
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

Keine Angabe
Continuation options
No information
Literature
  • Elizabeth Shaw et al. (2011) Hydrology in Practice. 4th edition, Spon Press, Abingdon. ISBN  13: 978-0-415-37042-4
  • S. Lawrence Dingman (2015) Physical Hydrology. 3rd edition, Waveland Press, London. ISBN  13: 978-1-4786-1118-9
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-dssvue/
  • http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-hms/
Current teaching resources

Script
Notes
No information
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/26590380052
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