B621 – Hydrology & Hydrometry

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

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

Lecturers

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


Dipl.-Hydrol. Susanna Kettner
susanna.kettner(at)htw-dresden.de


Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jakob Ebermann
jakob.ebermann(at)htw-dresden.de

Teaching language(s)

English

ECTS credits

5.00 Credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Seminar | 2.00 SWS Internship)

Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-requisite(s) for the examination

Protocols
Tested in English language

Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination duration: 90 min | Weighting: 100 % | Tested in English language

Teaching form

Seminars, field and laboratory practical, excursions

Media type
Not specified
Teaching 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.

Special admission requirement(s)
Not specified
Recommended prerequisites

Keine Angabe

Continuation options
Not specified
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
Not specified
Link to course or learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/26590380052
Modulux link:
https://apps.htw-dresden.de/modulux/en/module/3551