CE 331

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Hydrology

Civil and Construction Engineering Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

Course Description

Waters of the earth, their occurrence, circulation, and distribution. Relationships among precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, transpiration, groundwater, and stream runoff.

When Taught

Winter.

Min

3

Fixed/Max

3

Fixed

2

Fixed

3

Title

Hydrologic Cycle

Learning Outcome

Understand and apply climatological principles relating to the hydrologic cycle and its occurrence and interaction with the biosphere of the earth.

Title

Precipitation & Runoff

Learning Outcome

Understand and solve problems for precipitation/runoff situations; including generation of the flow rates at desired points in a watershed.

Title

Design & Hydrographs

Learning Outcome

Design and make calculations of flowrate hydrographs, reservoir storage, well flow and drawdown, and water demand relationships in streams and in the groundwater.

Title

Statistical Methods

Learning Outcome

Design and apply statistical methods to generate hydrologic intensity and frequency distributions.