Course Information:

Instructor: Professor I. Tsanis (Faculty Member - EnvEng), A. Koutroulis (LTS Member -EnvEng)

Tutorial exercises: A. Koutroulis

Textbooks (Eudoxus):

• Book [22771790]: Υδατικοί πόροι : I, Τσακίρης Γ.
• Book [12497]: Υδρολογία, E. Wilson 

Eclass:

•  Registration required

Course contents:

• Hydrology. Hydrological cycle. Geomorphology. Watershed. Hydrographic network. Hydrometeorology
• Precipitation. Rainfall measurement. Data homogeneity. Completion of observations. Estimation of average rainfall in a watershed. Rainfall data analysis. Problems
• Evapotranspiration. Practical importance of evapotranspiration. Factors affecting evapotranspiration. Methods for calculating evaporation. Problems
• Infiltration. Penetration. Static and dynamic of soil water. Percolation phenomenon description. Empirical infiltration equations. Problems
• Excess rainfall. Methods of estimation excess rainfall-SCS method. Surface runoff and estimation methods. Stage-Discharge curves. Cumulative discharge curve. Problems
• Hydrographs. Unit hydrograph. Synthetic unit hydrograph. Snyder method. Empirical methods of estimating flood magnitude parameters. Rational  method. Problems
• Routing. Hydrologic river routing - Muskingum method. Hydrologic reservoir routing. Problems
• Groundwater concepts and aquifer properties. Well  Hydraulics. Problems

Assessment and grading method:

• Problem Sets, 10% of the grade
• Final closed-book written exam, 90% of the grade

Last modification: 03-09-2018