GES 616 - Physical Hydrology

Credits: [4]

Description: Provides an introduction to quantifying the components of the hydrologic cycle ’ precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, runoff, stream flow, and groundwater flow. Emphasis is on quantifying flow and storage in watersheds, including temporal and spatial patterns. Appropriate field and laboratory tests used to measure hydrologic processes and mechanistic and statistical models for data evaluation and interpretation are presented.
Course ID: 051012
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Calculus; probability and statistics.
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: A-F