541-0041/01 – Modelling of Hydrological Processes (MHP)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. RNDr. Jan Unucka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. RNDr. Jan Unucka, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2017/2018 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Our intention is to provide a broad coverage of topics (see annotation of the course) in order to acquaint students with the basic principles of the subject taught and their practical applications.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The subject is dealing with basic principles of mathematical modelling of surface and groundwater flow.
Hydrological models
Basic hydrological terminology recapitulation. Components of hydrological balance equation. Possibilities, types of hydrological models. Watershed schematization using GIS. Input data and their preprocessing.. Quantitative prediction of precipitation, atmospheric models. Rainfall-runoff models – types, specifics. Hydraulic models – types, specifics. Models for complex watershed management. Visualization in GIS. Using models for operative hydrology Tools of artificial intelligence in hydrology and water management (fuzzy, neuron network).
Hydrogeological models
Physical and mathematical modeling, numerical methods – method of finite differences, method of finite elements. Types of hydrogeological models and applications .
Modelling groundwater flow in saturated and unsaturated zone – governing equations.
Methodology of model construction – conceptual model, grid design, boundary conditions, sources and sinks, initial conditions. Steady stae and transient flow models.
Model calibration, calibration criteria. Inverse modeling.
Compulsory literature:
MARY P. ANDERSON AND WILLIAM W. WOESSNER (1992): Applied Groundwater Modeling.
Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport. Academic Press USA
BEDIENT, P.B., HUBER W. C. (2001): Hydrology and floodplain analysis. 2nd edition. London, Prentice Hall. 763 s.
BEVEN, K.J. (2002): Rainfall-runoff modelling. The Primer. London, John Wiley & Sons. 372 s.
Compulsory literature:
MARY P. ANDERSON AND WILLIAM W. WOESSNER (1992): Applied Groundwater Modeling.
Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport. Academic Press USA
BEDIENT, P.B., HUBER W. C. (2001): Hydrology and floodplain analysis. 2nd edition. London, Prentice Hall. 763 s.
BEVEN, K.J. (2002): Rainfall-runoff modelling. The Primer. London, John Wiley & Sons. 372 s.
Recommended literature:
MAIDMENT, D.R. (ED.) (1993): Handbook of Hydrology. 1st edition. London, McGraw-Hill Professional. 1424 s.
MAIDMENT, D., DJOKIC, D. (ED.) (2000): Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic Information Systems. Redlands, ESRI Press. 232 s.
MAIDMENT, D. (ED.) (2002): ArcHydro. GIS for water resources. Redlands, ESRI Press, 220 s.
WARD, A., TRIMBLE, S. W. (2004): Environmental Hydrology. 2nd. Edition. CRC Press & Lewis Publishers, 504 s.
CHUNMIAO ZHENG, GORDON D. BENNET (1995): Applied Contaminant transport
modelling. Theory and Practise International Thomson Publishing Inc.
KARLHEINZ SPITZ AND JOANNA MORENO (2000): Practical Guide to Groundwater and Solute Transport Modelling. SSG USA.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Seminární práce z okruhu dle osnov, samostatné programy.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The subject is dealing with basic principles of mathematical modelling of surface and groundwater flow.
Hydrological models
Basic hydrological terminology recapitulation. Components of hydrological balance equation. Possibilities, types of hydrological models. Watershed schematization using GIS. Input data and their preprocessing.. Quantitative prediction of precipitation, atmospheric models. Rainfall-runoff models – types, specifics. Hydraulic models – types, specifics. Models for complex watershed management. Visualization in GIS. Using models for operative hydrology Tools of artificial intelligence in hydrology and water management (fuzzy, neuron network).
Hydrogeological models
Physical and mathematical modeling, numerical methods – method of finite differences, method of finite elements. Types of hydrogeological models and applications .
Modelling groundwater flow in saturated and unsaturated zone – governing equations.
Methodology of model construction – conceptual model, grid design, boundary conditions, sources and sinks, initial conditions. Steady stae and transient flow models.
Model calibration, calibration criteria. Inverse modeling.
Compulsory literature:
MARY P. ANDERSON AND WILLIAM W. WOESSNER (1992): Applied Groundwater Modeling.
Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport. Academic Press USA
BEDIENT, P.B., HUBER W. C. (2001): Hydrology and floodplain analysis. 2nd edition. London, Prentice Hall. 763 s.
BEVEN, K.J. (2002): Rainfall-runoff modelling. The Primer. London, John Wiley & Sons. 372 s.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction