COURSE SYLLABUS
SCHEDULE OF
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WIKI
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT
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ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
Earth
Science 341
Spring, 2012
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OUTCOMES: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
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Before coming to class, please read pages 132-147 in your textbook.
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Your wiki page is due on Thursday!
By the end of today's
class, you should be able to do the following:
PREDICTING TOTAL RUNOFF VOLUME
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Use the NRCS curve number procedure to estimate
total runoff from a storm.
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Demonstrate how to use Antecedent Moisture
Conditions to adjust the curve number procedure
calculations.
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Define the following terms:
initial abstraction, Antecedent Moisture Condition,
curve number.
RESOURCES: The NRCS publication, National
Engineering Handbook, Part 630 Hydrology can be downloaded from this page:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/technical/alphabetical/water/hydrology/?&cid=stelprdb1043063
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Or, you can go directly to the following individual
chapters from these links:
Chapter 9, Hydrologic Soil-Cover
Complexes
ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wntsc/H&H/NEHhydrology/ch9.pdf
Chap 10, Estimation of Direct Runoff from Storm
Rainfall ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wntsc/H&H/NEHhydrology/ch10.pdf
Chap 15, Time of Concentration
ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wntsc/H&H/NEHhydrology/ch15.pdf
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