Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Elements of the Hydrometeorology

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0053/02
Abbreviation	ZHMET
Course title	Elements of the Hydrometeorology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Jan Unucka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic terms and principles of hydrometeorology
2. Meteorology and basics of the atmospheric physics
3. Operative meteorological measurement using distance detection methods and gauge networks
4. Meteorological forecasting, NWFS/GCM models, quantitative precipitation forecasting
5. Basic hydrological terms and principles
6. Rainfall-runoff process
7. Hydrometry, modern methods of water properties measurement
8. Hydrologic models. Rainfall-runoff models.
9. Hydrologic models. Hydrodynamic models.
10. GIS pre- and postprocessing for the hydrologic models.
11. Operational hydrologic forecasting services. Implementation of the hydrometeorological methods and hydrologic
models.
12. Expert systems in water board management.
13. Complex hydrometeorological systems. Distributed models and expert systems.

Literature

BEDIENT, P.B., HUBER, W.C. et VIEUX, B.C. (2013): Hydrology and floodplain analysis: the primer. 5th ed., Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2012, 457 s. ISBN 978-027-3774-273.
BEVEN, K .J. (2012): Rainfall-runoff modelling: the primer. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, 457 s. ISBN 978-047-0714-591
BEVEN K.J. (2009): Environmental Modelling: An Uncertain Future ? London, Routledge, 310 s. ISBN: 978-0-415-46302-7
DI BALDASSARRE, G. et NAGESH K. (2012): Floods in a changing climate. Cambridge University Press. 118 s.
MAIDMENT, D.R. ed. (1993): Handbook of Hydrology. 1st edition. London,
McGraw-Hill Professional. 1424 s.
SENE. K. (2010): Hydrometeorology. Forecasting and Applications. Dordrecht, Springer. 356 s. ISBN 978-90-481-3402-1
WAINWRIGHT, J. et MULLIGAN, M. (2003): Environmental Modelling. Finding Simplicity in Komplexity. London, Wiley Blackwell. 430 s.
WALLACE, J.M., HOBBS, P.V. (2006): Handbook of Atmospheric Science. 2nd edition. Burlington, Academic Press. 483 s.

Advised literature

BEVEN, K.J. (2002): Rainfall-runoff modelling. The Primer. London, John Wiley &Sons. 372 s.
BRONSTERT, A., CARRERA, J., KABAT, P. et LÜTKEMEIER, S. (2005): Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle. Berlin, Springer Verlag. 345 s. ISBN: 3-540-22371-1
MAIDMENT, D., DJOKIC, D. (ED.) (2000): Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic Information Systems. Redlands, ESRI Press. 232 s.

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