Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Hydrology and Climatology

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0559/03
Abbreviation	HGKL
Course title	Hydrology and Climatology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Jan Unucka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Fundamentals of general climatology, specification of atmospheric processes,
meteorological parameters and atmospheric events. Physics of precipitation,
fundamentals of atmosphere dynamics. Meteorological data - collection and
processing. Basic hydrological terminology, hydrography, hydrometry. Methods
of
hydrological data processing. Water budget of drainage area. Legislature in
hydrology.

Literature

BARRY, R.G., CHORLEY, R.J. (2003): Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. 9th ed. Routledge, London. 462 s.
BEDIENT, P.B., HUBER, W.C. et VIEUX, B.C. (2007): Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis. 4th edition. Prentice Hall, London, 795 s., ISBN: 978-0131745896
MAIDMENT, D.R. ed. (1993): Handbook of Hydrology. 1st edition. London, McGraw-Hill Professional. 1424 s.,

Advised literature

BRADLEY, R. (1999): Paleoclimatology. 2nd ed. International Geophysics Series. Vol. 68. London Elsevier/Academic Press, 614 s.
BURROUGHS, W. J. (2007): Global Climate Change. A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 390 s. ISBN: 978-0521690331
MAIDMENT, D., DJOKIC, D. ed. (2000): Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Support with Geographic Information Systems. Redlands, ESRI Press. 232 s. ISBN: 978-879102804
WALLACE, J.M., HOBBS, P.V. (2006): Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics). 2nd ed. Elsevier / Academic Press, Burlington, 483 p.

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