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Basics of Hydrology

Basics of Hydrology
546-0073/01
čeština Basics of Hydrology
546-0073/02
angličtina

Summary

The course deals with the laws of water circulation in a river basin. It also includes basic knowledge of hydrology - basic concepts, meaning, development. Quantitative and qualitative parameters of watercourses. Monitoring of hydrological phenomena in watercourses: water levels, flows, sediment regime, suspended solids,ice phenomena, precipitation-runoff balance. Statistical methods for evaluation of hydrological quantities - hydrological regime of rivers.

Literature

SHAW, Elizabeth M.. Hydrology in practice. 4th ed. New York: Spon, 2011. ISBN 9780415370424.
BEDIENT, Philip B., Wayne Charles. HUBER a Baxter. E. VIEUX. Hydrology and floodplain analysis. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.c2008. ISBN 978-0131745896.

Advised literature

WARD, Andrew D., Stanley Wayne TRIMBLE, Suzette Renae BURCKHARD a J. G. LYON. Environmental hydrology. Third edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4665-8941-4 .


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Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 546-0073
Abbreviation ZHY
Course title Basics of Hydrology
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.