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Hydrology and Climatology

Language of instruction čeština
Code 546-0348
Abbreviation HaK
Course title Hydrology and Climatology
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator RNDr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D.

Summary

The subject occupy with natural conection water circulation, mutual impact of hydrosphere, atmosphere. Includes also the elemental knowledge of climatology, meteorology. Hydrology - the elemental terms, the importance and development. Quantitative and qualitative river parameters. Monitoring hydrology process, as river level, as stream flow rate, regime sediments, floating particular. Statistical assessment – hydrology river regime. Climatology - the elemental terms, the importance and development. Air temperature – air humidity – precipitation – evaporation. Monitoring meteorology parameters in river basin. Microclimate, mezoclimate, macroclimate.

Literature

BEDIENT, P.C., HUBER W. C. (2001): Hydrology and floodplain analysis. 2nd
edition. London: Prentice Hall. 763 pp.

Advised literature

NAIMAN, R. (2006): Riparia. Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside. Communities. Elsevier Academic Press. British Library. 430 pp. ISBN 0-12-663315-0.