LEC.275 Catchment Hydrology

An OTT river-level recorder based on a float and a shaft encoder
This site formerly copies of lecture handouts for LEC275 Catchment Hydrology. Please now access these resources via LEC.275 Moodle
The module aims to introduce concepts, plus measurement and analytical techniques used by hydrologists to solve water-related problems in catchments (notably flood forecasting/mitigation and water quality remediation). The module is taught by Nick A Chappell. Learning objectives are: 1/ quantitative description of catchment hydrological processes, 2/ use of data and models to derive solutions, and 3/ assimilate primary literature to address wider problems, plus understand current data and theoretical limitations.
The class text is Shaw, E.M., Beven, K.J., Chappell, N.A., and Lamb, R., 2010. Hydrology in Practice. Fourth Edition. Taylor and Francis, Abingdon (ISBN: 9780415370424). Copies of the Fourth Edition are also in the University Library. A personal paperback copy of this book can be purchased from Blackwells campus bookshop (tel: 01524 32581). They match the current Amazon price.
- Lecture 1: Introduction to catchment hydrology
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The first online live event (via your email invite to MS-Teams) is at 9am Tues 12th Oct 2021.
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DRH & UGH classmarks in Library
- Lecture 2: Rainfall: processes & measurement
- Lecture 3: Rainfall: analysis
- Lecture 4: Evaporation: direct measurement
- Lecture 5: Evaporation: processes
- Lecture 6: Subsurface water: states and flows
- Lecture 7: Runoff: measurement & basic analysis
- Lecture 8: Rainfall-runoff: processes & pathways
- Lecture 9: Rainfall-runoff: basic modelling
- Lecture 10: Rainfall-runoff: distributed modelling
- Lecture 11: Water Quality: measurement
- Lecture 12: Water Quality: treatment
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Ratnayaka et al. (2009) [book at UGH in Library]
- End-of-module test
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CWA test - in week 8 in County South A70
- Fieldwork practical 1 (Week 3)
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Subsurface water practical (Ou catchment)
- Fieldwork practical 2 (Week 2)
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Natural Flood Management practical (Upper Lune catchment, Sedbergh)
- Past Exam Questions
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use the past exam questions to help you revise
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Past exam questions for LEC275/ENV210 (c/o Registry website)
Note: For LEC275 see ENV210 module question for 2009-2013; ignore questions for 2002-8 as the module was very different
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