Dear students,

If you are interested in hydrology and water resources and modeling applications and have not signed up or taken a hydrology course yet, please see the flyer of my class. I’m revising the format this year, with lectures presented largely online and class time devoted to reviews and problem solving.

Water is usually either too much or too little in a given space and time, while our
demand for water continuous to rise. Water is also a critical agent for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and geological processes. This class covers basic theory and
applications of hydrological processes from the atmosphere to vegetation, soils,
underground storage and streams, with an aim to understand the role of climate
change and human impact on water. Recorded lectures are provided before class.
Class time is used for short reviews and solving examples. Graduate students earn an
additional credit with a class project done in groups.
–   Discover what drives the movement of water between land, ocean, and
atmosphere.
–   Explore the influence of climate, land cover & land use changes on the
hydrological cycle, floods and droughts in published research.
–   Solve real-world problems using Python programs developed in an earth surface
modeling toolkit called Landlab (landlab.github.io)
–   Learn practical models used in practice– snow17 for snow modeling, and Western
Washington Hydrology model for storm water management.
–   Develop statistical understanding of extreme events.

Thanks, Erkan