Hydrological cycle, water balance. Rainfall, rainfall extremes, Gumbel distribution. Rainfall interception. The watershed, time of concentration. Soil-water potential, infiltration, water flow in soil, surface runoff and runoff processes (CN method); Stream-flow hydrograph and peak discharges. Snow hydrology: fresh snow and snowpack, snow metamorphism.
Land reclamation at district level. Hydraulic network and structures.
Textbooks:
R. Lee, Forest hydrology, Columbia Univ. Press., New York.
Moodle e-learning platform Università di Firenze: didactical material of lectures
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: Water cycle, hydrological processes, hydraulics, soil hydrology and land drainage techniques at farm and district level.
Competence acquired: see the above point
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): How to calculate runoff, peak rainfall statistical parameters, snow melting, interception, crop and forest water uptake, hydrological soil characteristics. Management of structures and systems for water excess regulation.
Prerequisites
Courses recommended: Mathematics
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc): 225
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 153
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 72
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 22
Further information
Frequency of lectures is not compulsory but strongly recommended
Type of Assessment
oral examination
Course program
Water resources management
Hydrological cycle, Water balance. Precipitation, Rainfall extremes, Gumbel distribution. Rainfall interception. Watershed and its characteristics, time of concentration. Soil-water relationships, infiltration, surface runoff and runoff processes (CN-USSCS method); Stream flow hydrograph and peak discharges. Peak discharges. Snow hydrology, snow metamorphism.
Land drainage: Damages due to water excess in soil. Reclamation channels. Pumping systems. Land reclamation methods. Hydraulic network and hydraulic structures. Management of structures and systems for water excess control.