FOR 443/643: Forest Hydrology

Professor: Laura Lautz, 207 Marshall Hall
Email: lklautz@esf.edu
Office Hours: TBA

Teaching Assistants: Ken Hubbard, 208 Marshall Hall
Email: kahubbar@syr.edu
Office hours: TBA

Class Meeting Time/Location: 139 Baker, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30pm to 1:50pm

Required Reading : Two Course Readers (Background Reading and Scientific Papers) available from the ESF copy center

Supplementary Reading:
Hewlitt, JD. 1982. Principles of Forest Hydrology.
Hem, JD. 1985. Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Constituents of Natural Water.

Getting Course Materials On-line :
All course materials, including lectures, readings and homeworks, are now available through the Blackboard system.

You can access Blackboard at http://blackboard.syr.edu. You will need your SU NetID and Password.

Course Schedule and Supplemental Materials (for Spring 2007, as example):

Tuesday, January 16
Introduction to Forest Hydrology [ppt]
Course Syllabus [pdf]
Instructions for Evapotranspiration Project [pdf]

Thursday, January 18
Introduction to Forest Hydrology (see notes above)
Group Assignments for Evapotranspiration Project [pdf]
Individual Journal Article Assignments [pdf]

Tuesday, January 23
Evapotranspiration, Part I [ppt]
Stephenson (1990) - Reading for Sample Presentation
Insolation Worksheet [xls]
For Thursday, read Winter (1981), Fujieda et al. (1997) and Arnold and Allen (1996)
Link to LTER homepage

Thursday, January 25
Presentations of Winter (1981), Fujieda et al. (1997) and Arnold and Allen (1996)
Continue Evapotranspiration Lecture (see above)

Tuesday, January 30
Evapotranspiration, Part II [ppt]
Evapotranspiration Homework [pdf] - Due Thursday, February 8th
Homework Data Set [xls]
Sample Calculations for: Thornthwaite, Hargreaves, Priestley-Taylor and Penman

Thursday, February 1
Finish Evapotranspiration Lecture (see above)
For Tuesday, Feb 6th, read Crockford et al. (2000), Lu et al. (2003), Winter et al. (1995) and Fisher et al. (2005)

Tuesday, February 6
Presentations of Crockford et al. (2000), Lu et al. (2003), Winter et al. (1995) and Fisher et al. (2005)
Evapotranspiration Project Write-up and Presentation Instructions [pdf]
Streamflow Generation [ppt]

Thursday, February 8
Streamflow Generation (see above)
Evapotranspiration Homework Due

Tuesday, February 13
Wrap-up Streamflow Generation (see above)
Stream Water Chemistry [ppt]
Reminder: ET Project Presentations are on February 20

Thursday, February 15
Wrap-up Water Chemistry (see above)
Evapotranspiration Homework Solutions [pdf]

Tuesday, February 20
Evapotranspiration Project Presentations
Reminder: Written Reports Due 2/22
Updated Course Schedule [pdf]

Thursday, February 22
Predicting Streamflow During Storms [ppt]
Evapotranspiration Reports Due
Water Chemistry Homework [pdf]
Water Chemistry Data [xls]

Tuesday, February 27
Lab Tours [schedule] - please go straight to the appropriate lab

Thursday, March 1
Presentations of Pinder and Jones (1969), Mulholland (1993), Eshleman et al. (1993), Rice and Hornberger (1998) and Genereux (2003)

Tuesday, March 6
Lab Tours [schedule] - please go straight to the appropriate lab
Reminder: Water Chemistry Homework due Thursday, March 8

Thursday, March 8
Instructions for Water Chemistry Project [pdf] (and distribution of supplies)
Water Chemistry Homework Due
Reminder: Next set of paper presentations is March 22nd!

Tuesday, March 20
Forest Management and Water Yield [ppt]
Water Chemistry Project Samples and Site Descriptions Due

Thursday, March 22
Presentations of Brown et al. (2005), Moore and Wondzell (2005), Jones and Grant (1996), Thomas and Megahan (1998) and Beschta et al. (2000)

Tuesday, March 27
Wrap up Forest Management and Water Yield (see above)
Measuring Stream Flow: Field Techniques [ppt]
Instructions for Water Chemistry Problem [pdf]
Water Chemistry Project Data [xls]

Thursday, March 29
Measuring Stream Flow: Field Techniques (see above)
Reminder: Read Feller (2005), Binkley and Brown (1993), Ringler and Hall (1975), Scott et al. (2001) and Martin et al. (2000) for next time

Tuesday, April 3
Presentations of Feller (2005), Binkley and Brown (1993), Ringler and Hall (1975), Scott et al. (2001) and Martin et al. (2000)
Reminder: Analysis of Water Chemistry Data is due next time - please bring print-outs of all tables and graphs discussed in the instructions

Thursday, April 5
Water Chemistry Data Due
Discussion of Water Chemistry Results and Instructions for Write-up
Instructions [pdf], Sample IDs [xls], Sample Descriptions [pdf]
Write-up is Due April 12th

Tuesday, April 10
Class is cancelled.
Reminder: USGS Field Trip on Thursday - please be prompt and dress appropriately!
Water Chemistry Write-up Due next time (the 12th)
Group Assignments for Streamflow Project [pdf]

Thursday, April 12
USGS Field Trip - please dress for the weather!
Water Chemistry Write-up Due
Please meet promptly at 12:30pm in 139 Baker (the regular classroom)

Tuesday, April 17
Water Chemistry Results Show! [ppt]
Instructions for Thurs/Fri Field Trip - please review the instructions and group assignments posted above
Reminder: Please read Moore et al. (2005a), Moore et al. (2005b), Suttle et al. (2004) and Zwieniecki and Newton (1999) for presentations one week from today (April 24)

Thursday, April 19/Friday, April 20
Field Trip to Heiberg Forest to Measure Streamflow

Tuesday, April 24
Review Field Trip Data Analysis and Due Dates
Slug Injection Tracer Test Data [xls]
Presentations of Moore et al. (2005a), Moore et al. (2005b), Suttle et al. (2004) and Zwieniecki and Newton (1999)

Thursday, April 26
Group Results from Stream Flow Measurement Field Trip [xls]
Please let me know if you need me to make corrections to this spreadsheet!

Tuesday, May 1
Stream Flow Project Reports Due Today
Course Evaluations
Final Exam Distributed [pdf] [xls]
Discussion of Stream Flow Project Results