FOR 340/540: Watershed Hydrology
Professor: Laura Lautz, 207 Marshall Hall
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Email: lklautz@esf.edu
Office Phone:(315) 470-4765
Teaching Assistant: Lisa Kurian, 208 Marshall Hall and Rachel Tucker, 208 Marshall Hall
Office hours: Tuesday, 10:00am - 12:00pm (Lisa) and Thursday, 1:00pm - 3:00pm (Rachel)
Email: lmkurian@syr.edu (Lisa) and retucker@syr.edu (Rachel)
Class Meeting Time/Location: 319 Marshall Hall , MWF 10:35am - 11:30am
Textbook: Environmental Hydrology, 2nd Edition, by Ward and Trimble
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 Fall 2007, as example):
Monday, August 27th
Course Introduction; What is Watershed Hydrology?
Handout: Syllabus
Introduction to Graduate Student Project
Wednesday, August 29th
Watershed Delineation
Homework #1 Assigned - Due September 5th
Friday, August 31st
Hydrologic Cycle and Water Budgets
Supplemental Reading: Motz et al. (2001) - Please read for Friday, September 7th
Monday, September 3rd
No class - Labor Day
Wednesday, September 5th
Catchment Water Budgets
Homework #1 Due
Homework #2 Assigned
Friday, September 7th
Catchment Water Budgets
Reminder: Motz et al (2001) reading is due
Monday, September 10th
Discussion of Motz et al (2001) water budget
Wednesday, September 12th
Introduction to Precipitation
Homework #2 Due
Friday, September 14th
Precipitation Measurements and Quantification
Homework #3 Assigned
Monday, September 17th
Wrap-up Precipitation Quantification
Wednesday, September 19th
Precipitation Frequency Analysis
Friday, September 21st
Interception and Evapotranspiration
Homework #3 Due
Monday, September 24th
Evapotranspiration, Con't
Homework #4 Assigned
Wednesday, September 26th
Evapotranspiration, Con't
Friday, September 28th
Exam #1 Review
Homework #4 Due
Monday, October 1st
Exam #1
Wednesday, October 3rd
Go Over Exam #1
Friday, October 5th
Introduction to Runoff Processes/Streamflow Generation
Monday, October 8th
Introduction to Runoff Processes/Streamflow Generation
Homework #5 Assigned
Wednesday, October 10th
Measuring Streamflow Techniques
Friday, October 12th
No Class - Eid Ul-Fitr
Monday, October 15th
Con't Measuring Streamflow Techniques
Wednesday, October 17th
Hydrograph Separation
Homework #5 Due
Friday, October 19th
Con't Hydrograph Separation
Homework #6 Assigned
Monday, October 22nd
Flood Frequency Analysis
Wednesday, October 24th
Flood Routing
Friday, October 26th
Flood Routing, Con't
Homework #6 Due
Homework #7 Assigned
Monday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 31st
No Class - Geological Society of America Conference
Friday, November 2nd
Exam #2 Review
Monday, November 5th
Exam #2
Wednesday, November 7th
Go Over Exam #2
Friday, November 9th
Introduction to Groundwater Flow
Monday, November 12th
Introduction to Groundwater Flow, con't
Wednesday, November 14th
Introduction to Groundwater Flow, con't
Homework #8 Assigned
Friday, November 16th
Introduction to Groundwater Flow, con't
Monday, November 19th
Groundwater Flow Complexities
Wednesday, November 21st and Friday, November 23rd
No Class - Happy Thanksgiving
Monday, November 26th
Groundwater Flow Complexities, con't
Homework #8 Assigned
Wednesday, November 28th
Unsaturated Zone Hydrology
Friday, November 30th
Surface-Groundwater Interactions
Homework #9 Assigned
Monday, December 3rd
Surface-Groundwater Interactions, con't
Wednesday, December 5th
Course Evaluations
Wrap up Surface-Groundwater Interactions
Friday, December 7th
Final Exam Review
FINAL EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR: