Syllabus (see course Canvas page for updated syllabus)

Shared Resources and Links from Lecture 

Homework assignments:

• Assignment 1 [.doc version] [.pdf download] (solution)

• Assignment 2 [.doc version]  [.pdf download] (solution)

• Assignment 3 [.doc version] [.pdf download] (solution)

• Assignment 4 [.doc version] [.pdf download] (solution)

Project descriptions

• Additional details: Updated HEC-HMS modeling tutorial

• Additional details: How to Access HEC-HMS on Virtual Sites

Lecture slides (note - lecture slides are subject to periodic revision)

• Introductory Lecture

• I - Watersheds, energy and water balance

• II - Precipitation

  • Precipitation analysis -[ data_table.csv ] , [data_table.xlsx, download as excel file to see charts]

  • Precipitation analysis: Plot a hyetograph- R code

• III - Evaporation

  • Open Ocean Sensible Heat Flux additional slide (h.paulson)

• IV - Soil moisture

  • Soil moisture (Horton's Infiltration Model) demo - R code

• V - Groundwater

  • Empirical Darcy analysis -R Code  

  • USGS Darcy Report - report 

• VI - Streamflow and runoff

  • Unit hydrographs and routing - R code

• VII - Sediment, soil, and pollutant mobilization

NOTE: Case studies below are likely to be modified - check periodically for updates!

• Case Study  - Water quality management

  • Readings:

    • Reckhow, K. H. (1999). Water quality prediction and probability network models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 56(7), 1150–1158.

    • Borsuk, M. E., Stow, C. A., & Reckhow, K. H. (2002). Predicting the frequency of water quality standard violations: A probabilistic approach for TMDL development. Environmental Science & Technology, 36(10), 2109–2115.

    • Gronewold, A. D., Borsuk, M. E., Wolpert, R. L., & Reckhow, K. H. (2008). An Assessment of Fecal Indicator Bacteria-Based Water Quality Standards. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(13), 4676–4682.

• Case Study  - Coastal management: ice cover and climate

  • Readings:

    • Wang, J., Bai, X., Hu, H., Clites, A. H., Colton, M., & Lofgren, B. M. (2012). Temporal and spatial variability of Great Lakes ice cover, 1973-2010. Journal of Climate, 25(4), 1318–1329.

    • Mason, L. A., Riseng, C. M., Gronewold, A. D., Rutherford, E. S., Wang, J., Clites, A. H., … McIntyre, P. B. (2016). Fine-scale spatial variation in ice cover and surface temperature trends across the surface of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Climatic Change, 138(1–2), 71–83.

    • Ji, X., Gronewold, A. D., Daher, H., & Rood, R. B. (2019). Modeling seasonal onset of coastal ice. Climatic Change, 154(1), 125–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02400-1

• Case Study - Water balance data development and water supply forecasting

  • Readings

    • Hunter, T. S., Clites, A. H., Campbell, K. B., & Gronewold, A. D. (2015). Development and application of a monthly hydrometeorological database for the North American Great Lakes - Part I: precipitation, evaporation, runoff, and air temperature. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 41(1), 65–77.

    • Fry, L. M., Hunter, T. S., Phanikumar, M. S., Fortin, V., & Gronewold, A. D. (2013). Identifying streamgage networks for maximizing the effectiveness of regional water balance modeling. Water Resources Research, 49(5), 2689–2700.

    • Gronewold, A. D., Smith, J. P., Read, L. K., & Crooks, J. L. (2020). Reconciling the water balance of large lake systems. Advances in Water Resources, 137. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103505

Additional resources

• UMich Library Access for "Hydrology and the Management of Water Resources " 4th ed., Brooks (2012)

• Conventional units (with conversions) - from course textbook

• Additional table of unit conversions

• Bulletin 71 - "Rainfall frequency atlas of the midwest"

• USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 282 (USLE guide)