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Atmospheric Processes and Hydrology (2500217) – Course 2025/26 PDF

Contents

Introduction to the subject. Evaluation system. The hydrological cycle. Hydrometeorological processes.

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h 48m Self Study
Total: 4h 48m

Atmospheric thermodynamics: Thermodynamics of dry air and moist air. Adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic processes. Thermodynamic diagrams. radiosondes Interpretation of radio soundings and anticipation of phenomena based on pressure, temperature and humidity profiles. Atmospheric stability. Cloud and precipitation generation processes. Analysis in thermodynamic diagrams. LCC, CAPE and CIN Exercises with thermodynamic diagrams

Dedication

4h Large group + 4h Medium group + 11h 12m Self Study
Total: 19h 12m

Air masses. fronts. Jet stream and main atmospheric oscillations. Cyclogenesis.

Dedication

4h Large group + 2h Medium group + 8h 24m Self Study
Total: 14h 24m

Measurement of the precipitation

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h 48m Self Study
Total: 4h 48m

Meteorological forecast. Practice with meteorological models

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h Medium group + 4h Laboratory classes + 11h 12m Self Study
Total: 19h 12m

Introduce the student to general concepts of surface hydrology and basins analysis

Dedication

4h Large group + 5h 36m Self Study
Total: 9h 36m

Present the IDF or DDF curves and propose exercises with their information Introduce the student to the typical types of project rains and compare results for the various types

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h Medium group + 5h 36m Self Study
Total: 9h 36m

Present to the student the common loss processes in a basin ET estimation procedures. ETo and actual ET. infiltration Concept and models Show the student the model of the curve number, based on the SCS proposal Exercises to obtain net rain from NC and other loss models

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h Medium group + 5h 36m Self Study
Total: 9h 36m

Atmospheric pressure. Hydrostatic balance, hypsometric curve. Layers of the atmosphere. Pressure gradients. winds geostrophic wind Surface wind. Solar radiation, differential heating on a planetary scale, temperature distribution. thermal imbalance

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h Laboratory classes + 5h 36m Self Study
Total: 9h 36m

runoff calculation: unit hydrograph, reservoir model and kinematic wave models Concept of unit hydrograph, real and synthetic. Obtaining from field measurements Excercises on Unit Hydrograph

Dedication

4h Large group + 2h Medium group + 8h 24m Self Study
Total: 14h 24m

Propagation in channels and lamination effect produced by reservoirs as a protection solution against floods Hydrological methods of propagation: Muskingum. Formulation, time steps, subreaches,

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h 48m Self Study
Total: 4h 48m

Characterization and analysis of droughts

Dedication

2h Large group + 2h 48m Self Study
Total: 4h 48m

HMS hydrological model Public domain model Course work with HMS. Dam design and its associated reservoir

Dedication

2h Large group + 6h Laboratory classes + 11h 12m Self Study
Total: 19h 12m