Course Schedule Topics and reading
Week 1: Chapter 1 Water
Jan. 28: Lecture 1: Introduction, Dimensional analysis, Hydrologic Cycle, Hydrologic Equation
Homework 1: Flow conversion and dimensional analysis: Due Feb. 6
Jan. 30: Lecture 2 Viewgraphs 2: Physical properties of water: structure, phases, latent heat, chemical behavior
Week 2: Chapter 2 Elements of the Hydrologic Cycle
Feb. 4: Lecture 3 Viewgraphs 3: Evaporation: Heat source, atmospheric circulation, humidity, temperature effects, condensation, precipitation
Feb. 6: Lecture 4 Viewgraphs 4: Hydrographs
Homework 2: Evaporation exercise. Due Feb. 13
Week 3: Chapter 2 continued
Feb. 11: Lecture 5 Viewgraphs 5: Effective depth of precipitation, Isohyetal method, Theissen Method, seasonal recession method.
Feb. 13: Lecture 6 Viewgraphs 6: Streamflow measurement: Rational Equation
Homework 3: Isohyetal map exercise: Due Feb. 25
Week 4: Chapter 3: Properties of aquifers
Feb. 18: Presidents’ Day: No class.
Feb. 20: Lecture 7 Viewgraphs 7: flow in channels, stream gauging, Manning Equation
Week 5: Chapter 3 continued
Feb. 25: Lecture 8 Viewgraphs 8: Equations of energy, porosityHydraulic conductivity: Darcy’s Law
Feb. 27: Lecture 9: Lecture canceled due to illness.
Homework 4: Theissen map exercise
Week 6: Chapter 3 continued
March 3: Lecture 10: Permeability and Permeameters
March 5: Lecture 11: Water Table, Ground water flow, Potentiametric surface (my hand-written notes included)
Week 7: Chapter 4: Principles of Groundwater flow
March 10: Lecture 12: Plate tectonic context for California aquifers
March 12: Darcy’s Law II: in terms of head and potential
Week 8: Chapter 4 continued
March 17: Midterm Review
March 19: Midterm 1: Chapters 1-3 + materials covered in class lectures.
Week 9: Chapter 5: Groundwater flow to wells
March 24: Spring Break
March 26: Spring Break
Week 10: Chapter 5 continued
March 31: Cesar Chavez Day: No class
April 2: Lecture 13 Well hydraulics (Hydraulic Head, Bernoulli Equation
Week 11: Chapter 5 continued
April 7: Lecture 14 Human impacts and climate change effects on hydrology of Western USA
April 9: Lecture 15- Lecture notes Soils- formation, weathering
Week 12: Chapter 6: Soil moisture and Groundwater recharge
April 14: Lecture 16- Soils, soils profiles, soil moisture, tensiometer
April 16: Lecture 17- salt-water intrusion
Week 13: Chapter 7: Regional Groundwater flow
April 21: Lecture 18: Cadillac Desert- Mulholland's dream
April 23: Lecture 19: Cadillac Desert Part II
Week 14: Chapter 7 continued
April 28: Sonoma County Hydlrology
April 30: Chapter 9: Groundwater Chemistry
Week 15: Chapter 9-10??
May 5: Water quality and contamination
May 7: ??
Week 16: ??
May 12:??
May 14:??
Homework 5: Flood Recurrence exercise