Hydrology and water resources
- Catchment hydrology: water balance, physical processes, measurement
- Surface hydrology: concepts, rainfall-runoff models (calibration adn validation)
- Hydrologic analysis and design: statistical analysis, sensitivity analysis, return periods, design flood
- Urban flood modelling
- Integrated river basin management and global (including climate) change impacts
Lecturers:
Maria-Helena Ramos, Research scientist, INRAE, Antony (coordinator)
Olivier Delaigue, Engineer, INRAE, Antony
Fanny Sarrazin, Research Scientist, INRAE, Antony
Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak, Research engineer, CNR, Lyon
Florian Cordier, Research engineer, EDF, Chatou
Course outline:
- General hydrology
- Water cycle (energy balance, water balance)
- Hydrologic processes, water storage and fluxes
- Catchment hydrology, water risks (floods, droughts) and water management
- Monitoring (precipitation, river discharge)
- Hydrologic modelling
- Introduction to hydrologic modelling concepts
- Rainfall-runoff models (input data, parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis)
- Statistical analysis in hydrology
- Statistical methods (distribution, quantile, return period)
- Flood frequency analysis
- Urban flood modelling
- Flow in urban areas
- Numerical modelling of urban flood inundations
The course has 9 classes of 4 hours (36 hours in total), including exercises and practical works. Grades are based on open questions exam, hydrologic modelling project (report and oral presentation), as well as class attendance and active participation.
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Level required: no prerequisite or basic knowledge of hydrology
Language: English
Credits ECTS: 5
Coordinator: Maria-Helena Ramos, INRAE
