Date Topic Reading Notes
8/25, M Syllabus, overview Hwk. 0 (intro. survey) out
8/27, W Properties of water Appendix A,
B.1.1-1.3, B.2.1, B.2.4-2.5 		Hwk. 0 (intro. survey) due
8/29, F Specific & latent heat,
The watershed 		Sec. 1, 2.1-2.4
9/1, M NO CLASS (Labor Day)
9/3, W Watershed delineation,
Budget analysis 		Sec. 2.4.2, 2.5, 2.8 Hwk. 1 (watershed budget) out
9/5, W Budget analysis
Statistics of uncertainty 		Appendix C.1-2,
Sec. 2.5.2
9/8, M Uncertainty propogation Appendix C.8,
Sec. 2.5
9/10, W Statistics of variability Appendix C.1-4
Sec. 2.6-2.7 		Hwk. 1 (watershed budget) due

Hwk. 2 out (Stats. ) out
9/12, F Statistics of variability Appendix C.1-4
Sec. 2.6-2.7
9/15, M Flow duration curves
Precipitation:
Large-scale patterns
Surface Measurements		 Sec. 2.7.2, 3.3.1-3.3.2, 4.2.1-4.2.2
Rasmussen et al. (2012) 		Paper Quiz
Justin on travel
9/17, W Precip.:
Radar & satellite measurements
Areal estimation		 Justin on travel
9/19, F Precip.:
Areal estimation
Measures of water vapor 		Sec. 4.3 Hwk. 2 (stats.) due
Hwk. 2b (water vapor & precip.) out
9/22, M Precip.:
Measures of water vapor
Cooling to saturation		 Appendix D.3, D.4, D.5.1-5.2
9/24, W Precip.:
Cooling to saturation
cloud physics basics		 Sec. 4.1
Appendix D.5
9/26, F Precip.:
Cloud physics basics
Vapor supply		 "What if ..."
"When the Snows Fail"
9/29, M Soil Water:
Introduction
Soil properties		 Sec. 6.1-6.2 Hwk. 2b (Water Vapor & Precip.) due
10/1, W Soil Water:
Soil Properties
Physics of Soil Water		 Appendix B.2.1-B.2.2
10/3, F EXAM #1 Justin on travel
10/6, M Soil water:
Physics of Soil Water
Soil water pressure 		Sec. 6.3.1-6.3.6
10/8, W Soil Water:
Soil properties lab		 Hwk. #3 (soils) out
10/10, F Soil Water:
Soil water pressure
Sec. 6.3.1-6.3.6
10/13, M Soil Water:
Soil water movement 		Sec. 6.3.1-6.3.6
10/15, W Soil water:
Conditions in natural soils
Infiltration		 Sec. 6.4-6.7 Hwk. #3 (soils) due
10/17, F Evapotranspiration:
Overview
Surface energy budget		 Sec. 3.2.3, 7(intro), 7.1.6
Appendix D.1		 Exam #1 corrections due
Hwk. #4 (energy budget & ET) out
10/20, M ET:
Surface energy budget
10/22, W ET:
Turbulent fluxes		 Sec. 7.1.1-7.1.5
Appendix D.6
10/24, F ET:
Turbulent fluxes
Bowen ratio estimation
Sec. 7.2-7.3
10/27, M ET:
Free water & bare soil evaporation Transpiration 		Sec. 7.4-7.5 Hwk. #4 (energy budget & ET) due
Hwk. #5 (ET) out
10/29, W ET:
Interception loss
modeling 		Sec. 7.6-7.8
10/31, F ET
Land use effects on ET
Remote sensing 		Mao & Cherkauer (2009) Paper Quiz
11/3, M Snow:
Introduction
Propoerties 		Sec. 5.1, 5.3 Hwk. #5 (ET) due Tue 11/4
11/5, W Snow:
Measurement
Snowfall 		Sec. 5.2
11/7, F EXAM #2
11/10, M Snow:
Snowmelt 		Sec. 5.4-5.5 Hwk. #6 (snow) out
11/12, W Snow:
Snowmelt
Snowmelt modeling 		Sec.
11/14, F Snow:
Landuse and climate impacts 		Painter et al. (2010) Paper Quiz
11/17, M Groundwater
Sec. 8.1-8.4
Cadillac Desert excerpt		 Hwk. #6 (snow) due
Hwk. #7 (groundwater & streamflow) out
11/19, W Groundwater
Streamflow: Intro.
Measurement 		Understanding CA's Groundwater
Appendix F
11/21, F Streamflow:
Measurement
Hydrograph Characterization		 Appendix F
Sec. 9.1
11/24, M Streamflow:
event response mechanisms		 Sec. 9.2 Hwk. #7 (groundwater & streamflow) due
Hwk. #8 out
11/26, W NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Break
11/28, F NO CLASS: Thanksgiving Break
12/1, M Streamflow:
channel flow
routing		 Sec. 9.3
12/3, W Streamflow:
modeling
flooding 		Sec. 9.4-9.6, 10.4
12/5, F NWS vist (Meet in CESTM lobby) Hwk. #8 due
Submit question for NWS
12/8, M Drought
Water resource management		 Sec. 10.5
Reisner intro.
12/10, W, 2-3:30pm Review Session (room: ES 232)
12/15, M Final Exam (10:30am-12:30pm)

All readings are from Dingman's Physical Hydrology unless otherwise noted.