LAWI100353 Engineering hydrology

Type
course with continuous assessment
Semester hours
6
Lecturer (assistant)
Schulz, Karsten
Organisation
Hydrology and Water Management
Offered in
Wintersemester 2025/26
Languages of instruction
Englisch
Content

The course content can be divided into four categories:
1. Water cycle processes on different spatial scales, their mathematical descriptions and measurement methods.
2. Statistical methods in hydrology (adaptation tests, flood statistics)
3. Simple deterministic hydrological models (precipitation-runoff models, water balance models)
4. Water management methods (benefits of flood protection measures, effect of retention basins)
Previous knowledge expected

Gewässerkunde und Hydrometrie (LAWI100344, 1. Sem.)
Einführung in die Statistik (NWNR10034 Statistik, 2. Sem.)
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

After successfully completing the course, you will be able to...
- explain the processes of the water cycle as well as measurement methods and modelling concepts (building on the content of the course ‘LAWI100344 Hydrology and Hydrometry’).
- explain the fundamentals of extreme value statistics and apply them to estimate low water and high water design values.
- explain interpolation methods used in engineering hydrology and apply them to estimate spatially distributed hydrometeorological data.
- explain the concepts of regression and correlation analysis and apply them to engineering hydrological problems.
- describe simple precipitation-runoff models and runoff calculation methods and apply them to real-world problems (e.g. runoff prediction; flood retention basins).
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.