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Dynamic Hydrology

The hydrologic cycle and its components. The catchment. Catchment planform, catchment relief, characterization of the channel network. Precipitation. Precipitation measurement and analysis; precipitation regimes. Areal rainfall. Infiltration. Evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration; potential evapotranspiration. Surface runoff and streamflow. Measurement of surface water. Streamflow regimes. Flow duration curve. Hydrologic data sources. Water balance.

Hydrologic statistics

Basic probability concepts. Discrete and continuous random variables. Main probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Log-normal, Exponential, Gumbel, Pareto, Generalized Extreme Value (GEV), Two-Component Extreme Value (TCEV). Parameter estimation: methods of moments, Probability Weighted Moments (PWM) and maximum likelihood. Multivariate distributions with special reference to multivariate normal distribution (outlines). Marginal and conditional distributions (outlines). Linear regression. Hypothesis testing; goodness-of-fit tests; probability charts. Time series and stochastic models (outlines).

Floods

Rainfall frequency analysis: Depth-Duration-Frequency (DDF) curves; areal DDF curves; regional estimation of DDF curves. Design storm. Nature and cause of floods. Streamflow hydrograph. Storm hydrograph and baseflow separation. Excess rainfall models: phi index, proportional rainfall method, SCS method. Rainfall-runoff transformation models. Linear time-invariant models. Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph (IUH) and parameter calibration. Convolution. Design flood. Frequency analysis of peak flows: at-site and regionalization techniques. Design flood via rainfall-runoff models. Envelope curves. Flood propagation models. Hydrologic flood routing: Muskingum and Muskingum-Cunge methods. Dynamic flood routing: Saint Venant Equations; kinematic routing and diffusive routing.

Structural and non-structural flood mitigation measures.

Droughts and water resources management (outlines).