Syllabus for Groundwater and Runoff Modelling

Grundvatten- och avrinningsmodellering

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

  • 15 credits
  • Course code: 1HY000
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Earth Science A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
  • Established: 2012-03-08
  • Established by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
  • Revised: 2013-04-26
  • Revised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
  • Applies from: Autumn 2013
  • Entry requirements:

    120 credits with at least 90 credits in Earth Sciences and 15 credits in Mathematics, or 90 credits in Physics.

  • Responsible department: Department of Earth Sciences
  • This course has been discontinued.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course, the student should be able to

  • classify and understand different types of models in hydrology
  • use hydrological models for flood forecasting, water resources assessment, impact assessment of climate change and land-used change
  • evaluate hydrological models with respect to their applications on gauged and ungauged basins and on stationary/non-stationary climatic conditions
  • apply commonly occurring parts/equations of which a groundwater or runoff model is constructed and thus understand how the model can and cannot be used
  • evaluate groundwater resources using pumping data.
  • estimate non-reactive and reactive contaminant spreading in groundwater
  • apply models to geologically heterogeneous systems by means of geostatistical approaches and the estimation of uncertainties

Content

Mathematical description of basic processes: precipitation, evaporation, snow-melt, runoff, soil-water dynamics and groundwater recharge. Calibration, parameter optimisation, validation of run-off and groundwater models and their inherent uncertainty. Reservoir theory. Applications of HBV and Wasmod models.

Aquifers, land subsidence and groundwater resource evaluation. Estimation of transmissivity and storativity by Theis and Jacobs methods. Contaminant (non-reactive and reactive solutes) transport in groundwater. Modelling of contaminant transport in groundwater. Parameter estimation and geostatistical/stochastic approach to groundwater modelling. Special topics in groundwater modelling. Exercise with MODFLOW and GMS packages.

Instruction

Lectures, field work, computer exercises, project work.

Assessment

Course assessment consists of two written exams, one for groundwater ( 7 credits) and one for runoff ( 3 credits), along with approved project work and written and oral presentation of reports (5 credits).

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2013

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Domenico, Patrick A.; Schwartz, Franklin W. Physical and chemical hydrogeology

    2. ed.: New York: Wiley, cop. 1998

    Find in the library

  • Xu, Chong-Yu Introduction to hydrological models

    Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, 2010

  • Fetter, Charles Willard Applied hydrogeology

    3. ed.: Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, cop. 1994

    Find in the library

  • Isaaks, Edward H.; Srivastava, R. Mohan. Applied geostatistics

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1989

    Find in the library

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