Entry requirements

Participation in Hydrological Processes, 10 credits, Programming, 5 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• plan, implement and analyse hydrological and hydraulic measurements in natural and constructed systems and present the results,
• process and analyse sensor signals in the time and frequency domain,
• quantify uncertainties in the measurement methods,
• describe the calibration procedures used for measurement instruments.

Content

Sensor technology and applications in the areas of water flow, water quality and environmental parameters. Field measurement of hydrological and hydraulic parameters. Data collection systems, calibration, error estimation and propagation, data transfer. Data processing and signal analysis. Laboratory analysis of chemical parameters. Field project with oral and written reporting.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, project work in groups, field work, report writing

Assessment

Exercises and seminars (3 credits), reports (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.