ENVE352 Principles of Hydrology
| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level A - Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | June | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | BIOP111 or 112 or PHYS121 or 122 or 131 or 132 or MATH110 or 120 or 101; or candidature in postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology | |||||||||
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| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units | None | |||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | Richard Faulkner (rfaulkne@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit is an introduction to hydrological science which emphasises issues such as climate, groundwater and water quality. Topics covered include: influence of land masses and ocean current/temperature/pressures; the atmosphere; global circulation; precipitation; nature and impact of El Nino; worldwide climate trends; causes and nature of climate change; Manning's equation for channel flow; hydrological cycle; runoff and stream flow; types of aquifer; extremes of floods and droughts; probability distributions: Gumbel, Chow methods and analysis; water chemistry; salinity: occurrence, distribution and mitigation. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
None | |||||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Text(s):Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional
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| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |