Virginia Tech
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEE 5324 - Advanced Hydrology

Course Description:

Course Materials and Homework:

• Course syllabus for Spring 2012
• General Link to all Streaming Videos for Spring 2012
• Homework #1: Due January 30
• Solutions to Homework Set #1
• Homework #2: ALL due February 13 (as announced January 30)
• Solutions to Homework Set #2
• Homework #3: Due February 20
• Data for Homework #3, Problem 2
• Solutions to Homework Set #3
• Example space-time grid for finite difference routing in Hwk#3: Problem 1
• Homework #4: Due February 27
• Solutions to Homework Set #4
• Take-home Exam #1: Due March 12
• Cover Page for Exam 1: must be signed by student for exam to be graded
• Rating curve solution for Homework #4: (to be used for Problem 1)
• Exam1_Prob1_Stage.xls: (to be used for Problem 1)
• Problem_3_data.txt (to be used for Problem 3)
• Homework #5: Due March 19
• Flow file for analysis: "moglandia.txt"
• Solutions to Homework Set #5
• Homework #6: Due March 26
• Solutions to Homework Set #6
• Homework #7: Due April 2
• Solutions to Homework Set #7
• Homework #8: Due April 9
• Spreadsheet for Virginia: "Northern Valley and Ridge (NV)" data
• Solutions to Homework Set #8
• Homework #9: Due April 16
• Filled in Spreadsheet for Virginia: "Northern Valley and Ridge (NV)" data
• Solutions to Homework Set #9
• Take-home Exam #2: Due April 23
• Cover Page for Exam 2: must be signed by student for exam to be graded
• Klemes paper: available only at class scholar site
• Bisese Report: Current Virginia entry in NSS
• "Homework #10": Due April 30 (will not be collected or graded)
• Solutions to "Homework Set #10"
• Final Exam: Due May 7
• Cover Page for Final Exam: must be signed by student for exam to be graded
• nv_va_low_flow_frequency.xls: for Problem 2
• final_exam_problem3.xls: Spreadsheet with observed observed flows and imperviousness data
• prob3actual.txt: WATSTORE formatted peak flow file for Problem 3
• Tools for Low Flow Analysis: Useful for Problem 1 on Final Exam (HEC-SSP program recommended)
• HEC-SSP Program: Link to program download page (recommended)
• EPA DFLOW Program: Link to program download page (works with XP but not Windows 7)

Course Lecture Materials:

• Lecture #1: Course Introduction & Watershed Characterization and Unit Hydrographs
• Video from Lecture #1
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #1
• Larger linear program solver web site
• Example syntax for class example (larger LP web site)
• Other linear program solver web site
• Example syntax for class example (other LP web site)
• Please go to class Scholar web site to download four relevant journal articles
• Lecture #2: Advanced Unit Hydrograph Stuff: GIUH and Linear Programming UH
• Video from Lecture #2
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #2
• Online Matrix Calculator web site
• Lecture #3: Horton Ratio Mechanics and Some Comments / “Video” on controlling UH Shape through LP Calibration
• Video from Lecture #3: Lecture starts at about 3:50 into the tape.
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #3
• Unit Hydrograph Calibration "Video"
• Lecture #4: Hydraulic and Hydrologic Routing
• Video from Lecture #4
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #4
• Lecture #5: Stream Gaging Fundamentals
• Video from Lecture #5
• No whiteboard notes were created in Lecture #5
• Flow Profiling Handbook from Marsh-McBirney
• Acoustic Doppler Flow Profiling - USGS Report
• USGS Surface-Water Data for the Nation
• Lecture #6: Hydraulic Geometry and Discussion of Take-home Exam
• Video from Lecture #6
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #6
• Leopold & Maddock (1953): Hydraulic Geometry
• xsect.m: Matlab code that calculates at-a-station hydraulic geometry coefficients and exponents
• sample.txt: Sample input file to xsect.m program, corresponds to class example from February 20
• Lecture #7: Introduction to Flood Frequency Analysis
• Video from Lecture #7
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #7
• Bulletin 17B - Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency
• Thomas, W.O., (1985). "A uniform technique for Flood Frequency Analysis", ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
• USGS: Peak Streamflow for the Nation
• How to create population curves
• gen_probplot.m: Matlab script for generalized frequency analysis
• probplot.m: Matlab script for log-normal flood frequency analysis
• Log_Probability_plot.xls: Excel spreadsheet for flood frequency analysis
• Lecture #8: Flood Frequency Analysis and PeakFQ
• Video from Lecture #8
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #8
• USGS PeakFQ Program: Link to program compatible with Windows XP (but not Vista or Windows 7)
• PeakFQ User's Manual
• PeakFQ Error Documentation Form
• Watstore File: New River at Radford, VA
• Lecture #9: Advanced Flood Frequency Analysis
• Video from Lecture #9
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #9
• Watstore File: Difficult Run near Great Falls, VA
• Watstore File: Difficult Run near Great Falls, VA: (high outlier from 1972 deleted)
• Lecture #10: Regional Frequency Estimation (part 1)
• Video from Lecture #10
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #10
• National Streamflow Statistics (NSS) Program
• Nationwide Summary of U.S. Geological Survey Regional Regression Equations for Estimating Magnitude and Frequency of Floods for Ungaged Sites, 1993
• Current Virginia entry in NSS
• Urban Equations: Sauer et al (1983)
• Urban Equations: Moglen and Shivers (2006)
• "Numopt.exe" (executable program)
• Sample "numopt.in" input file
• Lecture #11: Regional Frequency Estimation (part 2)
• Video from Lecture #11
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #11
• Sample equivalent years of record calculation, re-done from April 9 lecture
• Lecture #12: Potpourri of Miscellaneous Flood Frequency Information
• Video from Lecture #12
• There are no whiteboard notes from Lecture #12
• GISHydro Web Site: Site for GIS-based Watershed Analysis in State of Maryland
• Kendall Tau Materials
  • Executable Kendall Tau program
  • Kendall Tau critical values table
  • Kendall Tau source code
  • Test file for simple example
  • Northwest Branch Anacostia at Hyattsville (peak flows for trend analysis)
  • USGS's "Statistical Methods in Water Resources" (Chapter 8): See pages 212-216
• Lecture #13: Droughts and Low Flow Analysis
• Video from Lecture #13
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #13
• Low-Flow Characteristics of Streams in Virginia (Hayes, 1991)
• HEC-SSP Program: Link to program download page
• Lecture #14: Review Exam 2, Engineering Ethics, Class Wrap-Up, Assign Final Exam
• Video from Lecture #14
• Whiteboard notes from Lecture #14
• National Society of Professional Engineers: Code of Ethics
• Engineering Ethics Skits (at YouTube)
• EPA DFLOW Program: Link to program download page

Help Files and Useful Links:

• Larger linear program solver web site
• Other linear program solver web site
• Online Matrix Calculator web site
• Bulletin 17B - Guidelines for Determining Flood Flow Frequency
• USGS: Peak Streamflow for the Nation
• USGS Surface-Water Data for the Nation
• USGS PeakFQ Program: Link to program compatible with Windows XP (but not Vista or Windows 7)
• National Streamflow Statistics (NSS) Program
• HEC-SSP Program: Link to program download page
• EPA DFLOW Program: Link to program download page

A Note on Books:

• Chow, V.T., D.R. Maidment, and L.W. Mays. Applied Hydrology. McGraw-Hill. 1988. ISBN 0-07-010810-2