C&ENVENG 7114 - Advanced Hydrological Modelling & Water Resource Management

North Terrace Campus - Winter - 2015

The course will cover advanced techniques for hydrological modelling, including stochastic modelling of rainfall and runoff processes and catchment modelling of hydrological processes. The stochastic modelling component will focus on single and multi-site time series models for rainfall and/or runoff. The catchment modelling component will include the development and application of lumped through to semi-distributed/distributed approaches. For both components, students will develop their skills on model development, calibration and evaluation. A focus of the course will be the use of Bayesian approaches for model calibration and prediction, including techniques for estimating the various sources of predictive uncertainty. These techniques will be applied in water resource management context, utilising case studies from drought/flood risk assessment and hydrological forecasting to illustrate the practical value of the approaches.

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Course Details

Course Code	C&ENVENG 7114
Course	Advanced Hydrological Modelling & Water Resource Management
Coordinating Unit	School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Eng
Term	Winter
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	39 hours per week (based on four weeks of intensive study)
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	C&ENVENG 3077 Engineering Hydrology
Restrictions	BE (Civil & Struct), BE (Civil & Env), ME (Civil & Struct) and ME (Civil & Env) students only.
Assessment	Online Quizzes 10% (up to 4 quizzes total), Projects 40% (approx. 2 x 20%), Exam 50% (2 hours)

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Course Coordinator: Dr Mark Thyer

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Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
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RP		Result Pending

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