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Environmental Hydrology Fall 2007 NR 285 CRN#91821 GEOG 295 B CRN#92890 Summary: An examination of key interactions among hydrology,

gy, chemistry, and biology in conservation and production landscapes with an emphasis on land-water interactions. Credits: 4 Course Description: This course will explore how key hydrologic processes - including precipitation in all its forms, evapotranspiration, infiltration, percolation, and runoff - interact with key ecological and biogeochemical processes. We will focus on land-water interactions and the influences of different temporal (e.g. events versus trends) and spatial (e.g. ecosystems, watersheds, landscapes) perspectives. This course will emphasize current technical methods and peer-reviewed literature. Students will be expected to participate regularly in discussions. The course is open to students with interests in natural resources science, aquatic ecology, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, geology, geography and watershed management. Prerequisites: Students should have at least senior standing with one year of basic biology and inorganic chemistry plus ecology and introductory statistics. Students who have taken Stream Ecology (NR 280) or Hydrology (CE 260/360) should meet with the instructor to ensure this course will meet your personal and programmatic needs. Graduate students are encouraged to take this course. To the degree possible, the course content will be adjusted to meet specific graduate student research needs. Course objectives: 1. Provide an overview of key principles and methods relevant to watershed hydrology. 2. Explore the relationships between hydrologic principles and important current research themes in ecology and environmental sciences. 3. Read and discuss current peer-reviewed research literature supporting these research themes. 4. Examine the research methods and approaches used to conduct research in environmental hydrology. Meeting times and locations (see below for specific lecture and lab schedule) MWF, 11:15 to 12:05, Marsh Life Sciences 107 W, 12:30 to 5:20, Aiken 222 GIS Lab or as otherwise noted in the course Calendar (web) Note the slightly later start time than listed on the Registrars Schedule of Courses. We will not use all of this time every week. Instructors and contacts Breck Bowden 304 Aiken Center breck.bowden@uvm.edu 656-2513 office 238-0929 mobile Beverley Wemple 202 Old Mill Beverley.Wemple@uvm.edu 656-2074 office

Course website: http://www.uvm.edu/%7Eenvhydro/index.htm. Bookmark this now for future reference!

Required text (this will be stocked by the UVM Bookstore): Ward, A.D. and S.W. Trimble. 2004. Environmental Hydrology. 2nd edition. Lewis Publishers. CRC Press. Boca Raton. Suggested resource texts: Brooks, K.N., P.F. Ffolliot, H.M. Gregersen, and J.L. Thames. Hydrology and the management of watersheds. 2003. 3rd edition. Iowa State University Press. Ames. Hauer, F.R. and G.A. Lamberti. 2006. Methods in stream ecology. 2nd edition. Academic Press. Boston. Dunne, T. and L.B. Leopold. 1973. Water in environmental planning. W.H. Freeman and Co. New York. Other reading materials will be posted on the course website over the semester. Course structure and evaluation: Problem sets provided in class (6-8) 30% Final exam at time and place scheduled by Registrar 30% Lab assignments 30% Personal participation 10% Policies: All participants in this course (students and professor) are expected to adhere to the universities Code of Academic Integrity. At its heart, this code is about plagiarism, fabrication, collusion, and cheating. Students should also be aware of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. In the context of this course this code emphasizes mutual respect to promote shared learning. If you are not familiar with these codes, please take a moment to study them.

NR 285/Geog 295 Environmental Hydrology Lecture and Lab Schedule Week 1 2 3 4 Week of 27 Aug 29 Aug 31 Aug 3 Sep 5 Sep 7 Sep 10 Sep 12 Sep 14 Sep 17 Sep 19 Sep 21 Sep 24 Sep 26 Sep 28 Sep 1 Oct 3 Oct 5 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 17 Oct 19 Oct 22 Oct 24 Oct 26 Oct Topic What is Environmental Hydrology? The Hydrologic Cycle Why protect small streams? Labor Day Precipitation in space and time Snow accumulation and ablation Soil Properties and soil water movement Infiltration Landuse effects on infiltration Evaporation and Evapotranspiration Measuring Evapotranspiration Estimating Evapotranspiration (P-M) Runoff Processes and Characteristics Predicting Runoff Quantities Storms and Floods Open-channel flow hydraulics Discharge control structures: weirs/flumes Routing through rivers and reservoirs The Hubbard Brook (HBEF) story: Forests, biogeochemistry and water yield Watersheds: linking hydrology to solutes Streams in a watershed context Do all watersheds behave the same? All day field trip to HBEF Discussion day Conservative vs non-conservative solutes In-stream transport and storage Solute dynamics nutrient spiraling Reading W&T 1.1 W&T 1.2-1.4 Reserve W&T 2 (2.1-3 review) W&T 10.3-10.5 W&T 3.1-3.3, 3.8 W&T 3.5-3.7 Reserve W&T 4.1-4.3 W&T 4.4 W&T 4.6-4.7 W&T 5.1-5.4 W&T 5.5-5.7 W&T 5.8-5.11 W&T 7.1-7.2 W&T 8.1-8.3 W&T 8.5-8.6 Reserve readings TBA Lecturer Bowden/Wemple Bowden Bowden/Wemple Bowden Wemple Wemple Wemple Wemple Bowden Bowden Wemple Bowden Bowden Bowden Wemple Wemple Wemple Bowden Bowden Bowden Wemple -Bowden/Wemple Bowden Bowden Bowden Wed Lab/Field Trip Data Analysis and Statistics (Bowden) Calculating Intensity, Duration, and Frequency (Bowden) Field infiltration tests (Wemple) Quiz: Weeks 1-3 Field trip hydrometeorological measurements & monitoring Mt. Mansfield field trip cross sections and gauging (Wemple) Modeling the hydrograph Unit hydrograph, time-area (Wemple) Quiz: Weeks 4-6 Water and solute budgets (Wemple) HBEF Field Trip Pulse addition experiment (Bowden)

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Reserve readings TBA Reserve readings TBA

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29 Oct 31 Oct 2 Nov 5 Nov 7 Nov 9 Nov 12 Nov 14 Nov 16 Nov 19 Nov 21 Nov 23 Nov 26 Nov 28 Nov 30 Nov 3 Dec

Stream process: geomorphology Stream stability and sediment transport Channel evolution Engineered channels Erosion processes Sediment yield and sediment load Sediment budgets Groundwater hydrology Groundwater monitoring and modeling Managing groundwater resources Thanksgiving recess - all week

W&T 6.1-6.5 W&T 6.6-6.8 W&T 6.9-6.10 W&T 9.1-9.4 W&T 9.8-9.9 W&T 9.11 W&T 11 Reserve reading TBA

Wemple Wemple Guest Wemple Wemple Wemple Bowden Bowden Guest

Develop HGC from Mt. Mansfield data (Bowden) Quiz: weeks 7-10 The Universal Soil Loss Equation (Wemple) Cone of depression (Bowden) Thanksgiving recess all week

Modeling the hydrologic cycle Applications for rainfall-runoff models Validating and interpreting model output The future of water security in New England 5 Dec Course wrap-up 7 Dec Final Exam

W&T 1.1 and Reserve readings TBA

Wemple Wemple Wemple Guest Bowden/Wemple

Runoff modeling using TR55 (Wemple) No Lab

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