MTO 316 - Hydrometeorology

Course Objectives

Utilizing meteorological and hydrological information for planning of water resources, development and management.

Course Description

Precipitation producing mechanisms, temporal and special distribution of precipitation, annual average precipitation, probable maximum precipitation, snow, snowmelt, evaporation, evapotranspiration, meteorological drought, basin characteristics, basin models, rainfall-runoff models, floods, water losses in a basin, hydrologic drought, hydrograph analysis, analysis of hydrometeorological data, applications.