Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
2 credits
24.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Jonard François; Vanclooster Marnik (coordinator);
Language
French
Main themes
Theoretical part
Water resources issues in tropical areas
- The state of the world's water resources
- Current and future supply and demand
- Pressures on water resources
- Paradigms of water management
Basic notions of hydrology
- System approach to study watersheds. Hydrological balance (local / regional)
Hydrological modeling
- Characterization of basins and functional behavior
- Typology of hydrological models
- Modeling steps (identification / calibration / treatment of sensitivities and uncertainties)
Hydrology and remote sensing
- Notions of remote sensing
- Principles of remote sensing to characterize hydrological processes at the regional scale (land use, thermal balance and evapotranspiration, gravimetry, precipitation, soil moisture)
Practical part:
Hydrological study of a reference basin
- Construction of a hydrological database from generic data.
- Modeling of hydrological flows with HEC-HMS.
- Modeling management strategies in WEAP.
Water resources issues in tropical areas
- The state of the world's water resources
- Current and future supply and demand
- Pressures on water resources
- Paradigms of water management
Basic notions of hydrology
- System approach to study watersheds. Hydrological balance (local / regional)
Hydrological modeling
- Characterization of basins and functional behavior
- Typology of hydrological models
- Modeling steps (identification / calibration / treatment of sensitivities and uncertainties)
Hydrology and remote sensing
- Notions of remote sensing
- Principles of remote sensing to characterize hydrological processes at the regional scale (land use, thermal balance and evapotranspiration, gravimetry, precipitation, soil moisture)
Practical part:
Hydrological study of a reference basin
- Construction of a hydrological database from generic data.
- Modeling of hydrological flows with HEC-HMS.
- Modeling management strategies in WEAP.
Content
Theoretical part
Water resources issues in tropical areas
- The state of the world's water resources
- Current and future supply and demand
- Pressures on water resources
- Paradigms of water management
Basic notions of hydrology
- System approach to study watersheds. Hydrological balance (local / regional)
Hydrological modeling
- Characterization of basins and functional behavior
- Typology of hydrological models
- Modeling steps (identification / calibration / treatment of sensitivities and uncertainties)
Hydrology and remote sensing
- Notions of remote sensing
- Principles of remote sensing to characterize hydrological processes at the regional scale (land use, thermal balance and evapotranspiration, gravimetry, precipitation, soil moisture)
Practical part:
Hydrological study of a reference basin
- Construction of a hydrological database from generic data.
- Modeling of hydrological flows with HEC-HMS.
- Modeling management strategies in WEAP.
Water resources issues in tropical areas
- The state of the world's water resources
- Current and future supply and demand
- Pressures on water resources
- Paradigms of water management
Basic notions of hydrology
- System approach to study watersheds. Hydrological balance (local / regional)
Hydrological modeling
- Characterization of basins and functional behavior
- Typology of hydrological models
- Modeling steps (identification / calibration / treatment of sensitivities and uncertainties)
Hydrology and remote sensing
- Notions of remote sensing
- Principles of remote sensing to characterize hydrological processes at the regional scale (land use, thermal balance and evapotranspiration, gravimetry, precipitation, soil moisture)
Practical part:
Hydrological study of a reference basin
- Construction of a hydrological database from generic data.
- Modeling of hydrological flows with HEC-HMS.
- Modeling management strategies in WEAP.
Teaching methods
- Theoretical course: lectures in class room.
- Exercise part: Exercise in computer room.
- Exercise part: Exercise in computer room.
Evaluation methods
- Students receive 3 assignments and submit 3 reports of max. 2 pages on the student drop space on MOODLE.
- A written exam with oral defense is organized during the exam session.
- A written exam with oral defense is organized during the exam session.
Online resources
- Course slights are available on Moodle.
- An exercise manual is available on Moodle.
- The generic data for the exercice is available in the computer class room.
- An exercise manual is available on Moodle.
- The generic data for the exercice is available in the computer class room.
Faculty or entity
AGRO
