Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change,
in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
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
Hydrological modeling
Hydrology and remote sensing
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
- 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)
- Construction of a hydrological database from generic data (GEE platform) in QGIS.
- Modeling of hydrological flows with HEC-HMS or QGIS-SWAT.
- Modeling management strategies in WEAP.
Teaching methods
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.
- Theoretical course: lectures in class room, supported by video clips.
- Exercise part: Exercises in computer room using open source software (Python, QGIS, QGIS-SWAT, HEC-HMS, WEAP, ...)
Evaluation methods
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.
- Students receive 3 assignments and hand in 3 reports of max. 2 pages on the student area of the course on MOODLE at a date set by the holder.
- Students carry out a mini-project on the watershed of their home area.
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
- Video clips are available allowing to explain the data handling wiith the different software.
Faculty or entity
AGRO
