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Precipitation and runoff

Course subject(s) 2. Precipitation and runoff

Lecturer: Prof.dr.ir. Uhlenbrook

This lecture consists of two parts: one about precipitation and one about discharge. The relation between these processes will also dealt with.

The part about precipitation focuses on the following subjects:

  • Different types of precipitation;
  • Precipitation formation processes;
  • Precipitation parameters;
  • Measurement techniques for precipitation;
  • Areal estimation of precipitation.

The part about discharge focuses on the following subjects:

  • Discharge measurements;
  • Interpreting the catchment response – discharge;
  • Hydrograph analysis;
  • Effective precipitation and simple methods to estimate peak discharge.
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Hydrology of catchments, rivers and deltas by TU Delft OpenCourseWare is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/hydrology-of-catchments-rivers-and-deltas/.
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