C&ENVENG 7114 - Advanced Hydrological Modelling & Water Resource Management

North Terrace Campus - Winter - 2018

The course will cover advanced techniques for hydrological modelling, including stochastic modelling of rainfall and runoff processes and catchment modelling of hydrological processes. The stochastic modelling component will focus on single and multi-site time series models for rainfall and/or runoff. The catchment modelling component will include the development and application of lumped through to semi-distributed/distributed approaches. For both components, students will develop their skills on model development, calibration and evaluation. A focus of the course will be the use of Bayesian approaches for model calibration and prediction, including techniques for estimating the various sources of predictive uncertainty. These techniques will be applied in water resource management context, utilising case studies from drought/flood risk assessment and hydrological forecasting to illustrate the practical value of the approaches.

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Course Details

Course Code	C&ENVENG 7114
Course	Advanced Hydrological Modelling & Water Resource Management
Coordinating Unit	School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Eng
Term	Winter
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 39 hours per week (based on four weeks of intensive study)
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	C&ENVENG 3077
Restrictions	BE (Civil & Struct), BE (Civil & Env), ME (Civil & Struct) and ME (Civil & Env) students only.
Assessment	Includes a design project (50%) and a final exam (50%)

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Dmitri Kavetski

Course Co-ordinator: Assoc. Prof. Mark Thyer
Engineering North, N107a
Phone: +61 8 8313 0770
e-mail: mark.thyer@adelaide.edu.au
Profile: Lecturer: Prof. Dmitri Kavetski
Engineering North, N153
Phone: +61 8 8313 1710
e-mail: dmitri.kavetski@adelaide.edu.au
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Information on office hours and other course staff (tutors etc) will be made available via MyUni course

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1	Knowledge of advanced stochastic models (lag-one autoregressive, single and multi-site approaches, hidden Markov models, Bayesian hierarchical methods, transformations) for range of hydrological applications
2	Knowledge and application of the principles of model development, calibration and evaluation approaches in the context of stochastic hydrological models
3	Knowledge, application and evaluation of a range of model calibration approaches, including method of moments, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian approaches
4	Creation and application of stochastic hydrological models using the R software package and assessment of its impact on drought risk assessment
5	Knoweldge and application of advanced programming practises in the context of hydrological modelling
6	Knowledge of the general principles underlying hydrological models, including similarities and differences between conceptual vs physical models, and between lumped vs distributed models
7	Application of mass balance and constitutive functions, explicit and implicit time stepping approximations to derive, solve and implement a lumped conceptual model
8	Knowledge of the principles of calibration, including similarities and differences between manual vs optimization-based calibration vs Bayesian/statistical inference, including Monte Carlo techniques, such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo
9	Application of least squares techniques to implement parameter calibration and probabilistic prediction for a simple reservoir model

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Learning & Teaching Modes

This course consists of a set of integrated activities (lectures, tutorials and design project sessions) designed to provide you with the opportunity to achieve the course learning objectives in a supportive and motivating context.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Activity	Contact Hours	Private Study Hours	Total
Lectures	26	0	26
Tutorials	18	27	45
Design (Phase 1)	8	24 (per person)	32
Design (Phase 2)	8	24 (per person)	32
Exam Preparation	0	18	18
Exam	3	0	3
Total	63	93	156

Learning Activities Summary

The centrepiece of the course is a two different design projects in each part the course. You will learn the fundamental principles / underlying theory required to complete the project as part of a number of learning cycles consisting of a series of lectures and tutorials. The lectures will introduce the theory and the tutorials will provide with straightforward applications of the theory. The Design Project provides you with the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the material covered by applying it in a realistic context.

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Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Weighting (%)	Individual/ Group	Formative/ Summative	Due (week)*	Hurdle criteria	Learning outcomes
Online Quizzess	1	Individual	Formative/Summative	Week 2		1.2.3
Design Project Phase 1	24	Group	Formative / Summative	Week 3		1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Design Project Phase 2	25	Group	Formative / Summative	Week 5		5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Exam	50	Individual	Summative		min. 40%	1. 2. 3. 6. 7. 8.
Total	100

* The specific due date for each assessment task will be available on MyUni.

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Assessment Related Requirements

Groupwork:
This course includes assessment tasks undertaken within groups (usually pairs). These groups are self-selected. The same mark will be allocated to all group members and will be based on group output only. Group processes are not assessed explicitly in this course. To maintain the integrity of the assessment task(s) there is a requirement that all students within a group contribute to each assessment activity. Where there is evidence that group members have not sufficiently contributed to a group assessment task, the may be applied.

Hurdles:
In order to pass this course, students must obtain at least 40% for the exam. Where the exam hurdle is not met students will receive a course result of the lesser of their calculated grade and the nominal grade of 45, Fail. An additional assessment exam will be available to eligible students. Students should refer to the for eligibility criteria.

Assessment Detail

Details about the assessment tasks, including due dates and assessment criteria will be made available on the MyUni site for the course.

Submission

The submisson time for all assessment tasks is 4pm on the due date, unless otherwise specified.

All written submissions should be submitted online via the Assessment section of the MyUni course site.

Late submissions will only be accepted for the Design Project. However, there will be a loss of 10% of the marks obtained if the submission is less than 24 hours late, 20% if the submission is between 24 and 48 hours late and so on. Extensions will only be granted in special circumstances (e.g. illness) and must be sought for each assessment task individually. Extensions will not be granted less than 24 hours before the deadline for a given task, with the exception of a medical certificate.

Submissions should follow the guidelines as provided on MyUni.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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