Subsurface Hydrology

Lecturer:

Tomáš Vogel (gar.)

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology

Synopsis:

Hydraulic characteristics of porous medium, governing equation for unsaturated flow, initial and boundary conditions. Infiltration, redistribution, evaporation, drainage, capillary rise. Subsurface stormflow. Flow in saturated formations. Transport of contaminants, hydrodynamic dispersion, governing equations, reactive transport.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Quantitative understanding of basic processes associated with the flow of water and the transport of contaminants in natural porous formations.

Study materials:

[1] Císlerová M., Vogel T.: Transportní procesy, ČVUT Praha, 1998.

[2] Hillel D.: Environmental Soil Physics, Academic Press, 1998.

[3] Bear J.: Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution, Kluwer, 1987.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: