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3.2 OPTIONAL COURSES<br />
G7. SURFACE WATER MODELING<br />
(KUL-code: I868 (Th); I869 (Pr))<br />
Lecturer: BAUWENS W.<br />
ECTS-credit: 5 pts<br />
Contact hours: 30 hrs<br />
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of surface hydrology, groundwater hydrology and hydraulics is<br />
essential<br />
Time and place: 1st semester, 7 sessions of 3 hours each, VUB<br />
Course syllabus:<br />
Evaluation: Report on SWAT (report + presentation) (25%), report on the application (report +<br />
presentation) (25%) and examination: discussion on the reports (50%).<br />
Comparable handbook: Arnold et al. (1996). SWAT. Soil and <strong>Water</strong> Assessment Tool. USDA, Temple, Tx,<br />
USA.<br />
Additional information: SWAT www site: http://www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/index.html<br />
Learning objectives:<br />
The aim of the workshop is to familiarise the students with the problems associated to the use of comprehensive<br />
hydrologic models. Additional aims are the fostering of the self-learning capacities of the students, training on<br />
multidisciplinary group work, on the search for information (including the use of the www), on the redaction of<br />
scientific reports and on the presentation of research results.<br />
Course description:<br />
The workshop is built around the use of the hydrologic simulator SWAT (Soil and <strong>Water</strong> Assessment Tool).<br />
SWAT consists of a semi-distributed hydrologic rainfall-runoff model and hydrologic river and reservoir<br />
routing models, as well as erosion, sediment transport and diffuse pollution wash-off modules. The simulator is<br />
also suited to analyse the impact of alternative management (soil, vegetation, irrigation) and climate change<br />
scenario's.<br />
In a first stage, the students have to learn about modelling problems in general. To this purpose, lectures will be<br />
organised, dealing with the classification and the use of models, data assessment problems and model<br />
calibration and evaluation. Also, a general introduction of the SWAT simulator will be provided.<br />
The students will then be subdivided into working groups, to analyse the theory underlying SWAT. Within each<br />
group, individual students will analyse in detail a specific component of SWAT (surface runoff, groundwater,<br />
erosion, river processes, soil and plant interactions,...). Each group will present its results (written and orally) in<br />
plenary sessions, so that the entire group will be informed about the different components.<br />
In a second stage, SWAT will be applied to analyse the impact of climate change scenario's on the hydrologic<br />
response, erosion and water quality for a real river basin. The application results will be presented and<br />
discussed in plenary sessions.<br />
36 / Course syllabi