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Unit of Study CIVL2016 - Rainfall-Runoff Modelling (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    It is assumed that students are familiar with the main features of the Australian hydrologic cycle, basic statistical analysis of time-series data and the principles of risk-based hydrologic design, e.g. as taught in the unit ENVR2010 - Principles of Stormwater and Drainage Management.

Unit description

Develops the ability to perform rainfall-runoff modelling using the principles and procedures described in Australian Rainfall and Runoff, Australia's handbook for hydrologic design. Students will learn to use industry-standard software to calculate flood hydrographs and predict flood peaks under a range of different hydrologic conditions.

Unit content

Rainfall-runoff modelling approaches

Runoff: the output from a rainfall-runoff model

Rainfall: the input to a rainfall runoff-model

Transfer functions and accounting for losses

Hydrologic routing

Application of rainfall-runoff modelling in contemporary practice

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
Term3
Term3
Online
Term3
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe the structure, inputs and outputs, and features of different rainfall-runoff modelling approaches

identify, locate and prepare all necessary input data and other information needed to construct a rainfall-runoff model for different catchments

produce a written technical report based on proficient application of rainfall-runoff modelling to a real-world hydrologic design problem using industry-standard software.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Available only as a web-based publication at http://arr.ga.gov.au/arr-guideline.: J. Ball, M. Babister, R. Nathan, W. Weeks, E. Weinmann, M. Retallick, and I. Testoni (Editors), 2016, Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A Guide to Flood Estimation, Commonwealth of Australia.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.