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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
6
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Unit aim
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
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe the structure, inputs and outputs, and features of different rainfall-runoff modelling approaches | |||||||
| 2 | identify, locate and prepare all necessary input data and other information needed to construct a rainfall-runoff model for different catchments | |||||||
| 3 | produce a written technical report based on proficient application of rainfall-runoff modelling to a real-world hydrologic design problem using industry-standard software. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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describe the structure, inputs and outputs, and features of different rainfall-runoff modelling approaches
- GA4:
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identify, locate and prepare all necessary input data and other information needed to construct a rainfall-runoff model for different catchments
- GA4:
- GA5:
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produce a written technical report based on proficient application of rainfall-runoff modelling to a real-world hydrologic design problem using industry-standard software.
- GA4:
- GA6: