WAT-E1100 - Water and Environmental Engineering, Lecture, 4.9.2023-20.10.2023

Topic outline

• Week 2: Hydrology and water resources management
  Starting on Monday 11 Sep at 9.00 at Water building (room 286, Tietotie 1 E), the second week provides a view on hydrology and water resources management.

  Monday morning reviews the hydrological cycle and runoff generation with the aim to facilitate discussion in the class. Selected aspects of water resources management are viewed.

  Monday afternoon starts with research highlight presentations. The afternoon ends with a hydrological measurement demonstration and data analysis session.
  

  Tuesday's Thematic Task focuses on the application of a hydrological model through an exercise. The day is organised in a computer class (Y338), where students can run the model and perform computations. The Thematic Task of hydrological modelling exercise itself is a group work. Each group will be given data and hydrological model for different catchments. The group will get familiar with their site, data, and the model and make an assessment of hydrological processes in the catchment. The application part of the exercise is to extract transient climate scenarios extending from the current conditions to future, run the hydrological model with the scenarios, and assess how the climate change is seen in the studied catchments.
  

  
  

  Wednesday is the day to get familiar the Weekly Exercise, simulation modeling and related tools and procedures, such as model calibration, validation, and sensitivity analysis. Wednesday teaching will be organized in computer class Y338.
  

  Thursday is devoted to individual work on the Weekly Exercise. Extra help is available for completing the exercise in the afternoon in class U257.
  

  Friday is the day to finished the computations of each groups and prepare a presentation about their thematic task results in computer class Y338. A mini seminar in Water Building room 286 is held in the afternoon to wrap up the results.

  The week consists of the following submitted tasks:

  • Thematic task: HBV Modelling (DL for group presentation slides: Friday 15 September at 14:00)
  • Weekly exercise: Simulation Modelling (DL Friday 22 September at 23:59)

  General schedule for the week is shown in the figure below, while the detailed schedule can be found below the figure.

  
  

  
  

  • Select activity Detailed time schedule Monday 11.9. 09:00 -12:00 H...

    Detailed time schedule

    Monday 11.9.
    

    09:00 -12:00 Hydrology and water resources management (Harri Koivusalo) Class 286 (WAT building)
    12.00 -13:00 Lunch break
    13:00 -13:40 Research highlights on Hydrology and water resources management Class 286 (WAT building)
    

    • Modeling agricultural water management in a Finnish agricultural field by MSc Aleksi Salla, Aalto University
    • Radar rainfall information and 2D design storms in hydrology by MSc Ville Lindgren, Aalto University
      

    14:00 - 16:00 Demonstration of hydrological measurements and analysis (Ville Lindgren, Aleksi Salla) Outside in front of water building (Tietotie 1 E)
    

    Tuesday 12.9. Computer Class Y338
    

    09:00 - 12:00 HBV thematic task introduction and individual/group work on the exercise (Harri Koivusalo)
    13:00 - 16:00 HBV thematic task continues (Harri Koivusalo). At 14:30 we invite groups to tell how they approach the tasks.
    

    Wednesday 13.9. Computer Class Y338
    

    09:00 - 10:00 Modelling: Lecture (Teemu Kokkonen)
    

    10:00 - 12:00 Modelling: Snow model exercise, guided workshop (Teemu Kokkonen)

    12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

    13:00 - 16:00 Modelling: Snow model exercise, guided workshop (Teemu Kokkonen)

    
    

    Thursday 14.9. Computer Class U257
    

    09:00 - 12:00 Modelling: Snow model exercise, individual work (no computer class booked)
    

    12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
    

    13:00 - 16:00 Modelling: Snow model exercise, guided workshop (Teemu Kokkonen, U257)
    

    
    

    Friday 15.9. Class Y338
    

    09:00 - 12:00 Work to complete the thematic task computations and presentation (Harri Koivusalo)
    12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break

    Class 286 (WAT building)

    13:00 - 14:00 Finalisation of presentations.
    14:00 - 16:00 Presentations and wrap-up of the thematic task (Harri Koivusalo). Each groups shows a 10-12 min presentation of the objectives, the key results, and the main conclusions. The presentation files need to have a title page including the full names of all authors.
    

    
    

  • Select activity Lecture slides

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  • Select activity Rainfall-runoff demonstration

    Rainfall-runoff demonstration
    

  • Select activity Research highlights and rainfall-runoff demonstration material

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    Research highlights and rainfall-runoff demonstration material Folder
  • Select activity Materials for the week 2 thematic task

    Materials for the week 2 thematic task
    

  • Select activity Thematic task description

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    Thematic task description File PDF

    Read this description of the thematic task before the Tueday's session to get an idea of the task.
    

  • Select activity Thematic task submission: HBV Modelling

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    Thematic task submission: HBV Modelling Assignment
  • Select activity CORDEX scenarios for HBV-modelling

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    CORDEX scenarios for HBV-modelling Folder
  • Select activity Weekly exercise: Simulation modelling

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    Weekly exercise: Simulation modelling Assignment
  • Select activity Instructions for the HBV-presentations.

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    Instructions for the HBV-presentations. File PDF