CE5701 HYDROCLIMATOLOGY

Course Code:5625701
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Civil Engineering
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. İSMAİL YÜCEL
Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

Precipitation formation process, the surface and atmospheric branch of the hydrologic cycle, land surface-atmosphere interaction, surface energy balance, evapotranspiration, heat and moisture fluxes into the soil and atmospheric boundary layer.


Course Content

Precipitation formation process, the surface and atmospheric branch of the hydrologic cycle, land surface-atmosphere interaction, surface energy balance, evapotranspiration, heat and moisture fluxes into the soil and atmospheric boundary layer.


Course Learning Outcomes

  • understand global atmospheric circulation and its impacts on regional processes
  • understand the interaction between land surface and atmosphere 
  • formulate energy and water balance through land surface atmosphere modeling systems