After successful completion of the course, students are able to apply the following methods: Methods for the calculation and prediction of runoff at river basin scale. Water management systems (rivers, catchments, hydraulic structures) can be better managed, planned and controlled. In the lecture practical problems will be solved by the R-open source software.

BLOCK 1 (10.Oct. 9:00-11:00): Introduction/overview (Water framework Directive, management plans, real-case applications)

BLOCK 2 (11.Oct. 8:00-11:00): Introduction to R, Time series analysis, Extreme statistics

BLOCK 3 (18.Oct. 8:00-11:00): Introduction to hydrological modelling and estimation of spatial data for hydrological analyses (Snow cover modeling, GIS, Interpolation of hydrologic variables and Geostatistics in R)

BLOCK 4 (8.Nov. 8:00-11:00): Regional water balance modeling in Austria (overview of hydrologic models, regional modeling, application of remote sensing in hydrological modelling, TUW-model in R)

BLOCK 5 (22.Nov. 8:00-11:00): Prediction of floods and runoff hydrographs in ungauged sites (regionalisation methods)

BLOCK 6 (29.Nov. 8:00-11:00): Operational runoff forecasting (flood forecasting, low flows prognosis, assimilation of observed data in hydrological models, updating)

BLOCK 7 (6.Dec. 8:00-11:00): Human aspects of water management with a focus on flood risk (exposure, vulnerability, loss and damages, socio-hydrology)

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All lectures will be given in SEMINAR ROOM of THE INSTITUTE (TAUBSTUMMENGASSE 11, 4th FLOOR)

Methods for the calculation and prediction of runoff at river basin scale. Water management systems (rivers, catchments, hydraulic structures) can be better managed, planned and controlled.

Place of the lectures: meeting room Taubstummengasse 11 (4th floor)

for more information, please contact parajka@hydro.tuwien.ac.at

Written and Oral