University of
Massachusetts Class time and place: 11:15 –12:05 PM, MWF, 216 Dickinson Hall Office: 219 Holdsworth Hall (Office hours, MW afternoon or by
appt.) Teaching Assistant: Erik Mitchell (413.259.9365) Phone/voice mail: 545-4853; Main Office: 545-2665; FAX: 545-4358 email: pkbarten@forwild.umass.edu
Department of Natural
Resources Conservation
FOREST 528: Forest and Wetland Hydrology Fall 1999
Paul K. Barten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Forest Resources
University of
Massachusetts – Amherst, Department of Natural Resources
Conservation
Summary
This
course focuses on the dynamics of water movement through forest and
wetland ecosystems. The
first section of the class describes hydrologic processes and their
integration in the water balance.
The second section summarizes the influence of land and
resource use on quantity, timing, and quality of water flow.
The final section emphasizes management approaches to prevent
or reverse adverse environmental impacts with reference to examples
in New England, New York, the Lake States, and Canada.
Text:
Satterlund, Donald R., and Paul W. Adams. 1992. Wildland
Watershed Management. Second Edition, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., NY, 436 pp. (at UMass Textbook Annex)
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Lecture Topics |
Text Chapter(s) |
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Introduction |
1,2,3 |
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Precipitation and interception |
5 |
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Soil physical and hydraulic properties |
6 |
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Energy exchange |
7 |
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Snow accumulation and melt |
9 |
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Upland evapotranspiration |
8 |
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Streamflow generation |
4 |
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Wetlands |
* |
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Surface and mass erosion |
10 |
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Riparian zone |
* |
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Open channel flow |
* |
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Hydrologic impacts of land use |
11, 12 |
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Watershed management |
13 |
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Problem Sets |
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1. |
Watershed delineation and dimensional analysis |
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2. |
Soil water flow |
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3. |
Evapotranspiration |
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4. |
Stream gaging |
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5. |
Wetland water levels |
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6. |
Open channel flow |
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7. |
Hydrologic impacts of land use (based on the Harvard Forest Models) |
W
8
Introduction
F
10
Introduction …cont’d.
(Problem set 1 …out)
M
13 Precipitation
W 15 TA
help session (PB @ National Research
Council Press Conference and presentation to Comptroller’s
Office, NYC Watershed Management Study)
F
17
Precipitation
M
20 Interception
(Problem set 1 due)
W
22 Soil
physics
(Problem set 2 …out)
F
25
Soil physics
M
27 Soil
physics
W
29 Energy
exchange
F
1
Energy exchange
(Problem set 2 due)
M
4
Snow hydrology
W
6
Snow hydrology
F 8
Exam 1 - through snow (PB presenting at Northeast
Association of Watershed Forest Managers Meeting, Barkhamsted
Reservoir and Great Mountain Forest, CT, 7,8 October)
M
11 Columbus
Day
W
13 Evapotranspiration
(upland and agricultural systems)
(Problem set 3 …out)
F 15
TA Help Session (PB at Quabbin Science and Technical
Advisory Committee, Co-Chair, Quabbin Visitor’s Center,
Belchertown, MA)
M
18 Evapotranspiration
W
20 Evapotranspiration
F 22
TA Help Session (PB presenting paper at Catskill
Institute for the Environment Symposium, SUNY Delhi, NY, 21-23
October)
M
25 Streamflow
(Problem set 3 due)
W
27 Streamflow
F 29
Wetland hydrology
M
1
Wetland hydrology
W
3
Wetland hydrology
F
5
Wetland hydrology -- summary
M
8
Surface and mass erosion
W
10 Surface
and mass erosion
(Problem set 4 …out)
Th
11 (Veterans
Day)
F
12
Surface and mass erosion
M
15 Thursday
class schedule followed
(Problem set 4 due)
W
17 Riparian
zone structure and function
F
19
Open channel hydraulics
M
22 Open
channel hydraulics
(Problem set 5 …out)
W
24 Open
channel hydraulics
Thanksgiving Recess (25-28 November)
M
29 Open
channel hydraulics
W
1
Hydrologic impacts of land use
(Problem set 5 due)
F
3
Exam 2 (ET through open channel hydraulics)
M
6
Hydrologic impacts of land use
(Problem set 6 …started in class)
W
8
Watershed management principles and practices
F
10
Watershed management case study
M
13 Watershed
management case study
(Problem set 6 due)