UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

Hydrologic Sciences (A Graduate Group) 307
Faculty
William Casey, Ph.D., Professor (Chemistry)
Randy Dahlgren, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Jeanie Darby, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Harrison Dunning, LL.B., Professor (School of Law)
Graham Fogg, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Timothy Ginn, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Mark Grismer, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
David Hinton, Professor
(Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology)
Britt Holmen, Assistant Researcher
(Crocker Nuclear Laboratory)
Jan Hopmans, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
William Horwath, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Alan Jackman, Ph.D., Professor
(Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
Michael Johnson, Ph.D., Director
(Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis Laboratory)
M. Levent Kavvas, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Bruce Kutter, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Bruce Larock, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Jay Lund, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Miguel Marino, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Jeffrey Mount, Ph.D., Professor (Geology)
Alexandra Navrotsky, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Gregory Pasternack, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Kyaw Tha Paw U, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Carlos Puente, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Eliska Rejmankova, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy)
Paul Sabatier, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy)
Geoffrey Schladow, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Kate Scow, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Susan Ustin, Ph.D., Professor
Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Wesley Wallender, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Bryan Weare, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Tom Young, Associate Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Minghua Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Emeriti Faculty
Charles Goldman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Theodore Hsiao, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Dennis Rolston, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Roger Shaw, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Marlyn Shelton, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Kenneth Tanji, Sc.D., Professor Emeritus
Stephen Whitaker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Affiliated Faculty
David Goldhamer, Ph.D., Irrigation Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Stephen Grattan, Ph.D., Water Relations Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Blaine Hanson, Ph.D., Irrigation Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Thomas Harter, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension
Specialist (Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Terry Prichard, M.S., Water Management Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Lawrence Schwankl, Ph.D., Irrigation Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Richard Snyder, Ph.D., Biometeorologist Specialist
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Kenneth Tate, Extension Rangeland Specialist
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Hydrologic
Sciences is an interdisciplinary program offering
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Course work is
available from many programs, including Hydrologic
Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Geology, and Soil Science. Education in the group
broadens the skills and knowledge of the physical
science or engineering student interested in the
occurrence, distribution, circulation and properties
of water on earth. Because of water's ubiquity and
importance to physical, chemical and biological processes,
hydrologic sciences involve the geologic,
atmospheric and oceanic sciences, as well as engineering
and other applied physical sciences. Basic
to the program are core courses in fluid dynamics,
hydrologic phenomena, hydrobiology, hydrogeochemistry,
hydrologic techniques, and hydrologic
policy. Students can pursue specializations in
hydrogeochemistry, surface hydrology, subsurface
hydrology, irrigation and drainage, watershed
hydrology and water resources management. The
subsurface hydrology specialization includes hydrogeology
and vadose-zone hydrology.
Preparation. Applicants to the program are
expected to have completed or to be completing an
undergraduate degree in environmental or physical
sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Undergraduate
study must include one year each of calculus, of
physics with calculus, and of chemistry. A second
year of vector calculus, linear algebra and differential
equations is recommended and will be required,
before completion of graduate work. Additional
courses in applied statistics, computer programming,
and geology are recommended.
Specialization. Each student will pursue an individual
program of advanced study under the direction
of a group of faculty members with similar
interests but diverse backgrounds. Course work in
addition to the above is typically taken in the most
appropriate departments.
Graduate Adviser. Mark E. Grismer (Land, Air,
and Water Resources)
Courses in Hydrologic Sciences
(HYD)
Graduate Courses
200. Survey of Hydrologic Sciences (1)
Seminar—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: open to
students in the Hydrologic Sciences program. Seminar
course exposes students to the diversity of sciences
involved in the program. Students prepare a
paper and presentation in their area of research
interest. May be repeated twice for credit. (S/U
grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Grismer
205. Continuum Mechanics of Natural
Systems (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics
21D and 22B, Physics 9B. Continuum
mechanics of static and dynamic air, water, earth
and biological systems using hydraulic, heat and
electrical conductivity; diffusivity; dispersion; strain;
stress; deformation gradient; velocity gradient;
stretch and spin tensors. (Same course as Biological
Systems Engineering 205.)—I. Wallender
210. Vadose Zone Transport Processes and
Modeling (3)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: Soil Science
107, Mathematics 22B, programming language,
or consent of instructor. Principles and
modeling of water flow and chemical transport in the
vadose zone, with specific applications to soils. Topics
include hydraulic properties, finite difference
application to unsaturated water flow, parameter
optimization, diffusive and convective transport in
gaseous and liquid phases. Offered in alternate
years.—(III.) Hopmans
243. Water Resource Planning and
Management (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 141 or Civil
and Environmental Engineering 142. Applications of
deterministic and stochastic mathematical programming
techniques to water resource planning, analysis,
design and management. Water allocation,
capacity expansion, and reservoir operation. Conjunctive
use of surface water and groundwater.
Water quality management. Irrigation planning and
operation models. (Same course as Biological Systems
Engineering 243.)—I. (I.) Marino
252. Hillslope Geomorphology and
Sediment Budgets (4)
Lecture—3 hours; fieldwork—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 141 or Geology 35 or Civil and Environmental
Engineering 142 or consent of instructor. Exploration
of theoretical and empirical foundations of
sediment production on hillslopes using computer
models and field experiments to promote an understanding
of how watersheds evolve naturally and
with human impacts. Offered in alternate years.—III.
Pasternack
256. Geomorphology of Estuaries and
Deltas (4)
Lecture—3 hours; fieldwork—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 141 or Geology 35 or Civil and Environmental
Engineering 42 or consent of instructor. Survey of
the processes and landforms associated with sediment
deposition in the coastal zone. Application of
geomorphic principles to coastal management
issues. Offered in alternate years.—III. Pasternack
264. Modeling of Hydrologic Processes (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 141 or the
equivalent and Statistics 102 or the equivalent. Techniques
used to model the spatio-temporal structure of
rainfall and runoff are introduced. Procedures studied
include those based on stochastic point processes,
chaos theory, fractal geometry, and
fractional noises. Offered in alternate years.—(III.)
Puente
269. Numerical Modeling of Groundwater
Systems (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 145A or Civil
Engineering 144 and course 145B, Mathematics
22B. Finite difference and finite element techniques
in modeling groundwater flow and transport. Fundamentals
of constructing and calibrating models with
hands-on applications. Methods and limitations of
numerical solution of transport equations. Model
interpretation and ethics.—III. (III.) Fogg
273. Introduction to Geostatistics (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Statistics 130A and
130B, or the equivalent. Statistical treatment of spatial
data with emphasis on hydrologic problems. Topics
include theory of random functions, variogram
analysis, Kriging, co-Kriging, indicator geostatistics,
and stochastic simulation of spatial variability. Demonstration
and use of interactive geostatistical software
included. Offered in alternate years.—I. Fogg
275. Analysis of Spatial Processes (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Statistics 102 or the
equivalent; course 273 or Statistics 273A recommended.
Characterization of homogeneous random
fields; extremes and spectral parameters; geometry
of excursions, local averaging; scale of fluctuation;
non-Gaussian and irregular random fields; geostatistical
applications. Offered in alternate years.—(III.)
Puente
286. Selected Topics in Environmental
Remote Sensing (3)
Discussion—2 hours; lecture—1 hour; project. Prerequisite:
Environmental and Resource Sciences 186
or the equivalent; Environmental and Resource Sciences
186L recommended. In depth investigation of
advanced topics in remote sensing applications,
measurements, and theory. Not offered every
year.—Ustin
290. Seminar in Hydrologic Science (1)
Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: graduate standing
and background in Hydrologic Science, consent of
instructor. Seminars and critical review of problems,
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience