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DOI | 10.5194/hess-22-2607-2018 |
Demonstrating the "unit hydrograph" and flow routing processes involving active student participation - A university lecture experiment | |
Schulz K.; Burgholzer R.; Klotz D.; Wesemann J.; Herrnegger M. | |
发表日期 | 2018 |
ISSN | 1027-5606 |
起始页码 | 2607 |
结束页码 | 2613 |
卷号 | 22期号:4 |
英文摘要 | The unit hydrograph (UH) has been one of the most widely employed hydrological modelling techniques to predict rainfall-runoff behaviour of hydrological catchments, and is still used to this day. Its concept is based on the idea that a unit of effective precipitation per time unit (e.g. mm h-1) will always lead to a specific catchment response in runoff. Given its relevance, the UH is an important topic that is addressed in most (engineering) hydrology courses at all academic levels. While the principles of the UH seem to be simple and easy to understand, teaching experiences in the past suggest strong difficulties in students' perception of the UH theory and application. In order to facilitate a deeper understanding of the theory and application of the UH for students, we developed a simple and cheap lecture theatre experiment which involved active student participation. The seating of the students in the lecture theatre represented the "hydrological catchment" in its size and form. A set of plastic balls, prepared with a piece of magnetic strip to be tacked to any white/black board, each represented a unit amount of effective precipitation. The balls are evenly distributed over the lecture theatre and routed by some given rules down the catchment to the "catchment outlet", where the resulting hydrograph is monitored and illustrated at the black/white board. The experiment allowed an illustration of the underlying principles of the UH, including stationarity, linearity, and superposition of the generated runoff and subsequent routing. In addition, some variations of the experimental setup extended the UH concept to demonstrate the impact of elevation, different runoff regimes, and non-uniform precipitation events on the resulting hydrograph. In summary, our own experience in the classroom, a first set of student exams, as well as student feedback and formal evaluation suggest that the integration of such an experiment deepened the learning experience by active participation. The experiment also initialized a more experienced based discussion of the theory and assumptions behind the UH. Finally, the experiment was a welcome break within a 3 h lecture setting, and great fun to prepare and run. © Author(s) 2018. |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Auditoriums; Catchments; Petroleum reservoir evaluation; Precipitation (meteorology); Runoff; Teaching; Theaters; Catchment response; Hydrological modelling; Learning experiences; Precipitation events; Student feedback; Student participation; Teaching experience; Underlying principles; Students; catchment; experiment; flow pattern; hydrological modeling; participatory approach; perception; precipitation (climatology); routing; student; unit hydrograph |
来源期刊 | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/160040 |
作者单位 | Schulz, K., Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (IWHW), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria; Burgholzer, R., Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (IWHW), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria, VERBUND Trading GmbH, Am Hof 6a, Vienna, 1010, Austria; Klotz, D., Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (IWHW), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria; Wesemann, J., Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (IWHW), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria; Herrnegger, M., Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (IWHW), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Schulz K.,Burgholzer R.,Klotz D.,et al. Demonstrating the "unit hydrograph" and flow routing processes involving active student participation - A university lecture experiment[J],2018,22(4). |
APA | Schulz K.,Burgholzer R.,Klotz D.,Wesemann J.,&Herrnegger M..(2018).Demonstrating the "unit hydrograph" and flow routing processes involving active student participation - A university lecture experiment.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,22(4). |
MLA | Schulz K.,et al."Demonstrating the "unit hydrograph" and flow routing processes involving active student participation - A university lecture experiment".Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22.4(2018). |
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