Environmental and Natural Resources

ENR2531Introduction to Hydrometeorology Systems3 ch (2C 3L)

This course provides an introduction to the principles of environmental hydro-meteorology. Topics to be covered include energy transfer, radiation laws, energy balance, wind generation, evaporation and precipitation, climatology, snow cover and snow melt processes, the hydrological cycle and water budget, surface runoff, flow routing, and atmosphere-land surface processes associated with land use. These are addressed from small, localized to regional scales. 

Prerequisites: ESCI 1063, ESCI 1036