CNR-MIT Summer School
on Distributed Hydrologic Modelling
using Geospatial Data and Tools
Cooperation on Climate
Change and Hydrogeological Disasters in the Mediterranean Area
June 21 - 25th, 2004
La Sapienza, Universita degli
Studi di Roma
Rome, Italy
Instructors: Prof. Enrique R. Vivoni
(vivoni@nmt.edu), New Mexico Tech, MSEC 244, Socorro, NM.
Prof.
Rafael L. Bras (rlbras@mit.edu), MIT, 48-213, Cambridge, MA.
Valeri
Y. Ivanov (viva@mit.edu), MIT, 48-208, Cambridge, MA.
Description
Distributed
hydrological models provide an effective simulation tool for exploring
basin
hydrological processes and predicting the effects of change on
catchment
response. With the advent of geographical information systems (GIS) and
remote
sensing (RS) imagery, the use of distributed models is increasingly
viewed
as a means for improving hydrologic understanding, providing
quantitative
predictions and interpolating field observations via model physics. The
conjunctive
use of distributed hydrologic models and field or remote observations
permit
the comparison of spatial patterns in hydrology which ultimately
increase
our insight on the hydrological processes operating in a
basin.
This
summer
school will focus on the theory, concepts and applications of
distributed
hydrological models with geospatial data and tools. The short course
will
consist of lectures and “hands-on” experimentation with GIS-based data,
tools
and models. The course will provide the theoretical and applied
knowledge
for conducting distributed simulations in a set of hydrologic basins
prone
to hydrometeorological hazards in Italy.
The summer
school project will focus on the problem of extreme flood events and
the spatial distribution of their runoff processes in basins of
different characteristics, such as scale, topography, geology,
vegetation and climate regimes. Participants will be divided into teams
and guided through the application and synthesis of results from a
distributed hydrologic model. Model applications over a set of basins
will constitute an assessment of hydrometeorological extremes over
various hydrologic regimes.
Course Materials
Summer School
Syllabus
Lecture Notes
Computing
Requirements
Bibliography
List of Participants
Information
Contact
Dr.
Salvatore Grimaldi (Salvatore.Grimaldi@irpi.cnr.it), Prof. Ing. Fabio Castelli
(fabio@dicea.unifi.it) or Prof. Enrique R. Vivoni
(vivoni@nmt.edu). CNR-MIT
Cooperative Agreement Website
Last Updated (06/14/2004),
Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (http://www.nmt.edu)
