The Physical Environment

Meteorology, Geophysicist, Monoculture

The University of Melbourne School of Earth Sciences

This page was last updated on Sunday, March 1, 1998

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	Dr Bird	Hydrology
	Dr Lawrence	Hydrogeology
	Ms White	Soils
	Dr Lile	Meteorology
	Dr Simmonds	Climatology
	Dr Thomas	Geophysics  Non-teaching (?) coordinator: Room 345, McCoy Building

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 The Physical Environment

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Field and Laboratory Class Arrangements:

• Even student numbers - Monday class - First field day
• Odd student numbers - Wednesday class - Second field day

  If you must change, please send an email or a note, with your name, student # and the reason, to Dr Thomas.

• Lab reports will normally be expected by the following week.
• The field report will be completed during the day, and handed in on leaving the bus.

  Individual lecturers will have handouts covering each lab class - there is no laboratory manual at this time.

Textbooks and Reference Materials

Individual lecturers will make recommendations about library and reference materials as necessary.

 Assessment

• End-of-Semester Written Examination (60%)
  • A copy of last year's paper, in Acrobat .pdf format, is here
• Practical Class Reports (30%)
• Field Trip Report (10%)

The Physical Environment

Outline of content

Introduction to Surface Hydrology	Juliet Bird
Lecture 1	Channel formation	Introduction Origin of surface runoff Network Formation
Lecture 2	Water flow in channels	Velocity of channel flow Channel discharge Types of flow
Lecture 3	Flow Regimes	Flow hydrographs Seasonal Variability Flooding
Lecture 4	Sediment Transport	Competence and capacity Modes of transport Measurement of sediment load Origins of fluvial sediment
Lecture 5	River Morphology	Channel characteristics Channels in plan Interpreting change in the landscape
Hydrogeology	Charles Lawrence
Lecture 1	Introduction: groundwater - what it is and where it comes from	Introduction Water underground Water in circulation
Lecture 2	Groundwater in motion-Darcy's Law	Darcy's experiment and empirical law Applications of Darcy's Law
Lecture 3	Regional groundwater flow-recharge and discharge	Groundwater flow systems Recharge vs discharge areas Rock types as aquifers
Lecture 4	Groundwater chemistry -water is the universal solvent	Contamination Process
Lecture 5	Groundwater: friend or foe?	"Friend" "Foe"
Soils	Susan White	Three lectures, summarised here
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Atmospheric Environment	Robert Lile
Lecture 1	The Atmospheric System
Lecture 2	Temperature, Pressure and Wind
Lecture 3	Water in the Atmosphere
Lecture 4	Environments and Climates
Lecture 5	Measuring, Modifying and Forecasting Weather and Climate
'Oceans'	Ian Simmonds
Lecture 1		Morphology of ocean Horizontal and vertical temperature in the global oceans
Lecture 2		Water mass formation Large scale ocean currents
Lecture 3		Generation of ocean waves
Lecture 4		Causes of tides and their characteristics

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