Spring 2025
ESPM 130A 001 - LEC 001
Forest Hydrology
Paolo D'Odorico
Class #:28480
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
45
Enrolled: 5
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 50
Waitlist Max: 50
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
Final Exam
MON, MAY 12TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Dwinelle 130
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Course Catalog Description
This course introduces the fundamental physical principles that are necessary to understand
the distribution and dynamics of water near the Earth's surface. A quantitative approach will provide
mathematical descriptions of hydrological phenomena that will be used for a variety of hydrological
applications to river flow hydraulics, flood frequency analysis, evapotranspiration from terrestrial
ecosystems, groundwater flow, and ecohydrological dynamics. The course will provide an introduction to
hydrological processes and data analysis. The purpose of the laboratory is to illustrate in an experimental
setting the principles and applications introduced in lecture.
Class Notes
CONTENTS
Role of vegetation in the water cycle:
Introduction.
Precipitation, canopy interception, occult precipitation, canopy throughfall, litter interception.
Soil properties, infiltration, unsaturated flow
Runoff generation, the effect of forest vegetation on water.. show more
Role of vegetation in the water cycle:
Introduction.
Precipitation, canopy interception, occult precipitation, canopy throughfall, litter interception.
Soil properties, infiltration, unsaturated flow
Runoff generation, the effect of forest vegetation on water.. show more
CONTENTS
Role of vegetation in the water cycle:
Introduction.
Precipitation, canopy interception, occult precipitation, canopy throughfall, litter interception.
Soil properties, infiltration, unsaturated flow
Runoff generation, the effect of forest vegetation on water yields. Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., fires, deforestation) on water yield and sediment yield in forested watersheds. Effect of forest vegetation on the hydrologic response.
Interactions between groundwater and vegetation.
Channel flow
Evapotranspiration
Soil-plant-water relationships: Water in trees. Root uptake. Water flows through the xylem. Plant water stress. Stomatal regulation.
The impact of forest vegetation on hydroclimatic conditions.
Hydrologic mechanisms controlling the cycling of nitrogen and carbon in forested watersheds.
Global deforestation show less
Role of vegetation in the water cycle:
Introduction.
Precipitation, canopy interception, occult precipitation, canopy throughfall, litter interception.
Soil properties, infiltration, unsaturated flow
Runoff generation, the effect of forest vegetation on water yields. Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g., fires, deforestation) on water yield and sediment yield in forested watersheds. Effect of forest vegetation on the hydrologic response.
Interactions between groundwater and vegetation.
Channel flow
Evapotranspiration
Soil-plant-water relationships: Water in trees. Root uptake. Water flows through the xylem. Plant water stress. Stomatal regulation.
The impact of forest vegetation on hydroclimatic conditions.
Hydrologic mechanisms controlling the cycling of nitrogen and carbon in forested watersheds.
Global deforestation show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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