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LEC # TOPICS REQUIRED READINGS IMPORTANT DATES LAB
1 Introduction to Transport, Control Volumes, and Time-Scales No Lab this week
2 Flow Profiles and Turbulence Chap 7. Basics of Turbulent Flow [p1-5] Lab 1: Entekhabi
Sources of Uncertainty
Relative Humidity
3 Logarithmic Profile Chap 7. Basics of Turbulent Flow [p1-5] HW 1 due
4 Reactor Models. Residence time distribution Chap 2. Scaling and Basic Models [p3-9] Lab 2: Nepf
Propogration of Error Velocity Measurements Pre-Lab Due at Start of Lab
5 Wetland circulation Chap 2.Scaling and Basic Models [p3-9] HW 2 Due
6 Introduction to diffusion
Differential form of transport equation
Chap 1. Conservation of Mass Lab 3: Nepf
Wetland Circulation Residence Time Pre-Lab Due at Start of Lab
7 Instantaneous Point Source
Pre-Lab: Measuring conductivity
Chap 3. Instantaneous Point Source

Chap 5. Adv/Diff of Inst. Pt. Source [p1-5]
HW 3 Due Lab 4: NEPF
Dispersion in Soil Column
8 Accounting for Boundaries; Peclet Number Chap 4. Boundary Conditions
Chap 5. Adv/Diff of Inst. Pt. Source [p6-8]
9 Turbulence and diffusion Chap 7. Basics of Turbulent Flow [p7-10] HW 4 Due Lab 5: Entekhabi
Groundwater Pollutant
Transport modeling
10 QUIZ 1
11 Continuous Release 1-D: steady and unsteady Chap 6. Continuous Release [p1-2, 5-6] No Lab this week
12 Dispersion
Pre-Lab: Fluorescence and Tracers [45min]
Chap 8. Shear Dispersion HW 5 Due Lab 6: NEPF
Flume tracer study Diffusivity/Dispersion Pre-Lab Due at Start of Lab
13 Dispersion cont. and Continuous Release two and three dimensions Chap 6. Continuous Release [p 3-5]
14 Diffusivity in rivers Chap 7.Basics of Turbulent Flow [p10] Lab 7: Entekhabi
Infiltration in unsaturated soil column
15 Control volume with reactions; Dissolution Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 1-6] HW 6 Due
16 Constant Concentration Boundary Condition
Pre-Lab: Atomic Absorption [45 min]
Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 6-8] Lab 8: NEPF/GSCHWEND
Dissolution: Transport across laminar sub-layer Pre-Lab Due at Start of Lab
17 Air-water exchange Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 9-15] HW 7 Due
18 Air-water exchange Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 9-15] Lab 9: Entekhabi
Dilution gaging
19 Air-Water exchange
Pre-Lab: Gas Chromatography [45 min]
Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 9-15] Lab 10: NEPF/GSCHWEND
Air-water exchange Pre-Lab Due at Start of Lab
20 Partitioning HW 8 Due
21 QUIZ 2
22 Retardation Factor
23 Retardation Factor Chap 9. Reactions and Exchanges [p 16-19] Lab 11: Entekhabi
Hydrograph calibration using GIS
24 Particle Transport Chap 10.Transport of Particles HW 9 Due
25 Colloidal Transport No Lab
26 Lake Physics Last Day of Class
27 QUIZ 3