This course is primarily intended for beginners working on snow hydrology. Its aim is to give learners a basic understanding of the fundamental processes of snow hydrology and their mathematical simulation within a relatively short period.
The current syllabus is organized around the following ten lectures. Content will be adjusted as the course progresses and in response to classroom feedback.

Course Schedule

• Lecture 1: A brief introduction to programming languages and related tools (closed)
• Lecture 2: Mixed programming with Python and Fortran (closed)
• Lecture 3: Overview of fundamental snow hydrological processes (closed)
• Lecture 4: Snow state variables and their observation (closed)
• Lecture 5: Review (closed)
• Lecture 6: Basic concepts of heat transfer (closed)
• Lecture 7: Snow mass and energy balance (2016-7-28)
• Lecture 8: Snowfall, vegetation interception, and blowing-snow redistribution
• Lecture 9: Hillslope runoff generation and channel routing of snowmelt
• Lecture 10: Simulating snowmelt runoff with a distributed cold-region hydrological model
• Lecture 11: Snowmelt simulation using multiple data sources: parameter optimization and data assimilation