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   Fluvial Geomorphology and Habitat Restoration

Spring 2025

Instructor: Fu-Chun Wu

Course Objective

This course is aimed to equip students with technical knowledge and skills required for analysis of fluvial habitat landforms and assessment of habitat quality. Topics covered include: ecohydraulic modeling, GIS-based habitat delineation and classification, geomorphic change detection, and morphodynamic modeling.

Schedule

        Week       Date        Contents                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Topic 1.      Background                                                                                                    

        Week 1     2/21          Course Overview; Fluvial Habitat Landforms and Flow Types

        Week 2     2/28          (Holiday)                               

Topic 2.    Ecohydraulic Modeling and Habitat Analyses

    Part I:  Ecohydraulic Modeling

        Week 3     3/07          SMS_SRH-2D Model: Quickstart Tutorial                                                                       

        Week 4     3/14          2D Ecohydraulic Modeling and Analysis (Project 1)        

        Week 5     3/21          Project 1: Hands-On Work Discussion   

    Part II:  Morphological Units (MU) Delineation and Habitat Quality Analysis

        Week 6     3/28          Hydraulic MU Delineation; ArcGIS Tutorial: Raster Geoprocessing (Project 2-1)

        Week 7     4/04          (Holiday)

        Week 8     4/11          Habitat Quality Analysis and Classification: ArcGIS Tutorial (Project 2-2)  

        Week 9     4/18          Project 2: Hands-On Work Discussion.  Preparation for Project 3     

Topic 3.    Geomorphic Change Detection – DEM of Difference (DoD), Classification of Difference (CoD)                  

       Week 10    4/25          DoD Analysis; Simple & CoD Mask Analyses; Tutorial: DoD3 Programs (Project 3)

       Week 11    5/02          Project 3: Hands-On Work Discussion

Topic 4.      Fluvial Morphodynamic Modeling

       Week 12    5/09          Fluvial Morphodynamics; SRH-2D Mobile-Bed Simulation (Final Project – Part 1)

       Week 13    5/16          Discussion on Part 1; Unsteady Mobile-Bed Simulation (Final Project – Part 2)

       Week 14    5/23          Discussion on Part 2; Habitat Improvement Scenarios (Final Project – Synthesis)

       Week 15    5/30          (Holiday)

       Week 16    6/06          Synthesis: Final Project Presentation                     

Course Materials

Lecture notes and handouts will be distributed in the class. Course material files can be downloaded from NTU COOL.

Tutorial screen recording files will be made available on NTU COOL right after class.

Grades

Projects 1, 2, 3 (Hands-on work discussion; Project files)              60%

Final Project (Presentation; Project files)                                        40%

Inquiries: Communication via email (fcwu@ntu.edu.tw)