Contents: Remote sensing of hydrologic variables. Water and energy balance of the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system. Distributed hydrologic modeling. Hydrologic prediction.

Learning Outcomes: Advanced knowledge of hydrologic processes at watershed and hillslope scales, with in depth reference to soil moisture dynamics, the flood runoff formation and their measurement with new technologies. Knowledge of mathematical techniques for the calibration and uncertainty assessment of a prediction model. Capability of characterizing the hydrologic parameters in a distributed approach, with the aid of remote sensing. Capability of using and calibrating a distributed hydrologic model for the purpose of: assessing the impacts of climate and land use changes; flood prediction.