Handbook of Hydrology is the first book in nearly 30 years to provide comprehensive coverage of the current state of hydrologic knowledge and practice--saving you hours of time tracking down the latest techniques in professional journals.

Handbook of Hydrology features:

• Estimate the magnitudes of floods and mitigate their effects
• Develop solutions for cleaning up and preventing pollution of surface water and groundwater
• Assess water usage for a city or an irrigation project
• Choose reliable methods for urban drainage design
• Calculate the rate of rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, groundwater flow, snow-melt, and streamflow
• Determine the rate of movement of contaminants in surface water and groundwater
• Assess the hydrologic effects of land-use changes such as deforestation
• Statistically analyze hydrologic data, including extreme events, time series, and spatial data
• Select the best computer package for hydrologic simulation
• Use remote sensing, automated data collection, forecasting, and advanced computer methods in hydrology

Contents

Hydrologic Cycle

1. Hydrology
2. Climatology
3. Precipitation
4. Evaporation
5. Infiltration and Soil Water Movement
6. Groundwater Flow
7. Snow and Floating Ice
8. Streamflow
9. Flood Runoff
10. Flow Routing

Hydrologic Transport

11. Water Quality
12. Erosion and Sediment Transport
13. Hydrologic Effects of Land Use Change
14. Contaminant Transport in Surface Water
15. Contaminant Transport in Unsaturated Flow
16. Contaminant Transport in Groundwater

Hydrologic Statistics

17. Statistical Treatment of Hydrologic Data
18. Frequency Analysis of Extreme Events
19. Analysis and Modelling of Hydrologic Time Series
20. Geostatistics

Hydrologic Technology

21. Computer Models for Surface Water
22. Computer Models for Subsurface Water
23. Advances in Hydrologic Computation
24. Remote Sensing
25. Automated Data Acquisition and Transmission
26. Hydrologic Forecasting
27. Hydrologic Design for Water Use
28. Hydrologic Design for Urban Drainage and Flood Control
29. Hydrologic Design for Groundwater Pollution Control

Index

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