Hydrology in practice /
By: Shaw, Elizabeth M.
Publisher: London ; New York : Spon, 2011Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiv, 543 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415370417; 9780415370417:; 0415370418; 9780415370424; 0415370426; 9780203030233; 0203030230.Subject(s): Floodplain management | Hydraulic engineering | HydrologyDDC classification: 627Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. The hydrological cycle and hydrometeorology -- pt. 1. Hydrological measurements -- Ch. 2. Hydrometric networks -- Ch. 3. Precipitation -- Ch. 4. Evaporation -- Ch. 5. Hillslope and aquifer hydraulic parameters -- Ch. 6. Hillslope moisture states and flows -- Ch. 7. River flow -- Ch. 8. Water-quality measurement -- pt. 2. Hydrological analysis -- Ch. 9. Precipitation analysis -- Ch. 10. Energy budget analysis, evapotranspiration and snowmelt -- Ch. 11. River flow analysis -- Ch. 12. Catchment modelling -- Ch. 13. Estimating floods and low flows in the UK -- Ch. 14. Flood routing -- Ch. 15. Groundwater -- pt. 3. Engineering applications -- Ch. 16. Flood risk management -- Ch. 17. Water resources management -- Ch. 18. Urban hydrology -- Ch. 19. Hydrology, climate and catchment change -- pt. 4. The future of hydrology in practice -- Ch. 20. The future of hydrology in practice.
This introduction to hydrology is essentially practical, emphasising the application of hydrological knowledge to the solution of engineering problems.