Hydrology handbook

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Corporate Author American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : ASCE, ©1996.
Edition2nd ed.
SeriesASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 28.
Subjects
Hydrology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780784470145
0784470146
0784401381
9780784401385
Physical Description1 online resource (784 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Conversion to SI Units
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to the New Handbook of Hydrology
  • I. Historical Summary
  • II. Purpose of the New Handbook
  • III. Scope of the New Handbook
  • IV. The Hydrologic Cycle
  • Chapter 2: Precipitation
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Formation and Types of Precipitation
  • A. Mechanisms
  • B. Types of Precipitation
  • C. Principal Causes of Precipitation
  • III. Variations in Precipitation
  • A. Geographic Distribution
  • B. Time Variation
  • C. Extreme Precipitation Events
  • IV. The Measurement of PrecipitationA. Uses of Precipitation Measurements
  • B. Measurement of Precipitation with Gages
  • C. Measurement Error with Precipitation Gages
  • D. Direct or In Situ Measurements of Snow
  • E. Remote Sensing Measurements of Precipitation
  • F. Data Comparability
  • V. Processing and Interpreting Precipitation Records
  • A. Processing Precipitation Data
  • B. Station Relocation Considerations
  • C. Estimation of Missing Records
  • D. Temporal and Spatial Extrapolation of Precipitation Data
  • VI. Precipitation Frequency Analysis
  • A. Rain Gage Data for Frequency AnalysisB. Frequency Analysis Techniques
  • C. Point Precipitation Frequency Analysis
  • D. Frequency Analysis for Area-Averaged Precipitation
  • E. Storm Hyetographs
  • F. New Technologies for Precipitation Frequency Analysis
  • VII. Weather Modification
  • VIII. Synthetic Weather Generation
  • IX. References
  • X. Glossary
  • Chapter 3: Infiltration
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Principles of Infiltration
  • III. Factors Affecting Infiltration/Rainfall Excess
  • A. Soil
  • B. Surface
  • C. Management
  • D. Natural
  • III. Infiltration/Rainfall Excess Models for Practical ApplicationsA. Rainfall Excess Models
  • B. Infiltration Models
  • C. Applications of Infiltration/Rainfall Excess Models
  • IV. Measurement of Infiltration
  • A. Areal Measurement
  • B. Point Measurement
  • V. References
  • VI. Glossary
  • Chapter 4: Evaporation and Transpiration
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Physics and Theory of Evaporation
  • A. Surface-Air Energy Exchanges
  • B. Radiation Balance
  • C. Energy Balance
  • D. Sensible Heat Flux Densityâ€?Soil
  • III. Interaction of Surfaces and Meteorological FactorsA. Energy Balanceâ€?Air Mass Interactions
  • IV. Evaporation from Water Surfaces
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Methods of Estimating Water Surface Evaporation
  • V. Evapotranspiration from Land Surfaces
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Volumetric Measurements for Estimating Land Surface ET
  • C. Energy Balance and Mass Transfer Methods
  • D. Reference Crop ET Methods
  • VI. Evapotranspiration from Land Surfacesâ€?General Applications
  • A. The Crop Coefficient

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