Hydrology : an introduction / Wilfried H. Brutsaert.

By: Brutsaert, Wilfried, 1934- [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 609 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107135277Subject(s): HydrologyDDC classification: 551.48 LOC classification: GB661.2 | .B78 2023
Contents:
Introduction -- Water aloft: fluid mechanics of the lower atmosphere -- Precipitation -- Evaporation -- Water on the land surface: fluid mechanics of free surface flow -- Overland flow -- Streamflow routing -- Water beneath the ground: fluid mechanics of flow in porous materials -- Infiltration and related unsaturated flows -- Groundwater outflow and base flow -- Streamflow generation: mechanisms and parameterization -- Streamflow response at the catchment scale -- Elements of frequency analysis in hydrology -- Afterword -- a short historical sketch of theories about the water circulation on earth.
Summary: "Responding to the developments of the last two decades, this classic textbook has been revised and updated while retaining the rigor of the previous edition. This classroom-tested resource is invaluable for entry-level hydrology courses directed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physical science and engineering"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. -- Introduction -- 2. -- Water aloft: fluid mechanics of the lower atmosphere -- 3. -- Precipitation -- 4. -- Evaporation -- 5. -- Water on the land surface: fluid mechanics of free surface flow -- 6. -- Overland flow -- 7. -- Streamflow routing -- 8. -- Water beneath the ground: fluid mechanics of flow in porous materials -- 9. -- Infiltration and related unsaturated flows -- 10. -- Groundwater outflow and base flow -- 11. -- Streamflow generation: mechanisms and parameterization -- 12. -- Streamflow response at the catchment scale -- 13. -- Elements of frequency analysis in hydrology -- 14. -- Afterword -- a short historical sketch of theories about the water circulation on earth.

"Responding to the developments of the last two decades, this classic textbook has been revised and updated while retaining the rigor of the previous edition. This classroom-tested resource is invaluable for entry-level hydrology courses directed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physical science and engineering"-- Provided by publisher.

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