Hydrology

An Introduction

Wilfried Brutsaert

606 pages, parution le 18/08/2005

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Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity, and practical concern for humans everywhere. This textbook presents a coherent introduction to many of the concepts and relationships needed to describe the distribution and transport of water in the natural environment.

Continental water transport processes take place above, on, and below the Earth's surface, and consequently the book is split into four main parts. The first deals with water in the atmosphere. The second introduces the transport of water on the surface, water below the surface is the subject of Part III. Part IV is devoted to flow phenomena at the basin scale and statistical concepts useful in the analysis of hydrologic data. Finally, the book closes with a brief history of ideas concerning the hydrologic cycle. Hydrologic phenomena are dealt with at the spatial and temporal scales at which they occur in nature. The physics and mathematics necessary to describe these phenomena are introduced and developed, and readers will require a working knowledge of calculus and basic fluid mechanics.

Hydrology: An introduction is a textbook that covers the fundamental principles of hydrology, based on the course that Wilfried Brutsaert has taught at Cornell I University for the last 30 years. The book will be invaluable as a textbook for entry-level courses in hydrology directed at advanced seniors and graduate students in physical science and engineering, in addition, the book will be more broadly of interest to professional scientists and engineers in hydrology, environmental science, meteorology, agronomy, geology, climatology, oceanography, glaciology, and other earth sciences.

Sommaire

Foreword
Note on the Text
Introduction
Water in the atmosphere
Water on the surface
Water below the surface
Flows at the catchment scale in response to precipitation
Appendix: Some useful mathematical concepts
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Wilfried Brutsaert
Parution	18/08/2005
Nb. de pages	606
Format	19 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1485g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521824798
ISBN13	978-0-521-82479-8