Hydrology handbook
Title:
Hydrology handbook
Author:
American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook.
ISBN:
9780784470145
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
New York : ASCE, ©1996.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (784 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series:
ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 28
ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 28.
General Note:
"This is a completely re-written edition of the manual published in 1949."
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 Precipitation""""A. 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 Analysis""""B. 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 Applications""""A. 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 Density�Soil""
""III. Interaction of Surfaces and Meteorological Factors""""A. Energy Balance�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 Surfaces�General Applications""; ""A. The ""Crop"" Coefficient""
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