Introduction to Physical Hydrology
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 January 2010
- ISBN 9780199296842
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 245x190x15 mm
- Weight 684 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 180 colour line drawings 0
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Short description:
Introduction to Physical Hydrology explores the principal rules that govern the flow of water by considering the four major types of water: atmospheric, ground, soil, and surface. It gives insights into the major hydrological processes, and shows how the principles of physical hydrology inform our understanding of climate and global hydrology.
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Water dominates our lives: we live on a planet with much water and our lives depend on it in many ways. Despite the seeming abundance of water on the planet - with over 70% being salt water - human activity and prevailing climate conditions are placing more pressure on our supply of water than ever before, however. With this pressure comes a need to understand the physical principles of hydrology - the study of the occurrence, movement, and physical properties of non-oceanic water on and below the earth's surface - an understanding that can then be applied to water management and related innovations.
Introduction to Physical Hydrology provides a solid grounding in the principles of the subject. Exploring the principal rules that govern the flow of water on the land, it considers the four major types of water: atmospheric, ground, soil, and surface. It gives insights into the major hydrological processes, and shows how the principles of physical hydrology inform our understanding of climate and global hydrology - the large-scale study of hydrology with which we need to grapple to fully understand the impact of the climate on water supply.
The study of physical properties is done most effectively through mathematical representations of concepts and processes. Introduction to Physical Hydrology includes a carefully-developed and class-tested learning framework: an extensive range of examples and exercises, and further maths support in the form of a series of Maths Toolboxes help the reader engage with and understand the maths required to master the subject.
With hydrology now being approached from environmental and social perspectives, in addition to the more traditional physical geography and civil engineering perspectives, there has never been a more important time to develop a sound understanding of the subject. Introduction to Physical Hydrology is the perfect course companion while you develop this understanding.
Online Resources
The online resources to accompany Introduction to Physical Hydrology feature:
For registered adopters of the book:
· Figures from the book, available to download
For students:
· A series of interactive spreadsheets related to topics introduced in the book
· A selection of multiple-choice questions to help check your understanding of the key concepts covered.
· A library of web links · Groundwater hydraulics test - three exercises to test your knowledge of section 3.15
I think it is the best textbook for undergraduates that I have seen so far. I am very fond of your examples, your exercise material and the treatment of mathematics.
Table of Contents:
1: Introduction
Major water types
Hydrological cycle
Drainage basin hydrological processes
Water balance
2: Atmospheric water
Cloud formation
Generation of precipitation
Precipitation types
Measuring precipitation
Areal precipitation
Evaporation types and measurement
Estimating evaporation: Penman-Monteith
3: Groundwater
Misconceptions
Drilling a hole
Bernoulli to the aid
Aqui
Effective infiltration velocity and infiltration rate
The soil as a wet sponge
Brothers in science: Darcy and Ohm
Refracting the water
Keep it simple and confined
Continuity and its consequences
Going Dutch
Flow nets
Groundwater flow regimes and systems
Fresh and saline: Ghijben-Herzberg
Groundwater hydraulics
4: Soil water
Negative water pressures
Determining the total potential
The soil as dry filter paper or a wet sponge
The soil moisture characteristic
Drying and wetting: hysteresis
Unsaturated water flow
Moving up: capillary rise and evaporation
Moving down: infiltration and percolation
Preferential flow
5: Surface water
Bernoulli revisited
Measuring stage, water velocity and discharge
Hydrograph analysis
Conceptual rainfall-runoff models
Variable source area hydrology
C Conceptual Toolkit
If you can't do the math
Mathematical differentiation and integration
Quick reference to some differentiation rules
M Mathematics Toolboxes
Confined aquifer: horizontal flow
Unconfined aquifer: horizontal flow
Leaky aquifer: inverse landscape
Unconfined aquifer with recharge: canals with equal water levels
Unconfined aquifer with recharge: streams with different water levels
Confined aquifer: radial-symmetric flow
Unconfined aquifer: radial-symmetric flow
Derivation of the Richards equation
Other forms of the Richards equation
Open channel flow
A Answers to the exercises
