Handbook of Hydrology

Edited by David R. Maidment; 29 chapters, 58 contributors. Includes practical measures for flood mitigation, water supply assessment, computer and geostatic applications, prevention of erosion and pollution, contaminant containment and removal. Contents:

Part 1 - hydrologic cycle
1: Hydrology
2: Climatology
3: Precipitation
4: Evaporation
5: Infiltration and Soil Water Movement
6: Groundwater Flow
7: Snow and floating ice
8: Streamflow
9: Flood runoff
10: Flow routing

Part 2 - hydrologic transport
11: Water Quality
12: Erosion and Sediment Transport
13: Hydrologic effects of land use change
14: Contaminant transport in surface water
15: Contaminant transport in unsaturated flow
16: Contaminant transport in groundwater

Part 3: hydrologic statistics
17: Statistical treatment of hydrologic data
18: Frequency analysis of extreme events
19: Analysis and modeling of hydrologic time series
20: Geostatistics

Part 4: hydrologic technology
21: Computer models for surface water
22: Computer models for subsurface wate
23: Advances in hydrologic computation
24: Remote sensing
25: Automated data aquisition and transmission
26: Hydrologic forecasting
27: Hydrologic design for water use
28: Hydrologic design for urban drainage and flood control
29: Hydrologic design for groundwater pollution control

Bibliographical references, index.