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Hydrology : an introduction /

"Hydrology: An Introduction is a textbook that covers the fundamental principles of hydrology, based on the course that Wilfried Brutsaert has taught at Cornell University for the last 30 years. The book will be invaluable as a textbook for entry-level courses in hydrology directed at advanced...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brutsaert, Wilfried, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.