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Hydrology handbook /
Prepared by the Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook of Management Group D of ASCE Hydrology Handbook serves as a basic reference, providing a thorough, up-to-date guide for hydrologists. Completely revised and rewritten from the 1949 edition, this Manual incorporates many of the changes and advance...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
ASCE,
©1996.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ;
no. 28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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 PrecipitationA. 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 AnalysisB. 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 ApplicationsA. 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 FactorsA. 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