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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141379103321

Autore

Brooks Kenneth N

Titolo

Hydrology and the management of watersheds [[electronic resource] /] / Kenneth N. Brooks, Peter F. Ffolliott, Joseph A. Magner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Ia., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-45975-X

1-283-65625-6

1-118-45976-8

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 p.)

Classificazione

TEC010030

Altri autori (Persone)

FfolliottPeter F

MagnerJoseph A

Disciplina

627

Soggetti

Watershed management

Watersheds

Hydrology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Hydrology and the management of watersheds / Kenneth N. Brooks, et al. Iowa State University Press, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

HYDROLOGY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF WATERSHEDS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; DEFINITION OF TERMS; PART 1 Watersheds, Hydrologic Processes, and Pathways; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; OVERVIEW; WATERSHEDS; Watersheds and Stream Orders; A Geomorphologic Perspective; Watershed Assessments; INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; Land and Water Scarcity; Coping with Hydrometeorological Extremes; WATERSHEDS, ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, AND CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; RECONCILING WATERSHED AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; SUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS; REFERENCES; WEBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 2 Hydrologic Cycle and the Water BudgetINTRODUCTION; PROPERTIES OF WATER; Importance of Polarity; State of Water; THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; Hydrologic Processes; Water Budget; ENERGY AND THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; Radiation; Energy Budget; Energy and the Flow of Liquid Water; WATER FLOW IN SOIL; WATER FLOW ON LAND AND IN STREAM CHANNELS; SUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 Precipitation; INTRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION



PROCESS; RAINFALL; Methods of Rainfall Measurement; Number of Gauges Required; Calculating Mean Rainfall on a Watershed; Errors Associated with Rainfall Measurement

Analysis of Rainfall MeasurementsSNOWFALL; Methods of Snowfall Measurement; Analysis of Snowfall Measurements; Snowmelt; SUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS; REFERENCES; WEBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 4 Evaporation, Interception, and Transpiration; INTRODUCTION; THE EVAPORATION PROCESS; EVAPORATION FROM WATER BODIES; EVAPORATION FROM SOIL SURFACES; INTERCEPTION; Components of Interception; Interception Process; Hydrologic Importance of Interception; TRANSPIRATION; Measurement of Transpiration; Transpiration and Interception Relationships; Effects of Vegetative Cover; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

ESTIMATING ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEvapotranspiration/Potential Evapotranspiration Approach; Water Budget Approach; SUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 Infiltration, Pathways of Water Flow, and Recharge; INTRODUCTION; INFILTRATION; Infiltration Capacity; Measurement of Infiltration; Infiltration Equations; Land-use Impacts on Infiltration; Water-Repellent Soils; Soil Frost; PATHWAYS OF WATER FLOW; Groundwater Recharge; Water Flow into Stream Channels; Streamflow Regimes; Streamflow Hydrograph; Hillslope Hydrology; Variable Source Area Concept

Factors Affecting Stormflow ResponseSUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 Streamflow Measurement and Analysis; INTRODUCTION; MEASUREMENT OF STREAMFLOW; Measuring Discharge; Precalibrated Structures for Streamflow Measurement; Monitoring Streamflow in the United States; Obtaining Discharge Information on Ungauged Streams; METHODS FOR ESTIMATING STREAMFLOW CHARACTERISTICS; Direct Transfer of Streamflow Information; Estimating Peak Discharge; Stormflow Response; Analysis of Recession Flows; Computer Simulation Models; Streamflow Routing; Streamflow-Frequency Analysis

SUMMARY AND LEARNING POINTS

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on the management of forest, woodland, rangeland, agricultural urban, and mixed land use watersheds. Case studies and examples throughout the book show practical ways to use web sites and the Internet to acquire data, update methods and models, and apply the latest technologies to issues of land and water use and climate variability and change.