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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254116803321

Autore

Vieux Baxter E

Titolo

Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS / / by Baxter E. Vieux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

94-024-0930-0

Edizione

[3rd ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 262 p. 124 illus., 60 illus. in color.)

Collana

Water Science and Technology Library, , 0921-092X ; ; 74

Disciplina

551.480285

Soggetti

Hydrogeology

Hydrology

Natural disasters

Physical geography

Hydrology/Water Resources

Natural Hazards

Physical Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Physics-based Distributed Hydrology -- 2. Geospatial Data for Hydrology 3 Surface Generation -- 4. Spatial Variability -- 5. Infiltration -- 6. Hydrolic Roughness -- 7. Watersheds and Drainage Networks -- 8. Distributed Precipitation Estimation -- 9. Surface Runoff Model Formulation -- 10. Distributed Model Calibration -- 11. Case Studies in Distributed Hydrology -- 12. Vflo® – Software for Distributed Hydrology -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a unified approach for modeling hydrologic processes distributed in space and time using geographic information systems (GIS). This Third Edition focuses on the principles of implementing a distributed model using geospatial data to simulate hydrologic processes in urban, rural and peri-urban watersheds. The author describe fully distributed representations of hydrologic processes, where physics is the basis for modeling, and geospatial data forms the cornerstone of parameter and process representation. A physics-based approach involves conservation laws that govern the movement of water, ranging from precipitation over a river basin to flow in a river. Global geospatial data have become readily available in



GIS format, and a modeling approach that can utilize this data for hydrology offers numerous possibilities. GIS data formats, spatial interpolation and resolution have important effects on the hydrologic simulation of the major hydrologic components of a watershed, and the book provides examples illustrating how to represent a watershed with spatially distributed data along with the many pitfalls inherent in such an undertaking. Since the First and Second Editions, software development and applications have created a richer set of examples, and a deeper understanding of how to perform distributed hydrologic analysis and prediction. This Third Edition describes the development of geospatial data for use in Vflo® physics-based distributed modeling. .