Curve number hydrology [[electronic resource] ] : state of the practice / / prepared by the ASCE/EWRI Curve Number Hydrology Task Committee ; sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Richard H. Hawkins ... [et al.]
| Curve number hydrology [[electronic resource] ] : state of the practice / / prepared by the ASCE/EWRI Curve Number Hydrology Task Committee ; sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Richard H. Hawkins ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (117 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HawkinsRichard H. <1934-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff
Rain and rainfall Hydraulic engineering Hydrology Water resources development |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7844-7257-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""I: INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose and Charge""; ""Authority, Sources, Leadership""; ""Rainfall-Runoff""; ""Need""; ""Method""; ""Roles""; ""II: CURVE NUMBER METHOD""; ""Development""; ""Curve Numbers and Land Uses""; ""Handbook tables""; ""Soils""; ""CN Adjustments between Hydrologic Soil Groups""; ""Antecedent Moisture""; ""Application""; ""Modes of Application""; ""Drainage Area""; ""Storm Size Limitations""; ""Annual Events""; ""Summary""; ""III: FINDINGS and DEVELOPMENTS""; ""Structure of the Basic Equation""; ""Dimensionless Expressions""; ""General Forms""
""Water Budget Forms""""Water Budget Allocations""; ""Solutions""; ""Other Derivations and Partial Area Interpretations""; ""Other Identities""; ""Sensitivity""; ""Infiltration""; ""Infiltration Forms""; ""Alternative Origins""; ""Basic Conflicts""; ""Equivalences""; ""Soil Groups""; ""Initial Abstraction""; ""Investigations of I[sub(a)]/S""; ""Effects of Alternative λ""; ""Conjugate CNs""; ""Effects on Hydrographs""; ""Soil Moisture Repesentation and AMC/ARC""; ""Prior 5-Day Rainfall Depths""; ""AMC Conversion Values""; ""Double Normal Plotting""; ""AMC and ARC as ""Error Bands"""" ""Curve Numbers and Soil Moisture Modeling""""Other CN Effects""; ""Soil Moisture Effects on Direct Runoff""; ""Storm Effects�Intensity, Distribution, and Duration""; ""CN and Direct Runoff Variation""; ""Seasonal Effects""; ""Slope Effects""; ""Land Use Effects""; ""Effects of Drainage Area""; ""Regional/Climatic Variations""; ""Calibration Methods""; ""Needs and Opportunities""; ""NEH4 Method""; ""Data Considerations""; ""Least Squares Method""; ""Asymptotic Method""; ""Distribution Matching Method""; ""Fitting to Continuous and Event Hydrograph Models"" ""CNs from Rainfall Simulation Plots""""Summary""; ""Methods Comparisons""; ""Performance Comparisons""; ""CN Table Comparisons""; ""Green-Ampt Comparisons""; ""Comparison with Rational Method""; ""Multiple Comparisons""; ""Applications to/with Remote Sensing and GIS""; ""Current Usage and Professional Practice""; ""Authority""; ""Myths, Misunderstandings, Misapplications, and Misconceptions""; ""Creativity in Professional Practice""; ""Critique""; ""IV: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION and RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Origins""; ""Evolution""; ""Adaptation and Survival"" ""General Hydrology""""Current Status""; ""Discussion""; ""Is It Science?""; ""Does It ""Work""?""; ""Can It Be Replaced?""; ""Can It Be Improved?""; ""Recommendations""; ""Keeper""; ""Information Exchange""; ""Reconfiguring I[sub(a)]/S""; ""Curve Numbers in Continuous Modeling Systems""; ""Remote Sensing""; ""Local Calibrations""; ""Climatic Adjustments""; ""Infiltration Associations""; ""Non-CN Situations""; ""Forested Watersheds""; ""Land Management Applications""; ""Hydrologic Soil Groups""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix I: Solutions to the Curve Number Equation"" ""Appendix II: List of Symbols and Acronyms"" |
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| Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 | ||
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Curve number hydrology : state of the practice / / prepared by the ASCE/EWRI Curve Number Hydrology Task Committee ; sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Richard H. Hawkins ... [et al.]
| Curve number hydrology : state of the practice / / prepared by the ASCE/EWRI Curve Number Hydrology Task Committee ; sponsored by Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Richard H. Hawkins ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (117 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HawkinsRichard H. <1934-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff
Rain and rainfall Hydraulic engineering Hydrology Water resources development |
| ISBN | 0-7844-7257-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction; Curve Number Method; Findings and Developments; Summary, Conclusion, Discussion, and Recommendations; Solutions to the Curve Number Equation; List of Symbols; References; Back Matter; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911004852003321 |
| Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2009 | ||
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Rainfall-runoff modelling [[electronic resource] ] : the primer / / Keith Beven
| Rainfall-runoff modelling [[electronic resource] ] : the primer / / Keith Beven |
| Autore | Beven K. J |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxix, 457 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff - Mathematical models
Rain and rainfall - Mathematical models |
| ISBN |
1-280-58613-3
9786613615961 1-119-95100-3 1-119-95101-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface to the 2nd edition -- Down to basics : runoff processes and the modelling process -- Evolution of rainfall-runoff models : survival of the fittest? -- Data for rainfall-runoff modelling -- Predicting hydrographs using models based on data -- Predicting hydrographs using distributed models based on process descriptions -- Hydrological similarity, distribution functions and semi-distributed rainfall-runoff models -- Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty -- Beyond the primer : models for changing risk -- Beyond the primer : next generation hydrological models -- Beyond the primer : predictions in ungauged basins -- Beyond the primer : water sources and residence times in catchments -- Beyond the primer : hypotheses, measurements and models of everywhere. |
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Rainfall-runoff modelling : the primer / / Keith Beven
| Rainfall-runoff modelling : the primer / / Keith Beven |
| Autore | Beven K. J |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxix, 457 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff - Mathematical models
Rain and rainfall - Mathematical models |
| ISBN |
9786613615961
9781280586132 1280586133 9781119951001 1119951003 9781119951018 1119951011 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface to the 2nd edition -- Down to basics : runoff processes and the modelling process -- Evolution of rainfall-runoff models : survival of the fittest? -- Data for rainfall-runoff modelling -- Predicting hydrographs using models based on data -- Predicting hydrographs using distributed models based on process descriptions -- Hydrological similarity, distribution functions and semi-distributed rainfall-runoff models -- Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty -- Beyond the primer : models for changing risk -- Beyond the primer : next generation hydrological models -- Beyond the primer : predictions in ungauged basins -- Beyond the primer : water sources and residence times in catchments -- Beyond the primer : hypotheses, measurements and models of everywhere. |
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Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]]
| Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 465 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff
Rain and rainfall Runoff - Mathematical models Rain and rainfall - Mathematical models Hydrology |
| ISBN |
1-139-88949-4
1-107-06530-5 1-107-05687-X 1-107-05470-2 1-107-05797-3 1-107-05926-7 1-107-05574-1 1-139-23576-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Prediction in ungauged basins: context, challenges, opportunities; Preface; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why we need runoff predictions; 1.2 Runoff predictions in ungauged basins are difficult; 1.3 Fragmentation in hydrology; 1.4 The Prediction in Ungauged Basins initiative: a response to the challenge of fragmentation; 1.5 What this book aims to achieve: synthesis across processes, places and scales; 1.5.1 Synthesis across processes; 1.5.2 Synthesis across places; 1.5.3 Synthesis across scales; 1.6 How to read the book and what to get out of it
2 A synthesis framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins2.1 Catchments are complex systems; 2.1.1 Co-evolution of catchment characteristics; 2.1.2 Signatures: a manifestation of co-evolution; 2.2 Comparative hydrology and the Darwinian approach; 2.2.1 Generalisation through comparative hydrology; 2.2.2 Hydrological similarity; Climate similarity; Catchment similarity; Runoff similarity; 2.2.3 Catchment grouping: exploiting the similarity concept for PUB; Transferring information from gauged to ungauged locations; 2.3 From comparative hydrology to predictions in ungauged basins 2.3.1 Statistical methods of predictions in ungauged basins2.3.2 Process-based methods of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4 Assessment of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4.1 Comparative assessment as a means of synthesis; 2.4.2 Performance measures; 2.4.3 Level 1 and Level 2 assessments; 2.5 Summary of key points; 3 A data acquisition framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins; 3.1 Why do we need data?; 3.2 A hierarchy of data acquisition; 3.2.1 Assessment based on global data sets; 3.2.2 Assessment based on national hydrological network and national surveys 3.2.3 Assessment based on local field visits including reading the landscape3.2.4 Assessment based on dedicated measurements; 3.3 Runoff data; 3.3.1 What runoff data are needed for PUB?; 3.3.2 What runoff data are there?; 3.3.3 How valuable are runoff data for PUB?; 3.4 Meteorological data and water balance components; 3.4.1 What meteorological data and water balance components are needed for PUB?; 3.4.2 Precipitation; 3.4.3 Snow cover data; 3.4.4 Potential evaporation; 3.4.5 Remotely sensed data for calculating actual evaporation; 3.4.6 Remote sensing of soil moisture and basin storage 3.5 Catchment characterisation3.5.1 Topography; 3.5.2 Land cover and land use; 3.5.3 Soils and geology; 3.6 Data on anthropogenic effects; 3.7 Illustrative examples of hierarchical data acquisition; 3.7.1 Understanding process controls on runoff (Tenderfoot Creek, Montana, USA); 3.7.2 Runoff predictions using rainfall-runoff models (Chicken Creek, Germany); 3.7.3 Forensic analysis of magnitude and causes of a flood (Selska Sora, Slovenia); 3.8 Summary of key points; 4 Process realism: flow paths and storage; 4.1 Predictions: right for the right reasons 4.2 Process controls on flow paths and storage |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462866203321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]]
| Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 465 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff
Rain and rainfall Runoff - Mathematical models Rain and rainfall - Mathematical models Hydrology |
| ISBN |
1-139-88949-4
1-107-06530-5 1-107-05687-X 1-107-05470-2 1-107-05797-3 1-107-05926-7 1-107-05574-1 1-139-23576-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI081000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Prediction in ungauged basins: context, challenges, opportunities; Preface; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why we need runoff predictions; 1.2 Runoff predictions in ungauged basins are difficult; 1.3 Fragmentation in hydrology; 1.4 The Prediction in Ungauged Basins initiative: a response to the challenge of fragmentation; 1.5 What this book aims to achieve: synthesis across processes, places and scales; 1.5.1 Synthesis across processes; 1.5.2 Synthesis across places; 1.5.3 Synthesis across scales; 1.6 How to read the book and what to get out of it
2 A synthesis framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins2.1 Catchments are complex systems; 2.1.1 Co-evolution of catchment characteristics; 2.1.2 Signatures: a manifestation of co-evolution; 2.2 Comparative hydrology and the Darwinian approach; 2.2.1 Generalisation through comparative hydrology; 2.2.2 Hydrological similarity; Climate similarity; Catchment similarity; Runoff similarity; 2.2.3 Catchment grouping: exploiting the similarity concept for PUB; Transferring information from gauged to ungauged locations; 2.3 From comparative hydrology to predictions in ungauged basins 2.3.1 Statistical methods of predictions in ungauged basins2.3.2 Process-based methods of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4 Assessment of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4.1 Comparative assessment as a means of synthesis; 2.4.2 Performance measures; 2.4.3 Level 1 and Level 2 assessments; 2.5 Summary of key points; 3 A data acquisition framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins; 3.1 Why do we need data?; 3.2 A hierarchy of data acquisition; 3.2.1 Assessment based on global data sets; 3.2.2 Assessment based on national hydrological network and national surveys 3.2.3 Assessment based on local field visits including reading the landscape3.2.4 Assessment based on dedicated measurements; 3.3 Runoff data; 3.3.1 What runoff data are needed for PUB?; 3.3.2 What runoff data are there?; 3.3.3 How valuable are runoff data for PUB?; 3.4 Meteorological data and water balance components; 3.4.1 What meteorological data and water balance components are needed for PUB?; 3.4.2 Precipitation; 3.4.3 Snow cover data; 3.4.4 Potential evaporation; 3.4.5 Remotely sensed data for calculating actual evaporation; 3.4.6 Remote sensing of soil moisture and basin storage 3.5 Catchment characterisation3.5.1 Topography; 3.5.2 Land cover and land use; 3.5.3 Soils and geology; 3.6 Data on anthropogenic effects; 3.7 Illustrative examples of hierarchical data acquisition; 3.7.1 Understanding process controls on runoff (Tenderfoot Creek, Montana, USA); 3.7.2 Runoff predictions using rainfall-runoff models (Chicken Creek, Germany); 3.7.3 Forensic analysis of magnitude and causes of a flood (Selska Sora, Slovenia); 3.8 Summary of key points; 4 Process realism: flow paths and storage; 4.1 Predictions: right for the right reasons 4.2 Process controls on flow paths and storage |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786214403321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]]
| Runoff prediction in ungauged basins : synthesis across processes, places and scales / / edited by Günter Blöschl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, Alberto Viglione, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, Hubert Savenije, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 465 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.48/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Runoff
Rain and rainfall Runoff - Mathematical models Rain and rainfall - Mathematical models Hydrology |
| ISBN |
1-139-88949-4
1-107-06530-5 1-107-05687-X 1-107-05470-2 1-107-05797-3 1-107-05926-7 1-107-05574-1 1-139-23576-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI081000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Prediction in ungauged basins: context, challenges, opportunities; Preface; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Why we need runoff predictions; 1.2 Runoff predictions in ungauged basins are difficult; 1.3 Fragmentation in hydrology; 1.4 The Prediction in Ungauged Basins initiative: a response to the challenge of fragmentation; 1.5 What this book aims to achieve: synthesis across processes, places and scales; 1.5.1 Synthesis across processes; 1.5.2 Synthesis across places; 1.5.3 Synthesis across scales; 1.6 How to read the book and what to get out of it
2 A synthesis framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins2.1 Catchments are complex systems; 2.1.1 Co-evolution of catchment characteristics; 2.1.2 Signatures: a manifestation of co-evolution; 2.2 Comparative hydrology and the Darwinian approach; 2.2.1 Generalisation through comparative hydrology; 2.2.2 Hydrological similarity; Climate similarity; Catchment similarity; Runoff similarity; 2.2.3 Catchment grouping: exploiting the similarity concept for PUB; Transferring information from gauged to ungauged locations; 2.3 From comparative hydrology to predictions in ungauged basins 2.3.1 Statistical methods of predictions in ungauged basins2.3.2 Process-based methods of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4 Assessment of predictions in ungauged basins; 2.4.1 Comparative assessment as a means of synthesis; 2.4.2 Performance measures; 2.4.3 Level 1 and Level 2 assessments; 2.5 Summary of key points; 3 A data acquisition framework for runoff prediction in ungauged basins; 3.1 Why do we need data?; 3.2 A hierarchy of data acquisition; 3.2.1 Assessment based on global data sets; 3.2.2 Assessment based on national hydrological network and national surveys 3.2.3 Assessment based on local field visits including reading the landscape3.2.4 Assessment based on dedicated measurements; 3.3 Runoff data; 3.3.1 What runoff data are needed for PUB?; 3.3.2 What runoff data are there?; 3.3.3 How valuable are runoff data for PUB?; 3.4 Meteorological data and water balance components; 3.4.1 What meteorological data and water balance components are needed for PUB?; 3.4.2 Precipitation; 3.4.3 Snow cover data; 3.4.4 Potential evaporation; 3.4.5 Remotely sensed data for calculating actual evaporation; 3.4.6 Remote sensing of soil moisture and basin storage 3.5 Catchment characterisation3.5.1 Topography; 3.5.2 Land cover and land use; 3.5.3 Soils and geology; 3.6 Data on anthropogenic effects; 3.7 Illustrative examples of hierarchical data acquisition; 3.7.1 Understanding process controls on runoff (Tenderfoot Creek, Montana, USA); 3.7.2 Runoff predictions using rainfall-runoff models (Chicken Creek, Germany); 3.7.3 Forensic analysis of magnitude and causes of a flood (Selska Sora, Slovenia); 3.8 Summary of key points; 4 Process realism: flow paths and storage; 4.1 Predictions: right for the right reasons 4.2 Process controls on flow paths and storage |
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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