Title Hydrology handbook / prepared by the Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook of Management Group D of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Edition 2nd ed Published New York : ASCE, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (784 pages) : illustrations, maps Series ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 28 ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 28. Contents 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 Summary 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 advances that have occurred, not only in the fundamental understanding of hydrologic systems, but also in data acquisition and computational techniques and procedures. Detailed engineering descriptions of the various phases of the hydrologic cycle, also known as nature's waterwheel, are presented. Topics include: natural phenomena in the hydrologic cycle; formation and types of precipitation; processing and interpreting precipitation records; principles and factors of infiltration; physics and theory of evaporation and evapotranspiration; groundwater source, movement, and quality; measurement and routing of stream flow; physical processes, analysis, and simulation of snow and snowmelt; flood characteristics and analysis; hydrologic impacts of urbanization and watersheds; wave theory; and study formulation, data management, calibration, and verification of hydrologic models Notes "This is a completely re-written edition of the manual published in 1949." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Hydrology. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Limnology. Hydrology Hydrologie Form Electronic book Author American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook. ISBN 9780784470145 0784470146

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