John C. Rodda, Mark Robinson

Progress in Modern Hydrology (eBook, ePUB)

Past, Present and Future

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hydrology is vital to human civilisations as well as to natural ecosystems, yet it has only emerged as a distinct scientific discipline during the last 50 years or so. This book reviews the development of modern hydrology primarily through the experiences of the multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Wallingford, near Oxford, who have been at the forefront of many of the developments in UK hydrological research. These topics include: The development of basic understanding through the collection of data with specialised instrumentation in experimental basins The study of extreme flows both floods and droughts The role moisture in the soil Studies of the processes controlling evaporation Water resource studies Modelling and prediction of the extremes of flow improved Understanding of water quality issues A widening recognition of the importance of an ecosystem approach Meeting the challenges of climate change, Data handling Future developments in hydrology and the pressures which generate them.Readership: hydrologists in both academia and a wide range of applied fields such as civil engineering, meteorology, geography and physics, as well as advanced students in earth science, environmental science and physical geography programmes worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119074311
• Artikelnr.: 43419190

Autorenporträt

John Rodda has a life time of experience as a hydrologist with UK governmental and international bodies, particularly the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, where he was Director of the Hydrology & Water Resources Department. He has authored some 100 scientific papers and 8 books on a wide range of topics. He has held the office of President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and several other prominent positions in the international world of water. Mark Robinson has a lengthy career as a hydrologist, working at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Institute of Hydrology and at several UK universities. His work has encompassed land use change studies including agricultural drainage and forest hydrology, and for over a decade he was responsible for some of the UK's longest running catchment studies. He has published extensively and is co-author of two highly regarded hydrological textbooks.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors ix Chapter Reviewers xiii Foreword xv Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Acronyms xxi 1 INTRODUCTION 1 John C. Rodda
Mark Robinson
Jim McCulloch
Christine McCulloch
Alan Jenkins
Terry Marsh
Celia Kirby
Ian Littlewood
Max Beran and Graham Leeks 2 BASIN STUDIES AND INSTRUMENTATION 23 Ian Strangeways
Mark Robinson
Jim Hudson
John C. Rodda
Malcolm Newson and David J. Cooper 3 RISKS AND EXTREMES 60 Lisa Stewart
Max Beran
Frank Farquharson
Duncan Faulkner
David Jones
Thomas Kjeldsen
Malcolm Newson
Enda O'Connell and John Sutcliffe 4 TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 100 David J. Cooper
John Bell
Martin Hodnett
Keith Beven
Kevin Gilman
Atul Haria
Cate Gardner
Mark Robinson
Jon Evans and Helen Ward 5 THE PHYSICS OF ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTION 135 Colin Lloyd and Sylvia Oliver 6 WATER RESOURCES SECURITY 183 Frank Farquharson
Max Beran
John Bromley
Alan Gustard
Helen Houghton-Carr
Gwyn Rees
John Sutcliffe and Andy Young 7 HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING 216 Keith Beven
James Bathurst
Enda O'Connell
Ian Littlewood
Jim Blackie and Mark Robinson 8 WATER QUALITY 240 Richard Williams
Colin Neal
Helen Jarvie
Andrew Johnson
Paul Whitehead
Mike Bowes and Alan Jenkins 9 ECOHYDROLOGY 267 Mike C. Acreman
James R. Blake
Laurence R. Carvalho
Mike J. Dunbar
Iain D. M. Gunn
Alan Gustard
Ian D. Jones
Cedric Laizé
Stephen C. Maberly
Eleanor B. Mackay
Linda May
J. Owen Mountford
Bryan M. Spears
Charlie J. Stratford
Stephen J. Thackeray and Ian J. Winfield 10 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HYDROLOGY 302 Richard Harding
Nigel Arnell
Nick Reynard
Christel Prudhomme
Eleanor Blyth and Chris Taylor 11 HYDROLOGICAL DATA ACQUISITION AND EXPLOITATION 324 Terry Marsh
Roger Moore
Harry Dixon
Jamie Hannaford
Alan Gustard
Andy Young
Melinda Lewis
Colin Neal and Gwyn Rees 12 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE 366 John C. Rodda
Mark Robinson
Alan Jenkins
Keith Beven
Max Beran and Graham Leeks Index 379