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Informationen zum Autor Dr. S.K. Gupta has more than 150 publications in internationally refereed research journals and several books to his credit. Dr. Gupta has also been a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Heidelberg, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Canberra. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Klappentext This book presents a unified treatment of the science and practice of modern hydrology, derived from the basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, engineering, soil science, and related disciplines. The aim of the book is to provide both breadth and depth of understanding in each of the major sub-sections of modern hydrology, under three broad themes: water, its properties, its movement, modelling and quality; the distribution of water in space and time; water resource sustainability. The importance of linking theory to application is underlined by the inclusion of four case studies from three continents. These examples cover regions of high water stress and show the relevance of the broad themes of the book to real field situations, and how adaptation measures can be employed to mitigate water stress. Modern Hydrology for Sustainable Development is intended not only as a textbook for students in earth and environmental science and civil engineering degree courses, but also as a reference for professionals in fields as diverse as environmental planning, civil engineering, municipal and industrial water supply, irrigation and catchment management. Zusammenfassung The material of this book will derive its scientific under-pinning from basics of mathematics! physics! chemistry! geology! meteorology! engineering! soil science! and related disciplines and will provide sufficient breadth and depth of understanding in each sub-section of hydrology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgements xvii A note for students and teachers xix 1 Fundamentals of hydrology 1 1.1 Properties of water 1 1.2 Common water quality parameters 4 1.3 Hydrologic cycle and global water distribution 10 1.4 Units and dimensions 17 1.5 Significant figures and digits 19 2 Surface water hydrology 20 2.1 Lakes 20 2.2 Glaciers 23 2.3 Streams 25 2.4 Watershed concept 25 2.5 Instrumentation and monitoring 26 2.6 Runoff processes and flow measurement 38 2.7 Rainfall-runoff analysis and modelling 43 2.8 Stream processes 49 2.9 Stream characteristics 54 2.10 River and reservoir routing 56 2.11 Scales and scaling 59 2.12 The invisible resource: groundwater 60 2.13 Tutorial 63 3 Groundwater hydrology 70 3.1 Occurrence of groundwater 70 3.2 Movement of groundwater 74 3.3 Hydraulic head 74 3.4 Dispersion 85 3.5 Specialized flow conditions 86 3.6 Groundwater measurements 87 3.7 Groundwater pollution 89 3.8 Composite nature of surfacewater and groundwater 90 3.9 Conjunctive use of surfacewater and groundwater 91 3.10 Tutorial 93 4 Well hydraulics and test pumping 95 4.1 Steady flow 96 4.2 Superposition in space and time 104 4.3 Boundaries and images in flow modelling 106 4.4 Well flow under special conditions 108 4.5 Well losses 109 4.6 Tutorial 111 5 Surface and groundwater flow modelling 114 5.1 Surface water flow modelling 115 5.2 Groundwater flow modelling 118 5.3 Surface and groundwater interactions and coupled/integrated modelling 133 6 Aqueous chemistry and human impacts on water quality 135 6.1 Principles and processes controlling composition of natural waters 136 6...
