Environmental Hydrology

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The late Professor Reds Wolman in his Foreword to the award-winning second edition said, "This is not your ordinary textbook. Environmental Hydrology is indeed a textbook, but five elements often found separately combine here in one text to make it different. It is eclectic, practical, in places a handbook, a guide to fieldwork, engagingly personal and occasionally opinionated. … and, perhaps most engaging to me, in places the authors offer personal views as well as more strongly worded opinions. The former often relate to evaluation of alternative approaches, or formulations, of specific solutions to specific hydrologic problems." The first and second editions were bestsellers and the third promises to educate people new to the field of hydrology and challenge professionals alike, with insightful solutions to classical problems as well as trendsetting approaches important to the evolving genre. The third edition enhances materials in the second edition and has expanded information on many topics, in particular, evapotranspiration, soil erosion, two-stage ditch design and applications, and stream processes. What’s New in the Third Edition: Presents new sections on rock structures in streams, hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, and agricultural practices to reduce nutrient discharges into water resources Enhances the format to aid the reader in finding tables, figures, and equations Contains more than 370 figures, 120 tables, 260 equations, 100 worked examples, 160 problems, and more than 1000 references Collectively, the authors have more than 130 years of international experience and the addition of John Lyon and Suzette Burckhard as co-authors expands the breadth of knowledge presented in this book. More than 60 scientists and engineers in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States provided assistance to round out the offerings and ensure applicability to hydrology worldwide. Front Cover Dedication Tribute Contents Foreword: For the Student Acknowledgments Authors Introduction Chapter 1 - The Hydrologic Cycle, Water Resources, and Society Chapter 2 - Precipitation Chapter 3 - Infiltration and Soil Water Processes Chapter 4 - Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Chapter 5 - Runoff and Drainage Chapter 6 - Stream Processes Chapter 7 - Uniform Open Channel Flow Chapter 8 - Hydraulic Control Structures Chapter 9 - Soil Conservation and Sediment Budgets Chapter 10 - Hydrology of Forests, Wetlands, and Cold Climates Chapter 11 - Hydrogeology Chapter 12 - Human Impacts on Water Resources Chapter 13 - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Hydrologic Applications Chapter 14 - Practical Exercises on Conducting and Reporting Hydrologic Studies Appendix A - Unit Conversion Factors Appendix B - Glossary Appendix C - Precipitation Frequency-Magnitude Information for the United States Appendix D - Hydrologic Soil Groupand Erodibility Factors for the Most Common Soils in Each State Appendix E - Sources of Data and Images References Back Cover