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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Hydrologic Science | |
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| Definition and Scope of Hydrology | |
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| Development of Scientific Hydrology | |
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| Approach and Scope of This Book | |
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| Basic Hydrologic Concepts | |
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| Physical Quantities and Laws | |
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| Hydrologic Systems | |
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| The Conservation Equations | |
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| The Watershed (Drainage Basin) | |
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| The Regional Water Balance | |
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| Spatial Variability | |
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| Temporal Variability | |
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| Storage, Storage Effects, and Residence Time | |
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| Hydrologic Modeling | |
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| Climate, the Hydrologic Cycle, Soils, and Vegetation: A Global Overview | |
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| Basic Aspects of Global Climate | |
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| The Global Hydrologic Cycle | |
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| Climate, Soils, and Vegetation | |
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| Precipitation | |
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| Meteorology of Precipitation | |
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| Measurement at a Point | |
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| Areal Estimation | |
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| Precipitation and Rainfall Climatology | |
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| Precipitation Quality | |
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| Snow and Snowmelt | |
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| Material Characteristics of Snow | |
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| Measurement of Snow and Snowmelt | |
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| Hydrologic Importance and Distribution of Snow | |
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| Snowmelt Processes | |
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| Snowmelt Modeling | |
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| Water-Quality Aspects | |
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| Water in Soils: Infiltration and Redistribution | |
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| Material Properties of Soil | |
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| Soil-Water Storage | |
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| Soil-Water Flow | |
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| Water Conditions in Natural Soils | |
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| Infiltration: Measurement and Qualitative Description | |
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| Quantitative Modeling of Infiltration at a Point | |
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| Redistribution | |
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| Summary | |
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| Evapotranspiration | |
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| Physics of Evaporation and Turbulent Energy Exchange | |
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| Classification of Evapotranspiration Processes | |
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| Free-Water, Lake, and Wetland Evaporation | |
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| Bare-Soil Evaporation | |
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| Transpiration | |
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| Interception and Interception Loss | |
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| Potential Evapotranspiration | |
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| Actual Evapotranspiration | |
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| Ground Water in the Hydrologic Cycle | |
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| Basic Principles of Ground-Water Flow | |
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| Regional Ground-Water Flow | |
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| Ground-Water--Surface-Water Relations | |
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| Ground Water in the Regional Water Balance | |
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| Evaluation of Ground-Water-Balance Components | |
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| Impacts of Ground-Water Development on Basin Hydrology | |
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| Stream Response to Water-Input Events | |
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| Basic Aspects of Stream Response | |
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| Mechanisms Producing Event Response | |
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| Open-Channel Flow and Streamflow Routing | |
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| The Stream Network | |
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| Rainfall-Runoff Modeling | |
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| Rainfall-Runoff Models | |
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| Hydrology and Water-Resource Management | |
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| Water-Resource Management | |
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| Hydrologic Analysis: Water Supply and Demand | |
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| Hydrologic Analysis: Water Quality | |
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| Hydrologic Analysis: Floods | |
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| Hydrologic Analysis: Low Streamflows and Droughts | |
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| Current and Projected Water Use | |
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| Hydrologic Quantities | |
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| Dimensions and Units | |
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| Precision and Significant Figures | |
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| Unit Conversion | |
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| Equations: Dimensional Properties and Conversion | |
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| Water as a Substance | |
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| Structure of Water | |
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| Properties of Water | |
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| Flow Equations | |
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| Statistical Concepts Useful in Hydrology | |
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| Probability and Random Variables | |
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| Probability Distributions | |
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| Exceedence Probability and Return Period | |
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| Covariance and Correlation | |
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| Data Analysis: Identifying an Appropriate Probability Distribution | |
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| Data Analysis: Estimating Parameters of Probability Distributions | |
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| The Normal Distribution | |
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| Sampling Error | |
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| Persistence and Autocorrelation | |
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| Statistical Criteria for Model Calibration and Validation | |
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| Water and Energy in the Atmosphere | |
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| Physics of Radiant Energy | |
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| Composition and Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere | |
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| Water Vapor | |
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| Physics of Evaporation | |
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| Physics of Precipitation | |
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| Physics of Turbulent Transfer Near the Ground | |
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| Estimation of Daily Clear-Sky Solar Radiation on Sloping Surfaces | |
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| Radiation Incident on a Horizontal Plane | |
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| Radiation on a Sloping Plane | |
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| Stream-Gaging Methods for Short-Term Studies | |
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| Selection of Measurement Location | |
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| Velocity-Area Method | |
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| Dilution Gaging | |
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| Sharp-Crested V-Notch Weirs | |
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| Flumes | |
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| Stage Measurement | |
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| Slope-Area Measurements | |
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| Hydrological Websites | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |