Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis
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For undergraduate and graduate courses in Hydrology.
This text offers a clear and up-to-date presentation of fundamental concepts and design methods required to understand hydrology and floodplain analysis. It addresses the computational emphasis of modern hydrology and provides a balanced approach to important applications in watershed analysis, floodplain computation, flood control, urban hydrology, stormwater design, and computer modeling.
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1 Hydrologic Principles
1.1 Introduction to Hydrology
1.2 Weather Systems
1.3 Precipitation
1.4 The Hydrologic Cycle
1.5 Simple Rainfall-Runoff
1.6 Streamflow and the Hydrograph
1.7 Hydrograph Analysis
1.8 Hydrologic Measurement
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2 Hydrologic Analysis
2.1 Watershed Concepts
2.2 Unit Hydrograph Theory
2.3 Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Development
2.4 Applications of Unit Hydrographs
2.5 Linear and Kinematic Wave Models
2.6 Hydrologic Loss¯Evaporation and ET
2.7 Hydrologic Loss¯Infiltration
2.8 Green and Ampt Infiltration Method
2.9 Snowfall and Snowmelt
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3 Frequency Analysis
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Probability Concepts
3.3 Random Variables and Probability Distributions
3.4 Return Period or Recurrence Interval
3.5 Common Probabilistic Models
3.6 Graphical Presentation of Data
3.7 Regional Analysis
3.8 Related Topics
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4 Flood Routing
4.1 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Routing
4.2 Hydrologic River Routing
4.3 Hydrologic Reservoir Routing
4.4 Governing Equations for Hydraulic River Routing
4.5 Movement of a Flood Wave
4.6 Kinematic Wave Routing
4.7 Hydraulic River Routing
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