Concise Hydrology (PDF file)

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

• 1.1  Hydrological Cycle
• 1.2  Key Hydrological Processes
• 1.3  Common Units
• 1.4  Water Distribution in Space and Time
• 1.5  Water Balance
• 1.6  Catchment
• 1.7  Practice

2 Precipitation

• 2.1  Atmosphere Water
• 2.2  Precipitation Types
• 2.3  Rain drop size and velocity
• 2.4  Precipitation data
• 2.5  Double Mass Curve
• 2.6  Areal Rainfall

3 Evaporation and Evapotranspiration

• 3.1  Relevant Basic Terms
• 3.2  Evaporation from Open Water Surface
• 3.3  Evapotranspiration from Land
• 3.4  Field measurements

4 Infiltration

• 4.1  Relevant Basic Terms
• 4.2  Infiltration Process
• 4.3  Estimation of Infiltration Rate
• 4.4  Infiltration measurements

5 Groundwater

• 5.1  Basic Terms
• 5.2  Characteristics of Confined/Unconfined Groundwater
• 5.3  The Basic Flow Equations
• 5.4  Steady Flow
• 5.5  Unsteady Flow
• 5.6  Computer Software

6 Hydrograph

• 6.1  Basic Terms
• 6.2  Flow Event Separation
• 6.3  Direct Runoff and Base Flow Separation
• 6.4  Effective Rainfall (Net Rainfall)
• 6.5  Direct Runoff Modelling (Unit Hydrograph)

7 Flow Routing

• 7.1  Basic Equations
• 7.2  River Flow Routing (The Muskingum Method)
• 7.3  Reservoir Flow Routing

8 Hydrological Measurements

• 8.1  Basic terms
• 8.2  Land based measurements
• 8.3  Air based measurements
• 8.4  Space based measurements
• 8.5  Transportable Weather Station

9 Hydrological Statistics

• 9.1  Basic Terms
• 9.2  Statistical Flood Estimation
• 9.3  Statistical Rainfall Estimation

10 Hydrological Design (reservoir and dam)

• 10.1  Reservoir and dam
• 10.2  Basic design procedures

11 Appendix: Further Reading Resources