Hydrological Cycle

  Hydrological cycle is also known as the “water cycle”; it is the normal water recycling system on Earth . Due to solar radiation, water evaporates, generally from the sea, lakes, etc. Water also evaporates from plant leaves through the mechanism of transpiration. As the steam rises in the atmosphere, it is being cooled, condensed, and returned to the land and the sea as precipitation. Precipitation falls on the earth as surface water and shapes the surface, creating thus streams of water that result in lakes and rivers.

Fig-1 Hydrological Cycle

A part of the water precipitating penetrates the ground and moves downward through the incisions, forming aquifers. Finally, a part of the surface and underground water leads to sea. During this trip, water is converted in all phases: gas, liquid, and solid. As mentioned above, water always changes states between liquid, vapor, and ice, with these processes happening in the blink of an eye and over millions of years. #geology #geologystudent #geologist #hydrology #hydrogeo #hydrogeology

Fig-2 Hydrological Cycle

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WETLAND AND WATER RESOURCE MODELING AND ASSESSMENT A Watershed Perspective

WETLAND  AND WATER RESOURCE MODELING  AND  ASSESSMENT A Watershed Perspective

Preface: Toward a Watershed Perspective

This is a book about the methods and geospatial techniques for modeling and assessing wetlands and water resources at the watershed scale.The theme of the book, wetland and water resource modeling and assessment, is an active field of research that constantly undergoes theoretical and technical innovations. This book emphasizes a watershed perspective in the modeling and assessment areas. 

Hillslope Hydrology and Stability

Landslides occur when hillslopes become mechanically unstable, because of meteorological and geologic processes, and pose a serious threat to human environments in their proximity. The mechanical balance within hillslopes is governed by two coupled physical processes: hydrologic or subsurface flow and stress. 

eBook-Multiscale Hydrlogic Remote Sensing-Perspective and Applications

Multiscale Hydrlogic Remote Sensing-Perspective and Applications

Multiscale Hydrlogic Remote Sensing-Perspective and Applications

Contents

Preface ......................................................................................................................ix

About the Editors......................................................................................................xi

Contributors........................................................................................................... xiii

Chapter 1 Toward Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing for Creating Integrated Hydrologic Observatories...................................................1

Ni-Bin Chang and Yang Hong

Part I Local-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing

Groundwater Hydrology Engineering, Planning and Management

Preface: The demand for freshwater is increasing as the world’s population continues to grow and expects higher standards of living.

ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY SECOND EDITION

BOOK ORGANIZATION

The purpose of this book is to provide a qualitative understanding of hydrologic processes and an introduction to methods for quantifying hydrologic parameters and processes. It has been prepared for use in introductory hydrology courses taught at universities to students of environmental science, natural resources, geology, geography, agricultural engineering, and environmental engineering.

Introduction to Hydraulics and Hydrology with Applications for Stormwater Management

Preface

This text was originally written to fill a long-standing need to treat the topics of storm water runoff and hydraulics together in one book. It is intended to be used by students of civil engineering, civil engineering technology, and surveying, as well as practitioners in industry and government. The topics presented are relevant to public works, land development, and municipal engineering and planning—in fact, to any designer (both engineer and technician) who must deal with the conveyance

of storm water in any aspect of his/her work.

GROUNDWATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ......................................................................... vii
Contributors ......................................................................... viii

1. Introduction ......................................................................... 1
Stewart W. Taylor
1.1 Groundwater Management 1
1.2 Purpose, Scope, and Organization of Book 3
1.3 Future Trends 6
1.4 References 8
2. Groundwater Hydrology ......................................................... 10
George F. Pinder

Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering

CONTENTS

Preface (vii)

1. INTRODUCTION 1—37

1.1 Irrigation ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Impact of Irrigation on Human Environment ............................................................ 2

1.3 Water Resources of India ............................................................................................. 4

1.4 Need of Irrigation in India ........................................................................................... 9

1.5 Development of Irrigation in India ............................................................................ 10

1.6 Major and Medium Irrigation Schemes of India ...................................................... 12

1.7 Minor Irrigation .......................................................................................................... 15

VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF 3D FREE-SURFACE FLOW MODELS

Contents

Chapter 1 Verification and Validation of Free Surface Flow Models ..........................1
Contributor: Sam S.Y. Wang
1.1  Introduction ........................................................................................................1
1.2 Modeling of Physical Systems ..............................................................................5
1.3 Free Surface Flow Numerical Model Development .............................................7
1.4 Verification and Validation ...................................................................................8
1.5 Outline of a Systematic Model Verification and
Validation Procedure ..................................................................................................12
1.6 Other Issues of Importance ...................................................................................14
1.7 Findings, Conclusions, Recommendations and Input Data ..................................15
1.8 Request for Feedback .............................................................................................15
1.9 References ..............................................................................................................15

Handbook of Engineering Hydrology -Environmental Hydrology and Water Management

Contents Preface......................................................................................................................................... vii Editor ........................................................................................................................................... xi Contributors.............................................................................................................................xiii 

1 Anthropocenic Aquifer: New Thinking..................................................................... 1 

Anthony Richard Turton and Frederik Stefanus Botha 

Open Channel Hydraulics, River Hydraulic Structures and Fluvial Geomorphology

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Contents

Preface 

1. Principles of Hydraulics of Open Channels 1

Stefano Pagliara and Michele Palermo

2. Hydraulics of Selected Hydraulic Structures 25

Hubert Chanson and Stefan Felder

3. Weir Classifications 47

Blake P. Tullis

Hydrology and Hydroclimatology Principles and Applications

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Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................................xix
Acknowledgments...........................................................................................................................xxi
Authors......................................................................................................................................... xxiii
Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................1
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................1
1.2 Systems Approach .............................................................................................1
1.3 Hydrologic Cycle ...............................................................................................2
1.3.1 Watersheds and Aquifers......................................................................2
1.3.2 Rivers and Reservoirs...........................................................................3
1.4 Hydrologic Variability.......................................................................................3
1.5 Disposition of Energy and Matter .....................................................................4
1.6 Representations and Statistical and Simulation Models....................................4
1.7 Extreme Values, Vulnerability, Risk, and Uncertainty .....................................5
1.8 Water Availability..............................................................................................5
1.9 Water Sustainability ..........................................................................................6
1.10 Tools and Techniques ........................................................................................8
1.11 People’s Perception—Public Awareness...........................................................9
1.12 Integrated Water Cycle Management .............................................................. 10
1.13 Economics of Water ........................................................................................ 10
1.14 Water Supply vs. Water Demand..................................................................... 11
1.15 Clean Water Act .............................................................................................. 12
1.15.1 The Basis of State Water Laws in the United States.......................... 13

1.16 Overall Organization of this Book .................................................................. 14
References .................................................................................................................. 15

Groundwater Hydrology Conceptual and Computational Models

Contents

Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Groundwater Investigations – a Detective Story 1
1.2 Conceptual Models 2
1.3 Computational Models 2
1.4 Case Studies 3
1.5 The Contents of this Book 3
1.6 Units, Notation, Journals 5
Part I: Basic Principles 7
2 Background to Groundwater Flow 9

Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes

Preface

Water is the most important natural resource we possess on the planet. Too much water—floods—can cause tremendous damage by washing away roads and buildings, eroding land, and destroying crops and livestock. Floods often result in the loss of human lives, and can have huge impacts on national economies when occurring at large scales. At the other end of this spectrum are droughts. Droughts

result in reduced crop yield when irrigation sources are unavailable and rainfall is the only source of water for crops.

Groundwater Resource Evaluation

Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management

Ground Water

Preface of the Book

Groundwater plays a major role in the livelihood of mankind by providing water for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes. The rapid population growth in the last three decades all over the globe resulted in exploiting more groundwater. The distribution of groundwater—both in space and time— is more erratic as it depends on the subsurface geological and climatic conditions. In many countries, the decline of water level indicates that the resources are depleted very fast. 

It is, therefore, necessary to assess the available subsurface resource in a more judicious scientific manner and then apply it for evolving optimal utilization purposes. There is an urgent need to have a comprehensive book, which contains the entire spectrum of groundwater assessment and management aspects. I had seen many books, which cover only the specific aspects on groundwater exploration, exploitation, augmentation, pollution and remediation and mathematical modeling but not many books on the integrated aspects of all. It was, therefore, planned to bring a book, which covers the above said aspects by inviting specific topics from various experts of the globe. 

Hydrology in Practice

Hydrology in Practice

Third edition , Elizabeth M.Shaw Formerly of the Department of Civil Engineering Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine  

Preface to the Third Edition 

In the current critical concern for the well-being of the environment, hydrologists in practice are finding the need for information on many more related topics.

The course contents in universities and other training establishments are developing a wider appreciation of the scope of hydrology and requests for the inclusion of such allied subjects as climatic change, sediment transport and catchment morphometry have been indicated. Without changing the structure of the text, brief introductions to these subjects with accompanying references have been inserted where practicable.
The major revisions have resulted from the technological advances in instrumentation and the philosophical changes in data processing. The original aims in handling hydrological measurements were to automate quality control and analysis with complex statistical programs on large-capacity mainframe computers. With desktop personal microcomputers, linked to field instruments and mainframe, the skilled meteorologist or hydrologist can make experienced subjective judgement on the data from elaborate displays of back-up related information.