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Handbook of Hydrology

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The handbook of hydrology is the bible for engineers and scientists in the field of hydrology. The text covers all facets of the topic with the most knowledgable perspectives from current research. My most referenced Handbook of Hydrology chapter is Ch. 18 on the frequency analysis of extreme events. Don't practice in the field without this text on your shelf.

This seller sent me a copy, this book has no table of contents, it is clear which is a copy and not an original book!

The book covers everything from the hydrologic cycle, climatology and precipitation to hydrologic design for groudnwater pollution control. This is a great book to use for reference material. I keep going back to this text when ever I am looking for a quick reference.

I used this book as a course text in one course at grad school, and an unofficial text in numerous other courses. It is fairly specialized, geared toward the the intersection of civil engineering and hydrology. It contains an impressive breadth of subjects, some of which may now seem a little technologically quaint (although section 25.5.4 on meteor-burst telemetry is still incredibly cool). The bread and butter is immensely useful as a reference. In particular, I was impressed with the statistical elements of chapter 18, regarding the frequency analysis of extreme events.

The handbook has 29 chapters and 58 contributors:

part 1 - hydrologic cycle

1: Hydrology
2: Climatology
3: Precipitation
4: Evaporation
5: Infiltration and Soil Water Movement
6: Groundwater Flow
7: Snow and floating ice
8: Streamflow
9: Flood runoff
10: Flow routing

Part 2 - hydrologic transport

11: Water Quality
12: Erosion and Sediment Transport
13: Hydrologic effects of land use change
14: Contaminant transport in surface water
15: Contaminant transport in unsaturated flow
16: Contaminant transport in groundwater

part 3: hydrologic statistics

17: Statistical treatment of hydrologic data
18: Frequency analysis of extreme events
19: Analysis and modeling of hydrologic time series
20: Geostatistics

part 4: hydrologic technology

21: Computer models for surface water
22: Computer models for subsurface wate
23: Advances in hydrologic computation
24: Remote sensing

25: Automated data aquisition and transmission
26: Hydrologic forecasting
27: Hydrologic design for water use
28: Hydrologic design for urban drainage and flood control
29: Hydrologic design for groundwater pollution control

Not impressed. The print of the text is smudged. I did not find this book useful. I have been practicing civil engineering hydrologic design for 32 years, and I thought I had found a catch-all handbook.