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Ground and Surface Water Hydrology, 1st Edition

ISBN: 978-1-118-21463-3

May 2012

640 pages

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Description
From best-selling and well-respected author Larry Mays, Ground and Surface Water Hydrology provides balanced coverage of surface and groundwater hydrology. The text includes current and emerging topics such as sustainability, climate change, GIS, and new models and data sources, so readers will gain a complete and current understanding of hydrology.

This book may be used for at least three different undergraduate courses including:
1. First course with an emphasis in surface water hydrology
2. First course with emphasis in groundwater hydrology
3. First course in hydrology with similar emphasis on ground and surface water hydrology.

This book is also a valuable reference for practicing civil engineers, hydrologists, environmental engineers, and geologists.

About the Author
Larry W. Mays has been a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University since August 1989. He served as Chair of the Department from August 1989 until July 1996. Prior to that he was Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources and holder of an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship at The University of Texas at Austin, where he was on the faculty since 1976. Prior to that, he was a graduate research assistant and then a Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received the Ph.D. in January 1976. He received the B.S. (1970) and M.S. (1971) degrees in civil engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla, after which he served in the U.S. Army, (1970-1973) stationed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California.
Features
Balanced coverage of groundwater hydrology and surface water hydrology.

Numerous photos and illustrations throughout the book communicate concepts and information, and engage students with the author's trademark visual approach to the subject.

Current and emerging topics-

  • Climate change effects on hydrology,
  • Anthropogenic effects on hydrology,
  • Sustainability

 

Development of hydrologic principles-A rigorous, unified, numerical, and analytical approach throughout. The use of the control volume approach with Reynold's transport is used in the development of the conservation of mass, conservation of energy, and the conservation of momentum relationships used in hydrology.

Hydrologic Modeling:

Groundwater modeling is approached through the development of basic concepts and principles including the occurrence and movement of groundwater, and groundwater and well hydraulics. The basic equations used in the MODFLOW model are developed so the student has a basic understanding of how the model works, followed by example applications.

Surface water modeling takes a similar approach to develop the concepts and principles. As an example the fundamental principles for infiltration approaches, the unit hydrograph approach, the hydrologic routing approaches, and the kinematic wave model used in the HEC-HMS model are described in detail. Floodplain analysis principles are developed so that the student has a fundamental understanding of the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that is performed. Coverage involves the principles of the hydraulic analysis used in the HEC-RAS model for steady-state water surface profile analysis.

Floodplain analysis principles are developed so that the student has a fundamental understanding of the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that is performed. Coverage includes the principles of the hydraulic analysis used in the HEC-RAS model for both steady-state water surface profile analysis and unsteady flow analysis. Probabilistic approaches not only include floodflow frequency analysis but also rainfall frequency analysis.

Hydrologic Design:

Surface water hydrology related design topics include hydrologic design for water supply and design approaches for stormwater management including: stormwater sewer systems, detention basins, and infiltration basins. Hydrologic design for water supply is also includes evapotranspiration calculations using the Penman-Monteith equation and storage-firm yield analysis and sequent peak analysis. Design coverage also includes approaches for risk/reliability-based design to include the various hydrologic and hydraulic design uncertainties.

Groundwater hydrology related design topics include: aquifer recharge such as soil aquifer-systems, design prevention for salt-water intrusion, and stormwater infiltration basins.

Hydrologic Measurement:

Hydrologic measurement is covered including topics in atmosphere-land interface measurements, discharge measurement, streamflow measurement, subsurface water measurement, and hydrologic monitoring systems.

Hydrology of Specific Climates:

Hydrology of specific climates includes cold climates, semi-arid and arid climates, and humid tropical climates. The discussion of cold climates includes the snowmelt computations under varying conditions. Discussion of semi-arid and arid climates includes not only the hydrology of this climate but also alluvial fan flood modeling for floodplain determination. The discussion of humid climates includes discussion of topics such the hydrologic effects of ENSO, but also topics such as rainfall interception modeling.