Introduction to Hydrology

by John W. Knapp, Terence E. Harbaugh, Warren Viessman Jr., et al.

Book Overview

This text gives a comprehensive look at the field of hydrology and the current issues affecting the discipline currently. Six parts provide in-depth coverage of the hydrologic cycle, hydrologic measurement and monitoring, surface water hydrology, groundwater hydrology, hydrologic modelling and statistical methods. The inclusion of water quality and social dimensions relates science to public policy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0673991652
• ISBN13: 9780673991652
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 3.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A good place to start

I suppose it would be nice if all engineering texts were as easy to read as the popular novel of the day. Unfortunately, assuming you are a water resource engineer like me, we wade through a topic which is not easily written. I first used this book during my Masters Degree program. The instructor was not as helpful as I would have liked, but since all of the lectures, homework and tests were pulled from the book, I decided to stop listening and start reading. With a bit of patience, trying to acclimate to the authors' presentation style, I found the book to be helpful. The description and calculation of Unit-hydrographs, hydrographs and moving between the two was very helpful. Either during, or shortly after taking this course I took the Professional Engineers licensing exam and, to my success, used this book on a couple of questions related to the unit-hydrograph method. Overall the book deserves 4 stars for being a good place to start. It lacks the final fifth star because it does get a little confusing as the authors attempt to explain many more competing approaches than they should have. There were also a couple of errors in the calculations used as examples, which had me scratching my head for a while. The good thing is that the description of the methods shown in the examples was correct, so whoever created the examples did not follow the direction properly a couple of times. I recommend this book for anyone trying to study for the P.E. exam, or as a desk reference at work when you want to know what your hydrology software is doing.