Hydrology in practice / Elizabeth M. Shaw, Keith Beven, Nick Chappell, and Rob Lamb.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The hydrological cycle and hydrometeorology -- pt. 1. Hydrological measurements -- Ch. 2. Hydrometric networks -- Ch.3. Precipitation -- Ch. 4. Evaporation -- Ch. 5. Hillslope and aquifer hydraulic parameters -- Ch. 6. Hillslope moisture states and flows -- Ch. 7. River flow -- Ch. 8. Water-quality measurement -- pt. 2. Hydrological analysis -- Ch. 9. Precipitation analysis -- Ch. 10. Energy budget analysis, evapotranspiration and snowmelt -- Ch. 11. River flow analysis -- Ch. 12. Catchment modelling -- Ch. 13. Estimating floods and low flows in the UK -- Ch. 14. Flood routing -- Ch. 15. Groundwater -- pt. 3. Engineering applications -- Ch. 16. Flood risk management -- Ch. 17. Water resources management -- Ch. 18. Urban hydrology -- Ch. 19. Hydrology, climate and catchment change -- pt. 4. The future of hydrology in practice -- Ch. 20. The future of hydrology in practice.

Hydrology in Practice is an excellent and very successful introductory text for engineering hydrology students who go on to be practitioners in consultancies, the Environment Agency, and elsewhere. This fourth edition of Hydrology in Practice, while retaining all that is excellent about its predecessor, by Elizabeth M. Shaw, replaces the material on the Flood Studies Report with an equivalent section on the methods of the Flood Estimation Handbook and its revisions. Other completely revised sections on instrumentation and modelling reflect the many changes that have occurred over recent years. The updated text has taken advantage of the extensive practical experience of the staff of JBA Consulting who use the methods described on a day-to-day basis. Topical case studies further enhance the text and the way in which students at undergraduate and MSc level can relate to it. The fourth edition will also have a wider appeal outside the UK by including new material on hydrological processes, which also relate to courses in geography and environmental science departments. In this respect the book draws on the expertise of Keith J. Beven and Nick A. Chappell, who have extensive experience of field hydrological studies in a variety of different environments, and have taught undergraduate hydrology courses for many years.