Boeken Hydroloog

Groundwater Engineering

This textbook employs a technical and quantitative approach to explain subsurface hydrology and hydrogeology, and to offer a comprehensive overview of groundwater-related topics such as flow in porous media, aquifer characterization, contaminant description and transport, risk assessment, and groundwater remediation. It describes the characterization of subsurface flow of pristine and polluted water and provides readers …

Ecological Climatology

The third edition of Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science, and geography, it reviews basic meteorological, hydrological, and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical, and biological processes by which …

Holland - Living With Water

The waterways and canals for which Holland is famous are explored in this fascinating look at the enormous influence water has on a nation and its people. Stunning color photographs illustrate the inextricable relationship the Dutch have with their surroundings, including water's effect on their daily life, how water has shaped the nation's singular identity, …

Études d'Hydrologie Clinique. de l'Action Des Eaux de Saint-Nectaire Sur La Nutrition

Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems

Addressing the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, the authors build suitable mathematical models and apply them to studying the ecosystem structure. Response to rainfall and climate forcing is analyzed from different areas of the world, including savannas, grasslands and forests. The book will appeal to advanced students and researchers in environmental science, …

The Engineering Geology and Hydrology of Karst Terrains

Engineers from around the world recount in this volume their successes and failures in attempting to deal with unique and quixotic landscapes.

Global Flood Hazard

Flooding can be a costly natural disaster in terms of damage to land, property and infrastructure. Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping, and Forecasting describes the latest techniques, tools and technologies for modeling, mapping, and predicting large-scale flood risk. It also features case studies describing best-practice uses. These resources can enable policymakers, public planners, …

SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science - A Finite Element Method for Netting

This book fully describes a finite element method for netting. That describes the relation between forces and deformation of the netting. That takes into account forces due to the twine elasticity, the hydrodynamic forces, the catch effect, the mesh opening stiffness. This book is divided in 5 parts. The first section contains introduction on the …