Hydrology and the hydrosphere

Make the best use of available water for your crops!

This textbook provides an excellent resource for engineering and science students to develop basic, intermediate and advanced level skills in hydraulics, hydrology and environmental engineering.

Groundwater has long been an object of intense scrutiny.

The conservation of marine benthic biodiversity is a recognised goal of a number of national and international programs such as the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (CBD).

The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs.

Modeling has become an essential tool for the groundwater hydrologist.

Groundwater Science is a timely, current, and comprehensive presentation of groundwater hydrology that integrates chemistry, physics, geology, and calculus.

This book interrogates the problems of how and why largely unseen matter, in this case groundwater, has found limited expression in climate fiction.

This book is a ready reckoner of recent information regarding the impact of leachate landfills, leachate treatment, and heavy metals on a single platform.

This concise, readable introduction to limnology (the science of investigating the structure and function of inland waters), places the subject in the context of modern ecology.

The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs.

Compiled by an internationally acclaimed panel of experts, this is the most complete reference of its kind.

This book contains detailed information about the traditional rainwater structures.

Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography is a practical referenceguide to established and modern data analysis techniques in earth and oceansciences.

This is a book which examines much of what we know and also what we don't know about the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem and its inherent variability.

The book presents the most relevant research of the participants of the VII International Conference of Young Scientists "e;Complex Investigation of the World Ocean"e; (CIWO-2023).

This book on wetlands ecosystems in Asia deals with function and management.

The second volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on drought modeling, meteorological prediction, and the use of remote sensing in assessing, analyzing, and monitoring drought.

Nowhere are floods more paradoxical than in the generally arid Australian continent.

The first volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought, causes, and the assessment of drought impacts.

The first volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought, causes, and the assessment of drought impacts.

The book presents an interdisciplinary systematic evaluation of increasing water stress and scarcity over the globe and specifically South Africa.

This book seeks to showcase the ongoing challenges of water resource and its management through innovative and cutting-edge approaches (flooding and droughts and their respective impacts; spatial and urban planning; early warning systems; estimation of losses; water resource in the age of global climate change; risk communication; meteorology; integrated analysis; risk mitigation; infrastructures; nature-based management; watershed management; transport; legal assessment; vulnerability analysis; public participation; or case studies).

This book provides simultaneously, a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of climate change issues in Morocco and proposes levers of action and innovative practices to be used to strengthen the resilience and adaptation strategies.

Freshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures.

The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) has produced this book in order to provide an accessible, up-to-date overview of important aspects of the physical chemistry of aqueous systems at high temperatures and pressures.

Hydrodynamic and pollutant transport models are useful tools for evaluating remediation options for polluted water bodies.

Understanding and protecting our environment is a key component of environmental development, yet access to a wide range of high-quality information is currently based on very limited data due to lack of the exchange of data between source and recipient.

This advanced research-oriented volume on sustainable water management covers the latest advances in water purification, treatment, and resource management.

Even though frequent disaster losses occur in rural and agricultural areas, a substantial number of the prevailing disaster research has focused on urban areas, often failing to notice rural populations, communities, and rural development as a whole.

The book describes an integrated theory that links estuary shape to tidal hydraulics, tidal mixing and salt intrusion.

The contents of the book are assembled from selected papers presented during the International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies - AQUATIC FORUM 2004 convened in Monaco from 25 to 29 October 2004, which was the most important gathering of the year of isotope environmental scientists.

Maria Sala introduced experimental and field-based studies on soil and fluvial processes in Spain during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This volume discusses contemporary techniques, technologies, and solutions for industrial wastewater remediation and treatment.

This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America.

This book offers a practical guidance for environmental engineers and scientists charged with assessing the cause-and-effect of pollutants in receiving water systems.

The system of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers is one of the great river systems of southwestern Asia.

This book attempts to unlock the intricacies of transforming inland aquaculture into a beacon of sustainability with this indispensable guide.

This volume captures the impact of women's research on the public health and environmental engineering profession.

This book provides information on the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to modern environmental problems associated with ocean pollution with a particular focus on the Back Sea.

This volume advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to groundwater resource management, mapping, monitoring, and modelling using up-to-date remote sensing and GIS techniques.

Technological improvements have greatly increased the ability of marine scientists to collect and analyze data over large spatial scales, and the resultant insights attainable from interpreting those data vastly increase understanding of poplation dynamics, evolution and biogeography.

AWARDS:2006 Outstanding Academic Title, by CHOICEThe 2005 Award for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Best Reference 2005, by the Library JournalRivers of North America is an important reference for scientists, ecologists, and students studying rivers and their ecosystems.

This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades.

This book presents solutions to address water security in rapidly urbanizing cities, and explores the new paradigms of water security in changing contexts.

This book systematically and comprehensively introduces concepts, theories, principles, and applications of Thermal Infrared (TIR) imaging spectral techniques and TIR remote sensing.

This book presents the results of basic and applied studies on the solution of burning issues within the analysis of anomalous changes in marine environment under the influence of climatic changes and economic activities in the Azov-Black Sea basins.

Missing data is a ubiquitous problem that plagues many hydrometeorological datasets.

This book deals with every aspect of oceanography in detail including various aspects of physical, chemical, geological, and biological discourse.

Fully Updated Hydrology Principles, Methods, and ApplicationsThoroughly revised for the first time in 50 years, this industry-standard resource features chapter contributions from a who s who of international hydrology experts.