{"product_id":"progress-in-modern-hydrology-isbn-9781119074274","title":"Progress in Modern Hydrology","description":"Hydrology is vital to human civilisations as well as to natural ecosystems, yet it has only emerged as a distinct scientific discipline during the last 50 years or so. This book reviews the development of modern hydrology primarily through the experiences of the multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Wallingford, near Oxford, who have been at the forefront of many of the developments in UK hydrological research. These topics include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• The development of basic understanding through  the collection of data with specialised instrumentation in experimental basins\u003cbr\u003e• The study of extreme flows – both floods and droughts\u003cbr\u003e• The role moisture in the soil \u003cbr\u003e• Studies of the processes controlling  evaporation \u003cbr\u003e• Water resource studies \u003cbr\u003e• Modelling and prediction of the extremes of flow improved \u003cbr\u003e• Understanding of water quality issues \u003cbr\u003e• A widening recognition of the importance of an ecosystem approach  \u003cbr\u003e• Meeting the challenges of climate change, \u003cbr\u003e• Data handling\u003cbr\u003e• Future developments in hydrology and the pressures which generate them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReadership\u003c\/i\u003e: hydrologists in both academia and a wide range of applied fields such as civil engineering, meteorology, geography and physics, as well as advanced students in earth science, environmental science and physical geography programmes worldwide. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Reviewers xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 INTRODUCTION 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn C. Rodda, Mark Robinson, Jim McCulloch, Christine McCulloch, Alan Jenkins, Terry Marsh, Celia Kirby, Ian Littlewood, Max Beran and Graham Leeks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 BASIN STUDIES AND INSTRUMENTATION 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Strangeways, Mark Robinson, Jim Hudson, John C. Rodda, Malcolm Newson and David J. Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 RISKS AND EXTREMES 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Stewart, Max Beran, Frank Farquharson, Duncan Faulkner, David Jones, Thomas Kjeldsen, Malcolm Newson, Enda O’Connell and John Sutcliffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Cooper, John Bell, Martin Hodnett, Keith Beven, Kevin Gilman, Atul Haria, Cate Gardner, Mark Robinson, Jon Evans and Helen Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 THE PHYSICS OF ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTION 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Lloyd and Sylvia Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 WATER RESOURCES SECURITY 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Farquharson, Max Beran, John Bromley, Alan Gustard, Helen Houghton-Carr, Gwyn Rees, John Sutcliffe and Andy Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Beven, James Bathurst, Enda O’Connell, Ian Littlewood, Jim Blackie and Mark Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 WATER QUALITY 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Williams, Colin Neal, Helen Jarvie, Andrew Johnson, Paul Whitehead, Mike Bowes and Alan Jenkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 ECOHYDROLOGY 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMike C. Acreman, James R. Blake, Laurence R. Carvalho, Mike J. Dunbar, Iain D. M. Gunn, Alan Gustard, Ian D. Jones, Cedric Laizé, Stephen C. Maberly, Eleanor B. Mackay, Linda May, J. Owen Mountford, Bryan M. Spears, Charlie J. Stratford, Stephen J. Thackeray and Ian J. Winfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HYDROLOGY 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Harding, Nigel Arnell, Nick Reynard, Christel Prudhomme, Eleanor Blyth and Chris Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 HYDROLOGICAL DATA ACQUISITION AND EXPLOITATION 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerry Marsh, Roger Moore, Harry Dixon, Jamie Hannaford, Alan Gustard, Andy Young, Melinda Lewis, Colin Neal and Gwyn Rees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn C. Rodda, Mark Robinson, Alan Jenkins, Keith Beven, Max Beran and Graham Leeks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Rodda\u003c\/b\u003e has a life time of experience as a hydrologist with UK  governmental and international  bodies, particularly  the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, where he was Director of the Hydrology \u0026amp; Water Resources Department.  He has authored some 100 scientific papers and 8 books on a wide range of topics. He has held the office of President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and several other prominent positions in the international world of water.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Robinson \u003c\/b\u003e has a lengthy career as a  hydrologist, working at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Institute of Hydrology and at several UK universities. His work has encompassed land use change studies including agricultural drainage and forest hydrology, and for over a decade he was responsible for some of the UK’s longest running catchment studies. He has published extensively and is co-author of two highly regarded hydrological textbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e Hydrology is vital to human civilisations as well as to natural ecosystems, yet it has only emerged as a distinct scientific discipline during the last 50 years or so. This book reviews the development of modern hydrology primarily through the experiences of the multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Wallingford, near Oxford, who have been at the forefront of many of the developments in UK hydrological research. 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