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Catchment Hydrological Modelling
The Science and Art
- 1st Edition - April 12, 2022
- Author: Shreedhar Maskey
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 3 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 3 3 8 - 0
Catchment Hydrological Modelling: The Science and Art covers various methods (and equations) for modeling all components of a CHM. Readers are presented with multiple methods a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCatchment Hydrological Modelling: The Science and Art covers various methods (and equations) for modeling all components of a CHM. Readers are presented with multiple methods and approaches to modeling the same component, allowing them to distinguish the differences between methods. The books also provides a clear understanding of what makes some commonly used hydrological models similar or different and what their strengths and weaknesses may be. This comprehensive guide contains questions and answers in each chapter, along with concepts and detailed equations that are fundamental to understanding CHM.
This book is useful to students and professionals in the fields of catchment and hydrology, as well as environmental and civil engineers.
- Includes practical advice on developing and/or applying CHM models, empowering readers to do so themselves
- Presents practical aspects of catchment modeling, from model structure design to model operation
- Presents hydrological catchment modeling in a clear and coherent way while also describing different approaches for the same processes
Students and professionals of Catchment Hydrology. Environmental engineering and civil engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1: What is a catchment hydrological model?
- 1.2: Types of models
- 1.3: Basin, catchment, watershed—Are they all the same?
- 1.4: Purpose of a catchment model
- 1.5: What makes a catchment model different from a river model?
- 1.6: Components of a catchment model and catchment water balance
- 1.7: The science and art of catchment modelling
- References
- Chapter 2: Data requirements for a catchment model
- Abstract
- 2.1: Data requirements
- 2.2: Data (spatial) and model resolution
- 2.3: Data availability and input
- References
- Chapter 3: Models of evaporation and interception
- Abstract
- 3.1: Evaporation and evapotranspiration
- 3.2: Energy balance approach for evaporation (evapotranspiration)
- 3.3: Penman and Penman-Monteith equations
- 3.4: Estimation of Penman and Penman-Monteith equation parameters
- 3.5: Potential, actual and reference evaporation (evapotranspiration)
- 3.6: Simplified methods for potential evapotranspiration
- 3.7: Actual evaporation methods
- 3.8: Interception methods
- 3.9: How different catchment models treat evaporation?
- References
- Chapter 4: Models of unsaturated (vadose) zone
- Abstract
- 4.1: Role of the unsaturated (vadose) zone
- 4.2: Unsaturated (vadose) zone flow methods
- 4.3: Interflow methods
- 4.4: How different catchment models treat unsaturated zone?
- References
- Chapter 5: Models of surface (overland) flow routing
- Abstract
- 5.1: What is surface flow routing?
- 5.2: Conceptualization of surface flow in a catchment
- 5.3: Surface flow routing or transfer methods
- 5.4: How do different catchment models treat surface flow routing?
- References
- Chapter 6: Models of groundwater (saturated zone) flow
- Abstract
- 6.1: Role of groundwater flow in a catchment model
- 6.2: Conceptualization of groundwater system in a catchment
- 6.3: Groundwater water balance and inflows-outflows
- 6.4: Groundwater flow modelling methods
- 6.5: How different catchment hydrological models treat groundwater (saturated zone) flow?
- References
- Chapter 7: Models of river flow
- Abstract
- 7.1: What does a river flow model do?
- 7.2: Computation of steady-uniform flow in a river channel
- 7.3: Conservation of mass (continuity) equation for a river flow model
- 7.4: River flow routing methods
- 7.5: How different catchment models treat river flow?
- References
- Chapter 8: Models of snowmelt runoff
- Abstract
- 8.1: Role of snowmelt in a hydrological model
- 8.2: Determining the form of precipitation
- 8.3: Snowmelt estimation methods
- 8.4: Snowpack mass balance and snowmelt runoff
- 8.5: How different catchment models treat snowmelt runoff?
- References
- Chapter 9: Model components integration, model calibration and uncertainty
- Abstract
- 9.1: Integration of model components
- 9.2: How good is my model?
- 9.3: Model calibration and validation
- 9.4: How uncertain is my model result?
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 202
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 12, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128183373
- eBook ISBN: 9780128183380
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Shreedhar Maskey
Dr. Maskey is currently the associate professor at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in Delft. He holds a BSc degree civil engineering and MSc and PhD degrees in hydroinformatics and has more than 25 years of experience ranging from post-graduate and graduate level teaching, research supervision, international projects on floods and droughts modelling and forecasting, climate change impacts, and water resources. His hydrological modelling experience includes many major river basins, such as the Aral Sea Basin, Yellow River, Hanjiang River, Red River, Mekong River, Irrawaddy Basin, Koshi River Basin, Bagmati River, Blue Nile, Kilebero basin, Limpopo Basin, Incomati River, Rufiji Basin, Pangani River Basin, Loire River and some other small river basins in Africa, Asia and Europe. He has co-authored 40 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters and about the same number of conference papers. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The NetherlandsRead Catchment Hydrological Modelling on ScienceDirect