Process Studies in Hillslope Hydrology
by
Malcolm G. Anderson - T.P. Burt
A collection of research reports focusing on process studies in hillslope hydrology. As a separate science of specific practical application, these studies are designed to focus on small-scale processes without reference to channel processes and to provide input to studies of drainage basins.
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Hillslope hydrology is concered primarily with flow processes within the soil and over the soil surface. Precipitation is partitioned between various flow routes which attenuate and delay the flow to different extents, so that a knowledge of the relevant mechanisms is important. In addition, the quality of input water may be greatly transformed depending on its hydrological pathway. Hillslope hydrologists aim to understand the relationship between precipitation input and hillslope discharge output in terms of the changing distributions of variables such as soil moisture content and the location of source areas for surface runoff. Flow in a stream channel is usually treated separately from flow mechanisms on the hillslope. Thus, in a model of catchment hydrology, channel routing methods, which predict the changing magnitude, speed and shape of a flood wave as it propoages through a stream channel, may be coupled to a hillslope runoff model, but a fully integrated analysis is not yet possible.
Process studies in hillslope hydrology serves two complementary purposes: small scale studies of hillslope flow processes can be conducted without reference to channel processes and these, in turn, can provide an input to larger-scale studies of the entire drainage basin.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
City:
Chichester
Pages:
550
More info:
height 70 mm
width 52 mm
weight 1070 gr
thickness 34 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC20) 551.4809143
Library of Congress Subject: GB665.P68
Departments:
Hydrology (freshwater); Geological surface processes (geomorphology);
Record updated at:
12 April, 2013
time:
02:12
Summary
Process Studies in Hillslope Hydrology
Process studies in hillslope hydrology - an overview, M.G.Anderson and T.P.Burt; vegetation and hydroclimate, J.S.Wallace and H.R.Oliver; determination of hydraulic soil properties, J.M.H.Hendrick; soil water hysteresis - models and implications, D.B.Jaynes; surface sealing and infiltration, M.J.Romkens; overland flow and erosion, J.J-P Gerits et al; hydraulics and overland flow, I.D.Moore and G.R.Foster; hydrogeochemistry of snow and snowmelt in catchment hydrology, H.G.Jones and J.Stein; geography of surface runoff - some lessons for research, M.Church and M.K.Woo; macropores and hydrologic hillslope processes, P.Germann; subsurface runoff, M.G.Anderson and T.P.Burt; environmental isotope studies of storm and snowmelt runoff generation, M.G.Sklash; solute transport in soils, B.W.Bache; runoff production in peat-covered catchments, T.P.Bur et al; perspectives on hillslope research, E.M.O'Loughlin.
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