Polyteknisk Boghandel

Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity, and practical concern for humans everywhere. This textbook presents a coherent introduction to many of the concepts and relationships needed to describe the distribution and transport of water in the natural environment.

Foreword;
1. Introduction;
2. Water aloft: fluid mechanics of the lower atmosphere;
3. Precipitation;
4. Evaporation;
5. Water on the land surface: fluid mechanics of free surface flow;
6. Overland flow;
7. Streamflow routing;
8. Water beneath the ground: fluid mechanics of flow in porous materials;
9. Infiltration and related unsaturated flows;
10. Groundwater outflow and base flow;
11. Streamflow generation: mechanisms and parameterization;
12. Streamflow response at the catchment scale;
13. Elements of frequency analysis in hydrology;
14. Afterword - a short historical sketch of theories about the water circulation on earth; Appendix.