Streamflow characteristics / H.C. Riggs
- Author:
- Riggs, H. C.
- Published:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1985.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 249 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Series:
- Developments in water science ; 22
- Contents:
- FACTORS AFFECTING STREAMFLOW: Climatic factors -- Effects of geology -- Effects of topography -- COLLECTION OF HYDROLOGIC DATA: Streamflow -- Weather observations -- Basin characteristics -- Transmission of hydrologic data -- STATISTICS: Frequency curves -- Statistical inference -- Correlation and regression -- Regression methods -- Characteristics of hydrologic data -- STREAMFLOW CHARACTERISTICS AT A GAGED SITE: Means -- Frequency characteristics -- Extending streamflow records in time -- Flow-duration curves -- Base-flow recession curves -- Water-quality characteristics -- RELATION OP GROUND WATER TO STREAMFLOW: Aquifer recharge -- Hydrograph interpretation -- Bank storage in surface reservoirs -- The water resource -- FLOW CHARACTERISTICS AT UNGAGED SITES: No data at site -- Some data at site -- FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSES: Annual floods -- Floods above a base -- Annual and partial—duration frequency curves -- Fitting annual frequency curves -- A uniform method -- Record extension -- Relation to basin characteristics -- Reliability of flood-frequency curves -- Flood characteristics at ungaged sites -- Regulated streams -- LOW-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS: Frequency curves -- Low-flow characteristics at ungaged sites -- THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: Changes due to natural events -- Effects of man's activities -- Quantifying effects of changes -- APPLICATIONS OF HYDROLOGIC DATA: Reservoir design -- Dependable flow without storage -- Bridge and culvert openings -- Forecasting streamflow -- Streamflow droughts -- Flood-prone area mapping -- Estimation of environmental impact -- SOURCES OF DATA AND INFORMATION: Water-resources data -- Climatic data -- Maps -- Current conditions and outlooks -- Interpreted data.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0444424806
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
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