Ebook: Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources, New Delhi, India, December 1993: Surface-Water Hydrology

Water is vital to life, maintenance of ecological balance, economic development, and sustenance of civilization. Planning and management of water resources and its optimal use are a matter of urgency for most countries of the world, and even more so for India with a huge population. Growing population and expanding economic activities exert increasing demands on water for varied needs--domestic, industrial, agricultural, power generation, navigation, recreation, etc. In India, agriculture is the highest user of water. The past three decades have witnessed numerous advances as well as have presented intriguing challenges and exciting opportunities in hydrology and water resources. Compounding them has been the growing environmental consciousness. Nowhere are these challenges more apparent than in India. As we approach the twenty­ first century, it is entirely fitting to take stock of what has been accomplished and what remains to be accomplished, and what accomplishments are relevant, with particular reference to Indian conditions.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages xv-xv
Process Studies in Forest Hydrology: A Worldwide Review....Pages 1-18
Modelling Evapotranspiration of Dune Vegetation....Pages 19-27
Paleohydrology of Quaternary River Systems of North Bihar Plains, India....Pages 29-41
Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Response of a Mountain Watershed....Pages 43-52
Operational Hydrology Aspects of Desertification....Pages 53-60
Spatial Estimation Techniques for Precipitation Analysis — Application to a Region in India....Pages 61-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Design Criteria for the Improvement of Hydrometeorological Data Acquisition Systems. Automation of Sicily Networks....Pages 79-93
A New Automatic Rainfall Sensor....Pages 95-103
An Automatic Electronic Infiltrometer....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Modeling Surface Runoff with Kinematic, Diffusion, and Dynamic Waves....Pages 121-132
Computational Aspects in Kinematic Modelling....Pages 133-147
Effect of Vedernikov Number on Overland Flow Dynamics....Pages 149-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Complexity, Uncertainty, and Systematic Error in Hydrologic Models....Pages 175-189
The Most Probable Hydrologic Response of Fractal River Networks....Pages 191-204
Bayesian Unit Hydrographs....Pages 205-232
Predicting Runoff using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 233-244
Use of Digital Elevation Model in Runoff Modeling....Pages 245-257
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Physically Based Linear Flood Routing Modeling....Pages 261-295
Reliability of the Muskingum Method for the Prediction of Flood Wave Propagation....Pages 297-323
Stratified Muskingum Routing in Natural Channels....Pages 325-331
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Transfer Function Models for Hydrologic Flood Routing....Pages 333-342
Effect of Cross-Sectional Shape on Free-Surface Instability....Pages 343-354
Flow Resistance Estimation for Large-Scale Roughness....Pages 355-370
Warning of Application of the Chezy-Manning Formula Regardless of Channel Shape....Pages 371-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Streamflow Analysis and Synthesis by Pattern Recognition Techniques....Pages 387-401
Moment Evolution of the Outflow-Rate from Nonlinear Conceptual Reservoirs....Pages 403-413
Comparative Study of Stochastic Models for Seasonal Streamflow Generation....Pages 415-427
Adaptivity in Stochastic Modelling and Forecasting....Pages 429-442
Short Term Daily Flow Prediction for Tropical Watershed....Pages 443-456
Role of the Rainfall Input in the Real Time Flood Forecasting....Pages 457-471
Changes in Flow Characteristics of the River Murray in the Last 100 Years....Pages 473-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
On the Statistical Frequency Analysis of Hydrological Extremes....Pages 485-503
Estimation of Extreme Floods with Particular Reference to Southern Africa....Pages 505-520
Functional Relationships and Asymptotic Properties of Distributions of Interest in Hydrologic Frequency Analysis....Pages 521-535
Frequency Analysis of Upper Cauvery Flood Data by L-Moments....Pages 537-555
Flood Prediction by Use of Partial Duration Series....Pages 557-565
Comparison of Five Distributions for Suitability in Flood Frequency Analysis in Bangladesh....Pages 567-575
Investigation of Potential Flash Floods for Ungaged Region Using the Kriging Method....Pages 577-589
Front Matter....Pages 591-591
A Stochastic Characterization of Palmer Drought Severity Index....Pages 593-608