Dingman, S.L. (2002) "Physical hydrology", 2nd edition.
The same edition of the book has been printed by two different publishers, Prentice Hall and Waveland Press Inc. Both prints of the 2nd edition can be used for the course, but do not get the 1st edition.
The following chapters and appendices are mandatory:
- Ch. 6 Water in soils: infiltration and redistribution (without: 6.6 ‘Quantitative modelling of infiltration at a point’, and 6.7 ‘Infiltration over areas & Redistribution’, and boxes 6.1, 6.2 & 6.3)
- Ch. 7 Evapotranspiration
- Ch. 8 Ground water in the hydrologic cycle (without: 8.5 ‘Evaluation of ground-water-balance components’)
- Ch. 9 Stream response to water-input events (without 9.3 ‘Open-channel flow and streamflow routing’, and 9.6.2 ‘SCS Curve-number method’)
- App A Hydrologic quantities
- App B Water as a substance (without: B3 ‘Flow equations’)
- App C Basic statistics
- App D Water and energy in the atmosphere
- App E Estimation of daily clear-sky solar radiation on sloping surfaces (without: E2 ‘Radiation on a sloping plane’)
- App F Stream-gauging methods for short-term studies
Recommended additional literature
- C.W.Fetter (2001) Applied hydrogeology (4th edition). Prentice Hall.
- Grip, H. & Rodhe, A.: Vattnets väg från regn til back.
- Nedbør- avløps prosesser (hydrological conditions in Norway).
For some topics additional learning material will be available from the internet / classfronter.
Exercises
Exercises and old exams will be available on the internet / classfronter.