Applied Hydrology (McGraw Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering) - Hardcover

Chow, Ven; Maidment, David; Mays, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070108102 ISBN 13: 9780070108103

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1988

Synopsis

This text is designed for a hydrologist, civil, or agricultural engineer. The text presents an integrated approach to hydrology, using the hydrologic/system or control volume as a mechnism for analyzing hydrologic problems.

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Book Description:

This book is designed for a hydrologist, civil or agricultural engineer. It offers comprehensive coverage of hydrology, incorporating the latest developments and the most up-to-date techniques. The book presents an integrated approach to hydrology, using the hydrologic system or control volume as a mechanism for analyzing hydrologic problems. It includes over 410 end-of-chapter problems and 94 worked example problems in the text.

About the Author:

Deceased

Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University where he was the chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered engineer in seven states and a professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wily & Sons) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker), co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Mangement (both from McGraw-Hill) and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, and the Urban Water Supply Handbook (all from McGraw-Hill). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award given by the Association of American Publishers. He is also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0070108102
• ISBN 13: 9780070108103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 572