Hydrology and floodplain analysis / Philip B. Bedient, Wayne C. Huber

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Hydrologic Principles -- 1.1. Introduction to Hydrology -- 1.2. Hydrologic Cycle -- 1.3. Weather Systems -- 1.4. Precipitation -- 1.5. Evaporation and ET -- 1.6. Infiltration Loss -- 1.7. Streamflow and the Hydrograph -- 1.8. Hydrologic Measurement -- 2. Hydrologic Analysis -- 2.1. Watershed Concepts -- 2.2. Rainfall-Runoff -- 2.3. Hydrograph Analysis -- 2.4. Unit Hydrograph Theory -- 2.5. Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Development -- 2.6. Applications of Unit Hydrographs -- 2.7. Conceptual Models -- 2.8. Snowfall and Snowmelt -- 2.9. Green and AMPT Infiltration Method -- 3. Frequency Analysis -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Probability Concepts -- 3.3. Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- 3.4. Return Period or Recurrence Interval -- 3.5. Common Probabilistic Models -- 3.6. Graphical Presentation of Data -- 3.7. Related Topics -- 4. Flood Routing -- 4.1. Hydrologic and Hydraulic Routing -- 4.2. Hydrologic River Routing -- 4.3. Hydrologic Reservoir Routing -- 4.4. Governing Equations for Hydraulic River Routing -- 4.5. Movement of a Flood Wave -- 4.6. Kinematic Wave Routing -- 4.7. Hydraulic River Routing -- 5. Hydrologic Simulation Models -- 5.1. Introduction to Hydrologic Models -- 5.2. Steps in Watershed Modeling -- 5.3. Description of Major Hydrologic Models -- 5.4. HEC-1 Flood Hydrograph Package -- 5.5. Input and Output Data for HEC-1 -- 5.6. Introduction to HEC-HMS -- 5.7. HEC-HMS Watershed Analysis: Case Study -- 6. Urban Hydrology -- 6.1. Characteristics of Urban Hydrology -- 6.2. Review of Physical Processes -- 6.3. Rainfall Analysis -- 6.4. Methods for Quantity Analysis -- 6.5. Sewer System Hydraulics -- 6.6. Control Options -- 6.7. Operational Computer Models -- 6.8. Case Study -- 7. Floodplain Hydraulics -- 7.1. Uniform Flow -- 7.2. Iniform Flow Computations