Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS

by Vieux, Baxter E.

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Full title :Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS / by Baxter E. Vieux.

Summary

This monograph sets forth a unified approach and principles for modeling hydrologic processes distributed in space and time using geographic information systems (GIS). The focus of this Second Edition is on the principles of how to implement a distributed model using geospatial data to simulate hydrologic processes. Once we embark on fully distributed representations of hydrologic processes, conservation laws form the basis for modeling, and spatial data management becomes necessary. A physics-based approach involves the laws that govern the complexities of all the paths that water travels, from precipitation falling over a river basin to the flow in the river. Worldwide geospatial data has become readily available in GIS format. A modeling approach that can utilize this data for hydrology offers many possibilities. GIS data formats, spatial interpolation, and resolution have important effects on hydrologic simulation of the major hydrologic components of a watershed. Examples are provided that illustrate how to represent a watershed with spatially distributed data along with the many pitfalls inherent in such an undertaking. Since the First Edition, software development and applications have created a richer set of examples, and a deeper understanding of how to perform distributed hydrologic analysis and prediction. This Second Edition is oriented towards a commercially available distributed model called VfloTM.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.
Edition:2

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer Netherlands
Place of Publication:Dordrecht
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (XVII, 294 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781402024603, 1402024606, 9781402024597, 1402024592
DOI:10.1007/1-4020-2460-6
oclc:ocn858875752
LC Classification:GB1001-1199.8
Dewey Decimal:551.4

From the contents: Dedication -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Distributed Hydrologic Modeling -- 2. Data Sources and Structure -- 3. Surface Generation -- 4. Spatial Variability -- 5. Infiltration Modeling -- 6. Hydraulic Roughness -- 7. Digital Terrain -- 8. Precipitation Measurement -- 9. Finite Element Modeling -- 10. Distributed Model Calibration -- 11. Distributed Hydrologic Modeling -- 12. Hydrologic Analysis and Prediction -- Glossary -- Index.