An important part of the risk management of natural hazards in mountain regions concerns the hazard assessment and the planning of protection measures in steep headwater catchments, i.e. torrent control and slope stabilization. This publication presents an overview of methods to…
Record-breaking floods in many places in the world in recent years have underlined the need for accurate flood forecasting models. By knowing in advance when, where and at what level a river will crest, appropriate protection works can be planned and damage to life and property …
1. Introduction2. Overview of continuous flow routing techniques2.1. Basic equations of the one-dimensional, gradually varied nonpermanent open channel flow2.2. Diffusion wave equation2.3. Kinematic wave equation2.4. Flow routing methods2.4.1. Derivation of the storage equation …
1. Introduction2. Overview of continuous flow routing techniques2.1. Basic equations of the one-dimensional, gradually varied nonpermanent open channel flow2.2. Diffusion wave equation2.3. Kinematic wave equation2.4. Flow routing methods2.4.1. Derivation of the storage equation …
Record-breaking floods in many places in the world in recent years have underlined the need for accurate flood forecasting models. By knowing in advance when, where and at what level a river will crest, appropriate protection works can be planned and damage to life and property …
The second edition of Streamflow Measurement meets the demands of engineers and managers in the water industry on how to obtain information on the flow in the world's rivers in view of the decreasing availability of usable water. It deals with all aspects of establishing, operat…
