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Methods for water balance computations : an international guide for research and practice

Title
Methods for water balance computations : an international guide for research and practice / edited by A.A. Sokolov and T.G. Chapman.
Publication
Paris : Unesco Press, 1974.

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Additional Authors
  • Sokolov, Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich, d-r geogr. nauk.
  • Chapman, T. G. (Thomas Grandin)
Description
127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies and reports in hydrology ; 17
Uniform Title
Studies and reports in hydrology ; 17.
Subject
  • Water balance (Hydrology) > Statistical methods
  • WATER BALANCE
  • STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Note
  • "A contribution to the International hydrological decade."
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 118-127.
Contents
THE WATER BALANCE EQUATION: General form of the water balance equation -- Other forms of the water balance equation -- Special features of the water balance equation for different time intervals -- Special features of the water balance equation for water bodies of different dimensions -- Closing of the water balance equation -- Units for the components of the water balance equations -- METHODS OF COMPUTATION OF THE MAIN WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS: Basic data -- Precipitation -- River runoff -- Evaporation -- Variations of water storage in river basins -- vARIABILITY OF THE MAIN WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS AND ACCURACY OF THEIR ESTIMATION: Variability of main water balance components -- Estimation of the accuracy of measurement and computation of water balance components -- WATER BALANCE OF WATER BODIES: River basins -- Lakes and reservoirs -- Swamps -- Ground-water basins -- Mountain glacier basins, mountain glaciers and ice shields -- Inland seas -- REGIONAL WATER BALANCES: Water balance of countries -- Water balance of continents -- WATER BALANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE: Main water balance equations -- Water balance equation for the atmosphere-soil system -- Development of the water balance equation for the atmosphere -- Estimation of the terms of the equation for the atmosphere-soil system -- ESTIMATION OF THE RATE OF WATER CIRCULATION.
LCCN
75305499
OCLC
  • ocm01288692
  • 1288692
  • SCSB-9131809
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Princeton University Library