Spatial Patterns in Catchment
Hydrology: Observations and Modelling
Edited by Rodger Grayson and Günter Blöschl
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For many years now, modelling tools have been
available to simulate spatially distributed hydrological
processes. These tools have been used for testing
hypotheses
about the behaviour of natural systems, for practical
applications such as erosion and transport modelling,
and for simulation of the effect of land use and
climate change. However, so far the quality of
the simulations and spatial process representations
has been difficult to assess because of a lack
of appropriate field data.
Spatial Patterns in Catchment Hydrology:
Observations and Modelling brings together
a number of recent field exercises in research
catchments, that illustrate how the understanding
and modelling capability of spatial processes
can be improved by the use of observed patterns
of hydrological response. In addition the introductory
chapters review the nature of the hydrological
variability, and introduce basic concepts related
to measuring and modelling spatial hydrologic
processes. This introductory material provides
the conceptual and theoretical background needed
to move into this exciting area of research for
a general earth sciences/water engineering audience.
The book demonstrates that there is rich information
in patterns that provide much more stringent tests
of the models and much greater insight into hydrological
behaviour than traditional methods.
Written in an intuitive and coherent manner,
the book is ideal for researchers, graduate students
and advanced undergraduates in hydrology, and
a range of water related disciplines such as physical
geography, earth sciences, and environmental and
civil engineering as related to water resources
and hydrology.
Rodger Grayson is an Associate
Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Center
for Environmental Applied Hydrology and the Cooperative
Research Center for Catchment Hydrology, both
of which are in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Melbourne. His
professional interests include research, teaching
and consulting related to environmental hydrology,
the modelling and monitoring of water quality
and quantity from research catchment to continental
scales, and integrated catchment management. He
has published over 100 papers and reports in international
and national journals and conferences, as well
as an edited book, several book chapters and this
current book. He is an associate editor of Water
Resources Research and the Journal of Hydrology.
Günter Blöschl is an Associate
Professor at the Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology
and Water Resources Management of the Technical
University of Vienna. His professional interests
include measuring and modelling spatial hydrologic
processes at a range of scales as well as engineering
hydrology and water resources management. He is
an author of over 100 scientific papers and has
received the Schrödinger and Lise Meitner
awards from the Austrian Science Foundation. He
is an associate editor of Water Resources Research,
the Journal of Hydrology and an editorial board
member of Environmental Modelling and Software.
He is a Vice President of sections of both the
European Geophysical Society and the International
Association of Hydrological Sciences.
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