Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources, New Delhi, India, December 1993: Surface-Water Hydrology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages xv-xv
Process Studies in Forest Hydrology: A Worldwide Review....Pages 1-18
Modelling Evapotranspiration of Dune Vegetation....Pages 19-27
Paleohydrology of Quaternary River Systems of North Bihar Plains, India....Pages 29-41
Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Response of a Mountain Watershed....Pages 43-52
Operational Hydrology Aspects of Desertification....Pages 53-60
Spatial Estimation Techniques for Precipitation Analysis — Application to a Region in India....Pages 61-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Design Criteria for the Improvement of Hydrometeorological Data Acquisition Systems. Automation of Sicily Networks....Pages 79-93
A New Automatic Rainfall Sensor....Pages 95-103
An Automatic Electronic Infiltrometer....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Modeling Surface Runoff with Kinematic, Diffusion, and Dynamic Waves....Pages 121-132
Computational Aspects in Kinematic Modelling....Pages 133-147
Effect of Vedernikov Number on Overland Flow Dynamics....Pages 149-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Complexity, Uncertainty, and Systematic Error in Hydrologic Models....Pages 175-189
The Most Probable Hydrologic Response of Fractal River Networks....Pages 191-204
Bayesian Unit Hydrographs....Pages 205-232
Predicting Runoff using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 233-244
Use of Digital Elevation Model in Runoff Modeling....Pages 245-257
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Physically Based Linear Flood Routing Modeling....Pages 261-295
Reliability of the Muskingum Method for the Prediction of Flood Wave Propagation....Pages 297-323
Stratified Muskingum Routing in Natural Channels....Pages 325-331
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Transfer Function Models for Hydrologic Flood Routing....Pages 333-342
Effect of Cross-Sectional Shape on Free-Surface Instability....Pages 343-354
Flow Resistance Estimation for Large-Scale Roughness....Pages 355-370
Warning of Application of the Chezy-Manning Formula Regardless of Channel Shape....Pages 371-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Streamflow Analysis and Synthesis by Pattern Recognition Techniques....Pages 387-401
Moment Evolution of the Outflow-Rate from Nonlinear Conceptual Reservoirs....Pages 403-413
Comparative Study of Stochastic Models for Seasonal Streamflow Generation....Pages 415-427
Adaptivity in Stochastic Modelling and Forecasting....Pages 429-442
Short Term Daily Flow Prediction for Tropical Watershed....Pages 443-456
Role of the Rainfall Input in the Real Time Flood Forecasting....Pages 457-471
Changes in Flow Characteristics of the River Murray in the Last 100 Years....Pages 473-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
On the Statistical Frequency Analysis of Hydrological Extremes....Pages 485-503
Estimation of Extreme Floods with Particular Reference to Southern Africa....Pages 505-520
Functional Relationships and Asymptotic Properties of Distributions of Interest in Hydrologic Frequency Analysis....Pages 521-535
Frequency Analysis of Upper Cauvery Flood Data by L-Moments....Pages 537-555
Flood Prediction by Use of Partial Duration Series....Pages 557-565
Comparison of Five Distributions for Suitability in Flood Frequency Analysis in Bangladesh....Pages 567-575
Investigation of Potential Flash Floods for Ungaged Region Using the Kriging Method....Pages 577-589
Front Matter....Pages 591-591
A Stochastic Characterization of Palmer Drought Severity Index....Pages 593-608