Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Snow climatology and snow distribution
- 3 Snowpack condition
- 4 Ground-based snowfall and snowpack measurements
- 5 Remote sensing of the snowpack
- 6 Snowpack energy exchange: basic theory
- 7 Snowpack energy exchange: topographic and forest effects
- 8 Snowfall, snowpack, and meltwater chemistry
- 9 Snowmelt-runoff processes
- 10 Modelling snowmelt runoff
- 11 Snowmelt-Runoff Model (SRM)
- 12 Snowpack management and modifications
- Appendix A Physical constants
- Appendix B Potential solar irradiation theory
- Index
- Plate Section
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Snow climatology and snow distribution
- 3 Snowpack condition
- 4 Ground-based snowfall and snowpack measurements
- 5 Remote sensing of the snowpack
- 6 Snowpack energy exchange: basic theory
- 7 Snowpack energy exchange: topographic and forest effects
- 8 Snowfall, snowpack, and meltwater chemistry
- 9 Snowmelt-runoff processes
- 10 Modelling snowmelt runoff
- 11 Snowmelt-Runoff Model (SRM)
- 12 Snowpack management and modifications
- Appendix A Physical constants
- Appendix B Potential solar irradiation theory
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
This book is the culmination of several years of effort to create an up-to-date text book and reference book on snow hydrology. Our interest in snow hydrology was initiated while we were both taking an early snow hydrology class taught by Dr. James R. Meiman at Colorado State University. The book is an outgrowth of our interest in snow hydrology borne out of that class and later experiences while teaching snow hydrology courses of our own and conducting snow-related research. The book includes the basics of snow hydrology and updated information about remote sensing, blowing snow, soil frost, melt prediction, climate change, snow avalanches, and distributed modelling of snowmelt runoff, especially considering the effects of topography and forests. A separate chapter is devoted to the SRM or Snowmelt Runoff Model that Rango helped to develop, which includes the use of satellite snow-cover data. We have also added a chapter on management of snowpacks in rangeland, cropland, forest, alpine, and urban settings. Topics related to glaciology and glacial hydrology were largely avoided. The chapters are sequenced so that students with a basic understanding of hydrology and physics can progressively learn the principles of snow hydrology in a semester-long class. The book can serve as a text in an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level class. We have included example computations in some of the chapters to enhance understanding. A website has been created for students with example problems and discussion questions related to specific chapters.
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- Principles of Snow Hydrology , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008