Fundamentals of Statistical Hydrology

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 660 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-43560-2 (ISBN)

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This textbook covers the main applications of statistical methods in hydrology. It is written for upper undergraduate and graduate students but can be used as a helpful guide for hydrologists, geographers, meteorologists and engineers. The book is very useful for teaching, as it covers the main topics of the subject and contains many worked out examples and proposed exercises. Starting from simple notions of the essential graphical examination of hydrological data, the book gives a complete account of the role that probability considerations must play during modelling, diagnosis of model fit, prediction and evaluating the uncertainty in model predictions, including the essence of Bayesian application in hydrology and statistical methods under nonstationarity.

The book also offers a comprehensive and useful discussion on subjective topics, such as the selection of probability distributions suitable for hydrological variables. On a practical level, it explains MS Excel charting and computing capabilities, demonstrates the use of Winbugs free software to solve Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) simulations, and gives examples of free R code to solve nonstationary models with nonlinear link functions with climate covariates.

Prof. Dr. Mauro da Cunha Naghettini: Civil Engineer, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1977. MSc in Applied Hydrology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1979. PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA, 1994. From 1979 to 1989: Engineering Hydrologist at CEMIG, the Minas Gerais State power company. From 1989 to 2014: Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Brazilian Federal University of Minas Gerais with teaching, research and management responsibilities. Retired in 2014.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistical Hydrology.- Chapter 2: Preliminary Analysis of Hydrological Data.- Chapter 3: Elementary Theory of Probability.- Chapter 4: Discrete Random Variables: Distributions and Applications.- Chapter 5: Continuous Random Variables: Distributions and Applications.- Chapter 6: Parameter Estimation.- Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing.- Chapter 8: At-Site Frequency Analysis of Hydrological Variables.- Chapter 9: Correlation and Regression.- Chapter 10: Regional Frequency Analysis of Hydrological Variables.- Chapter 11: Introduction of Bayesian Analysis and Its Applications in Hydrology.- Chapter 12: Introduction to the Analysis and Modelling of Nonstationary Hydrological Series.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	XI, 660 p. 162 illus., 103 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
Schlagworte	Civil Engineering • Earth and Environmental Science • Frequency Analysis of Hydrological Variables • hydrogeology • Hydrology/Water Resources • meteorology • Probabilistic Models for Hydrology • statistical hydrology textbook • Statistical Methods in Hydrology • Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Scie • Stochastic Methods in Hydrology
ISBN-10	3-319-43560-4 / 3319435604
ISBN-13	978-3-319-43560-2 / 9783319435602
Zustand	Neuware