Hydrology for Engineers, Geologists, and Environmental Professionals - 2nd Edition by Sergio E Serrano (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A comprehensive hydrology treatise for today's research and consulting environmental professional. Hydrology for Engineers, Geologists and Environmental Professionals integrates the subjects of surface, subsurface, and contaminant hydrology. It prepares the reader to analyze today's environmental problems.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>An integrated coverage of the subjects of surface, subsurface, and contaminant hydrology. The author presents the fundamental concepts of physical and contaminant hydrology of watersheds, rivers, lakes, soils, and aquifers in an easy and accessible manner to the environmental professional.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Prepares the reader to analyze today's environmental problems.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>Many practical examples and solved problems illustrate the concepts. This edition includes clear presentation of concepts, consistent notation, 124 solved examples, 187 proposed problems, 152 illustrations, 71 tables, 46 short computer programs in MAPLE, answers to problems, extensive bibliography.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>State of the art research on groundwater and contaminant transport modeling is explained in a clear fashion.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>Recent research developments in nonlinear hydrologic science and simulation are included in this new edition.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>New solutions of nonlinear infiltration are presented with simple numerical applications.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>New developments in analytical decomposition are presented as simple and practical means to complex nonlinear hydrologic problems, such as regional groundwater flow modeling in homogeneous or heterogeneous media, regular or irregularly-shaped domains, steady or transient problems, multiple pumping wells, and nonlinear flow.</strong><br /> </li> <li><strong>For contaminant transport, new applications to the simulation of nonlinear decay, nonlinear sorption, and unsaturated-saturated zones contaminant propagation are presented along with simple programs.</strong></li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The author should be congratulated for putting for the first time such diverse set of topics into one coherent text, successfully linking hydrological sciences and environmental protection." Journal of Hydrology "The presentations are clear and concise and the illustrative examples are well chosen and complement the text." Transactions, American Geophysical Union ..". an important contribution to link environmental issues and hydrological sciences." Hydrological Sciences Journal "The chapter topics and organization of the book are presented in excellent format...The figure, table, paragraph, and chapter layouts are easily followed by the reader..." Journal of the American Water Resources Association ..". a novelty is introduced by presenting the method of decomposition as a new analytical technique for nonlinear problems...Modern concepts of scale-dependent dispersion are also introduced... recommend this book for its clear presentation of concepts and illustrative examples, and for its emphasis on environmental problems." Mathematical Geology "In addition to students, this book should prove useful to professional consulting engineers, geologists, and environmental engineers ... due to its comprehensive coverage... to chemical engineers involved with waste disposal or site remediation, or who deal with water as an energy carrier..." Chemical Engineering progress ..". presents concepts in an easy and accessible manner to the environmental professional... Many practical examples and solved problems illustrate the concepts..." Environmental Geology "The author...emphasizes clarity over comprehensiveness..." Groundwater<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Dr. Sergio E. Serrano has over 25 years of experience as a university professor of hydrology, and over 30 years of international professional experience in hydrologic engineering and modeling. He has been an associate editor of various hydrologic journals; the author of over 100 publications in scientific journals and books in the field of hydrology; and a pioneer of several new solutions of nonlinear equations in surface, subsurface, and contaminant hydrology.
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