Hydrology: An Introduction 1st Edition by Wilfried Brutsaert (PDF)

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Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity and practical concern for humans everywhere. Hydrology: An Introduction presents a coherent introduction to the fundamental principles of hydrology, based on the course that Wilfried Brutsaert has taught at Cornell University for the last thirty years. Hydrologic phenomena are dealt with at spatial and temporal scales at which they occur in nature. The physics and mathematics necessary to describe these phenomena are introduced and developed, and readers will require a working knowledge of calculus and basic fluid mechanics. The book will be invaluable as a textbook for entry-level courses in hydrology directed at advanced seniors and graduate students in physical science and engineering. In addition, the book will be more broadly of interest to professional scientists and engineers in hydrology, environmental science, meteorology, agronomy, geology, climatology, oceanology, glaciology and other earth sciences.

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⭐I’m a hydrology student in a rigorous program, and I used this text for a graduate course. I’m slightly biased, because when I first decided to study hydrology I checked this book out of the library and tried to give it a go, but it was mostly incomprehensible to me because I didn’t yet have the math background to understand it. I thought the integral symbol was a fancy S. Now that I’ve used it in a class, I think it’s my favorite textbook, but I’m also probably just kind of stoked that I can now understand every bit of it!The best thing about it in my opinion is that it includes lots of “optional” sections in a different font, so if you want or need to know more about a specific derivation or relationship, it’s laid out very well, but if you aren’t interested you can just skip forward to the next main section. I will still refer to Dingman and Freeze & Cherry for some things, but because I’ve already been over both of those books in other classes, this one felt like a slightly more intense version, with greater detail and better organization than Dingman.

⭐This textbook is a widely recommended hydrology primer for first year grad students or late undergrads and for this role I think it is written well. Students would benefit from taking a rigorous course in fluid mechanics (with solutions to ODEs, PDEs) before this one, though I do not think there are any other prerequisites. My reservations with this book are two-fold:1. I found the section on atmospheric turbulence to be relatively confusing and poorly written in explaining the physical interpretation of turbulent flux transfers.2. Many times, the author skips algebra steps which are not intuitive–and I say this as a student with an undergraduate degree in physics–and is overly fond of saying “trivial” and “clearly” and “with a quick transformation” and so on.I would personally recommend Dingman’s physical hydrology book though this one is satisfactory.

⭐This textbook is absolutely fantastic! It covers all of the mathematical analysis and their derivations in a clear and concise manner. In addition, the book is written in literary prose and filled with wonderful factoids regarding hydrology. Definitely two thumbs up!

⭐Interesting reference. I gave it three stars because it is not easy to read on my Kindle fire.

⭐Gift for grandson. He is deep into it. Excellent!!!!!! A real educational text/hand book for a serious person. Great Job.

⭐The book was in pretty good shape. No writing inside and the sides were just a little worn.

⭐As mentioned by a previous low reviewer, this book is not truly an “introduction” in the way we typically consider introductory material. Brutsaert assumes you know your calculus and how to apply it. However, the book is absolutely grade A material for those interested in fundamental concepts of hydrologic sciences of any kind. Any class emphasizing this as the primary text will be excellent (assuming the professor can keep pace and delve into the subject matter).

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