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HYDROLOGY
HANDBOOK

PREPARED BY
THE COMMITTEE ON HYDROLOGY
OF THE
HYDRAULICS DIVISION
ADOPTED JANUARY 17, 1949

HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOCIETY

33 WEST 39TH ST., NEW YORK 18, N . Y.

COPYRIGHT 1949 . BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

REPRINTED . 1952


HYDROLOGY HANDBOOK

PREPARED BY
THE HYDROLOGY COMMITTEE
OF THE
HYDRAULICS DIVISION

HYDROLOGY COMMITTEE
Mer
Donald M
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PRECIPITATION INFILTRATION RUNOFF

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EVAPORATION AND
TRANSPIRATION GROUND WATER STORAGE

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 CONTENTS

S P
H S VIII
F
1. I 1
2. H C 1

CHAPTER 1 .-PRECIPITATION
1. P E P 5
2. S W M U A C 5
3. E S f fS T 7
4. P A f P D 9
5. D P 12
. A I P R ... 12
. M C R D I 15
. P D R I -D -
F q R 17
. P D R D -A R -
19
(1) M C R 22
(2) D -A C 23
6. P D f 24
. P R D D 24
. D -F q 'R 25
. R M C 26
7. P F fS 27
. M S S 27
. M S S P 28
. S C F F 29
. S S W S 29
. T D -D P D S M . .. 30

CHAPTER 2 .-INFILTRATION
1. G D f P 33
. R C 34
. S C 34
. C S M 35
. S S C 35
. C 37
f. S M 38
. O F A R I 39


CONTENTS

S P S
2. M C B D 40 . C F
. P W 40 . N G W
. I 41 3. S G
3. D E I D 42 . U
. K I C 43
4. S B D . . .
. I I 45
5. E S F I
4. I C I 47
. E R
. I C 47
(1) C
. F C 50
. E R
. G C 50
. C G C 51, 6. W U C .
. R C 51 . M C
. R M T
5. S S C 52
S F
. E S 52
. D C . .
. E M 53
. M F . .
. I I 53
. I
6. I F P R 54 . F P
. T M S R 55 . S . . .
. D S R T U I - . C Q
C 56 7. F
. T U I C 56
. O F . . .
. E A C 57 . M D
. V I C U L I . . 58 . F F .
. R I C 58
(1) P P
. E S 58
(2) P P
. S -S E 59
. T U H ,,
7. T U I 59 . D B I
. U 0 I 59 . F R . . . .
. U W I 59
. U W I 59 CHAPTER 4 .-EVAP
. C I 59 1. I
8. I A 60 2. E W 2
. I E E L T - . E D
F 60 . E T
. I C W S . E R
S B P R F I
. E W V
W 61 . E B
. U A D 62
. E S . .
CHAPTER 3 .-RUNOFF 3. E P . . .
. T W B
1. T E ' C R 65 . T S S
2. C R : 65 . T B P
. S F 66 . T F P .
. L - V 68 . T C S


'S CONTENTS V

P S P
40 . C F H 70
40 . N G W D C 72
41 3. S G 73
D 42 . U 75
43
4. S B D 76
45
5. E S F R 78
47
. E R T 78
47
(1) C R 78
50
. E R P 79
50
51 6. W U C 80
51 . M C 81
. R M T D S R
52
S F R 81
52
. D C 83
53
. M F 83
53
. I 86
D R 54 . F P 87
, 55 . S 88
T U I - . C Q W 89
56 7. F 89
, 56
. O F 92
57
. M D 97
U L I . . 58
. F F 101
58
(1) P P ; A F P 102
58
(2) P P ;P -D S 104
59
. T U H 105
59 . D B L 113
59 . F R 115
I 59
59 CHAPTER 4 .-EVAPORATION AND TRANSPIRATION
59 1. I 119
60 2. E W A 119
E L T - . E D 119
60 E
. T 119
W S . E R H 120
R F I . E W V " 122
61 . E B P 123
62 . E S : 123
1UNOFF 3. E P 123
. T W B P 123
) 65 . T S S P 123
: 65 . T B P I P 124
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . T F P 124
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . T C S P 124


CONTENTS

S P S
. A 124 4. S G W
. C 124 5. G W Z . . .
4. S E D 125 . Z A
. P E R 125 . Z S
. E M 125 6. O G V
5. E F 125 . T R . .
6. E R E G L 126 . I
. F P R 126 7. W Y P
. F E M 126 . P
. F S R 127 . S Y
. S O 128 8. M G W
7. R E L A 128 . Z A
8. E O 129 . Z S
. I 129 . V F .
. C C S 130 . C P
. C U 130 9. G W R
. D M 131 . F G W
. E B S 131 . A G
. G L E 131 . C S
. E S 132 . R B
9. T 133 . R G
. F I T 134 . D G
. E S M 134 . R L
. T R 135 . R V
. Q T D 135 10 . S Y G W
10 . E -T C U 136 . C D
. F S M D 136 . F A
. F T L E 137 . P D
. F G W F 137 . D
. F E P R 138 T
. F C D 138 . M U I
. F V P G 139 C . . . .
. F A O 139 11 . B G W D
11 . Q D C U 139 12 . H G W,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER 5.-GROUND WATER STORAGE

1. I 141
2. D G W H 141
3. G W P U S 142
. A G C P R 142
. E C R P O O R . . . . 142
. G P R 144
, W M R 144


P S P
124 4. S G W 144
124 5. G W 145
125 . A 145
125 . S 146
125 6. O G W 147
125 . T R 147
. I 148
' G L 126
126 7. W Y P R 149
126 . P 149
127 . S Y S R 151
128 8. M G W 152
, 128 . A 152
129 . S 152
129 . V F 152
130 . C P 154
130 9. G W R 154
131 . F G W R 155
131 . A G W R 155
131 . C S -F G W R 156
132 . R B R D 158
133 . R G W R 159
134 . D G W R 163
134 . R L 164
135 . R V F 165
D 135 10 . S Y G W R 165
U 136 . C D S Y : . 165
. . F A S Y 166
136
K 137 . P D S Y -G 166
137 . D S Y F W
) 138 T 167
138 . M U D S Y R B ,
139 C 168
139 11 . B G W D 169
U 139 12 . H G W R 169
BIBLIOGRAPHY 173
WATER STORAGE

141
141
I S 142
R 142
~ O O R . . . . 142
144
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