An attempt is made to place before students (degree and post-degree) and professionals in the fields of Civil and Agricultural Engineering, Geology and Earth Sciences, this important branch of Hydroscience, i.e., Hydrology. It deals with all phases of the Hydrologic cycle and related topics in a lucid style and in metric system. There is a departure from empiricism, with emphasis on collection of hydrological data, processing and analysis of data, and hydrological design on sound principles and matured judgement.
Large number of hydrological design problems are worked out at the end of each article, to illustrate the principles involved and the design procedure. Problems for assignment are given at the end of each chapter, along with objective type and intelligence questions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR H M Raghunath
Hassan Manjunath Raghunath (b.1938) did his B.E. (Civil) from Mysore University in 1960, and M.Sc. (Engg.) in Hydraulics, Irrigation & Flood Control from Kerala University (Trivandrum) in 1962.
He worked as a Research Engineer in the Mysore Engineering Research Station, Krishnarajasagar, as Asst. Prof, and Assoc. Prof, in Civil Engg. in the G.B. Pant and Jawaharlal Nehru Universities; and as Water Resources Specialist for the Southern Region under International Assistance Programme for Developing Countries (AFPRO) and participant in UNDP Ground Water Development Programme, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu.
He was Professor of Civil Engg. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He had been a member on many expert committees and World Bank teams for water resources evaluation. He has published many research papers, Books and a monograph (on Asia).
He is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and presently, Consultant in Water Resources Evaluation at Bangalore.
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