Understanding mathematical and statistical techniques in hydrology : an examples-based approach /
Rodda, Harvey.
Understanding mathematical and statistical techniques in hydrology : an examples-based approach / Harvey Rodda, Max Little. - 1 online resource.
Includes index.
Fundamentals -- Statistical modelling -- Mathematics of hydrological processes -- Techniques based on data fitting -- Time series data -- Measures of model performance, uncertainty and stochastic modelling.
Pick up any hydrology textbook and it will not be long before you encounter pages listing sequences of equations representing complex mathematical concepts. Students and practitioners of hydrology will not find this very helpful, as their aim, generally, is to study and understand hydrology, not to find themselves confronted with material that even students of mathematics would find challenging. Often, equations appear to be copied and pasted into hydrological texts in an attempt to give a more rigorous scientific basis to the narrative. However, they are commonly wrong, poorly explained, without context or background and more likely to confuse and distance the reader than to enlighten and engage them in the topic. -- Understanding Mathematical and Statistical Techniques in Hydrology provides full and detailed expositions of such equations and mathematical concepts, commonly used in hydrology. In contrast to other hydrological texts, instead of presenting abstract mathematical hydrology, the essential mathematics is explained with the help of real-world hydrological examples. --Book Jacket.
9781119077985 1119077982 9781119076605 1119076609 9781119076599 1119076595 1444335499 9781444335491 9781444335507 1444335502
2015023562
Hydrology--Mathematical models.
Hydrology--Statistical methods.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geology.
Hydrology--Mathematical models.
Hydrology--Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
GB656.2.M33
551.4801/51
Understanding mathematical and statistical techniques in hydrology : an examples-based approach / Harvey Rodda, Max Little. - 1 online resource.
Includes index.
Fundamentals -- Statistical modelling -- Mathematics of hydrological processes -- Techniques based on data fitting -- Time series data -- Measures of model performance, uncertainty and stochastic modelling.
Pick up any hydrology textbook and it will not be long before you encounter pages listing sequences of equations representing complex mathematical concepts. Students and practitioners of hydrology will not find this very helpful, as their aim, generally, is to study and understand hydrology, not to find themselves confronted with material that even students of mathematics would find challenging. Often, equations appear to be copied and pasted into hydrological texts in an attempt to give a more rigorous scientific basis to the narrative. However, they are commonly wrong, poorly explained, without context or background and more likely to confuse and distance the reader than to enlighten and engage them in the topic. -- Understanding Mathematical and Statistical Techniques in Hydrology provides full and detailed expositions of such equations and mathematical concepts, commonly used in hydrology. In contrast to other hydrological texts, instead of presenting abstract mathematical hydrology, the essential mathematics is explained with the help of real-world hydrological examples. --Book Jacket.
9781119077985 1119077982 9781119076605 1119076609 9781119076599 1119076595 1444335499 9781444335491 9781444335507 1444335502
2015023562
Hydrology--Mathematical models.
Hydrology--Statistical methods.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geology.
Hydrology--Mathematical models.
Hydrology--Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
GB656.2.M33
551.4801/51