CONTENTS // List affigures vi // List of tables xv // Series Editor’s preface xvii // Preface to the third edition xix // 1 HYDROLOGY AS A SCIENCE 1 // 2 PRECIPITATION 19 // 3 EVAPORATION 49 // 4 INTERCEPTION AND SURFACE STORAGE 69 // 5 GROUNDWATER 86 // 6 SOIL WATER 107 // 7 RUNOFF 133 // 8 MEASURING CHANNEL FLOW 157 // 9 STREAMFLOW ANALYSIS AND MODELLING 176 // 10 WATER QUALITY 207 // 11 WATER RESOURCES IN A CHANGING WORLD 233 // References 257 // Index 274