Hydrological Processes Modelling and Data Analysis: A Primer

本書提供了關於數據和模型驅動的水文分析概念和方法以及其廣泛的實際應用的最新概述。本書的出版是基於一個認識，即科學、技術、工程和數學（STEM）概念在工程水文學中是不可或缺的，以培養訓練有素的水文學家。這樣的水文學家將能夠應對未來需要增強信息和通信技術工具以及技術和非技術領域整合的社會挑戰。本書包含12章，介紹了水文數據分析的原則，並突出了目前和新興的用於分析水文數據的工具和技術。本書描述了水文分析中通常使用的數據類型。它強調了在水文數據收集方面取得的革命性技術進展，包括使用無人機和智能手機。本書的首要目標是介紹水文數據分析程序。它解釋了數據分析的步驟，以便讀者（包括學生和專業人士）能夠容易理解。本書提供了展示典型分析問題中所涉及的步驟的案例研究，並可指導學生和專業人士在計劃和執行分析問題時的步驟。案例研究示例將引導他們理解水文數據分析的細節。它為讀者提供了一個完整的套件，以豐富他們對水文數據分析工具和技術的理解。隨後，作為訓練有素的水文學家，他們可以應用所學來應對21世紀的任何具體重大挑戰。

Vijay P. Singh is a Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, and Inaugural Holder of the Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, Registered Professional Hydrologist, and Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an Academician of Georgia Fazisi Academy, a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a Fellow/Member of 12 other international science/engineering academies. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, hydraulic geometry, water quality, food-water-energy-environment nexus, water resources, entropy theory, copula theory, and climate change impacts with more than 1,540 refereed journal articles; 40 books; 95 edited reference books, as well as the Handbook of Applied Hydrology and Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers; 130 book chapters; and 330 conference papers.

Rajendra Singh has been a Faculty in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur since 1989. He has been associated with the Land and Water Resources Engineering (earlier, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering) discipline of the department and has taught surface water hydrology at UG and PG levels. He has contributed significantly to the agricultural engineering profession through teaching, research, and technology transfer. He has developed and popularised five software packages, including the "Hydrology Calculator," to improve agricultural engineering education and research. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS). He has received the "Jawaharlal Nehru Award" for the best doctoral research, the "ICAR Young Scientist Award," the "AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers," "Recognition Award" in the area of "Soil and Water Conservation Engineering" from NAAS, and "Outstanding Book Award" from ISAE for his book "Soil and Water Conservation Structures Design."

Pranesh Kumar Paul is Distinguished Research Scientist at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. He has completed his Ph.D. and Masters in the broad domain of hydrology and climate change from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining his current position, he worked as an International Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. As a Research Scientist, he continues to delve into the complexities of hydrology, contributing to the scientific community and collective understanding of water systems.

Deepak Singh Bisht is Scientist 'C' at the Centre for Cryosphere and Climate Change Studies within the esteemed National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. He has completed his Ph.D. and Masters in the broad domain of Hydrology and Climate Change from the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining NIH, he served as Assistant Professorof Soil and Water Engineering at the Sugarcane Research Institute of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa. His diverse research interests encompass hydrological modelling, hydro-climatology, springshed management, flood modelling, hydrological extremes, and the application of remote sensing and GIS in water resource management. He has published several research papers in internationally reputed, peer-reviewed journals. He has also received recognition for his contributions as a Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and as a Proceeding Editor for an international conference.

Srishti Gaur is a Post-doctoral Scholar in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Ohio State University. She graduated with her joint M.Tech.-Ph.D. degree in Land and Water Resources Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in April 2022. She has a broader research interest in the fields of hydrology, eco-hydrology, hydro-climatology, environmental sustainability, and machine learning. The techniques involved in her research include modelling and simulation, machine learning, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, and hydrological and eco-hydrological field data collection. She is an Active Member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASABE) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Vijay P. Singh是美國德克薩斯州A&M大學的傑出教授、校董教授，也是卡羅琳和威廉N.勒爾爵士水利工程著名講座的首任持有人。他是註冊專業工程師、註冊專業水文學家，以及ASCE-AAWRE的榮譽外交官。他是美國國家工程院（NAE）的成員，格魯吉亞法茲西學院的學院成員，歐洲科學與藝術學院的成員，以及其他12個國際科學/工程學院的會士/成員。他在水文學、灌溉工程、水力學、地下水、水力幾何學、水質、食物-水-能源-環境關聯性、水資源、熵理論、聯合分布理論和氣候變化影響等領域發表了大量論文，包括1540多篇經同行評審的期刊文章、40本書、95本編輯參考書，以及應用水文學手冊和雪、冰和冰川百科全書；130篇書籍章節和330篇會議論文。

Rajendra Singh自1989年以來一直在印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校的農業和食品工程系擔任教職。他一直與該系的土地和水資源工程（早期為土壤和水資源保護工程）學科有關，並在本科和研究生課程中教授地表水水文學。他通過教學、研究和技術轉移在農業工程專業方面做出了重大貢獻。他開發並推廣了五個軟件包，包括“水文計算器”，以改善農業工程教育和研究。他是印度國家農業科學院（NAAS）的會士。他曾獲得“賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯獎”（最佳博士研究）、“ICAR青年科學家獎”、“AICTE青年教師職業獎”、“NAAS土壤和水資源保護工程領域的認可獎”以及他的書籍“土壤和水資源保護結構設計”的“傑出圖書獎”。

Pranesh Kumar Paul是加拿大圭爾夫大學的傑出研究科學家。他在印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校完成了水文學和氣候變化的博士和碩士學位。在加入現職之前，他曾在中國科學院擔任國際研究員。作為一名研究科學家，他繼續深入研究水文學的複雜性，為科學界和對水系統的共同理解做出貢獻。

Deepak Singh Bisht是印度國家水文研究所冰川與氣候變化研究中心的C級科學家。他在印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校的農業和食品工程系完成了水文學和氣候變化的博士和碩士學位。在加入國家水文研究所之前，他曾在拉詹德拉·普拉薩德中央農業大學甘蔗研究所擔任土壤和水資源工程助理教授。他的研究興趣涵蓋水文模型、水候學、泉水管理、洪水模擬、水文極端事件以及遙感和地理信息系統在水資源管理中的應用。他在國際知名的同行評審期刊上發表了多篇研究論文。他還因為在同行評審期刊上的貢獻而獲得了審稿人的認可，並擔任國際會議的會議編輯。

Srishti Gaur是俄亥俄州立大學食品、農業和生物工程系的博士後學者。她於2022年4月從印度理工學院卡拉格普爾分校獲得土地和水資源工程的聯合碩士-博士學位。她在水文學、生態水文學、水候學、環境學等領域有廣泛的研究興趣。