In recent years, the field of hydrology has been transformed as geographic information systems are increasingly used to model and analyze the dynamic hydrology at work on the planet. Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources is the definitive book on the Arc Hydro Data Model, a sophisticated template designed to help hydrologists and scientists from other disciplines develop data models in their own areas of study. This book presents Arc Hydro concepts, components, and applications. It describes how to create hydro networks of rivers and streams, define drainage areas linked via relationships to a hydro network, represent channel shape using three-dimensional models, and connect geospatial features to time series measurements recorded at gauging sites.
The CD-ROM included with Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources contains instructions for using Arc Hydro, a set of tools that populate the attributes of the features in the data framework, slide show resources for teachers, and sample data from the Guadalupe River basin in Texas to which you can apply the tools.

Dr. David Maidment is the world's leading authority on water resources and GIS. He is director for the Center for Research at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the editor of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic Information Systems.

ISBN: 9781589480346    2002   224 pages   $59.95

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