Introduction to Numerical Methods for Water Resources [Hardcover]

Numerical methods provide a powerful and essential tool for the solution of problems of water resources. This book gives an elementary introduction to the methods in current use. Their application to surface and subsurface flow and to water quality modelling are described in this useful volume, which contains many helpful references to the literature.

Notation
Preface
1. Surface and groundwater flow - types of equation
2. The method of characteristics
3. Finite difference methods
4. Numerical solution of surface flow equations by finite differences
5. Finite difference methods applied to groundwater flow
6. The finite element method
7. Groundwater flow problems solved by finite elements
8. Boundary integral methods
9. Water-quality modelling
10. Dimensionless parameters
Appendix 2 Methods for solving simultaneous equations
Appendix 3 Noise problems
References
Index