New books -- Handbook of Hydrology edited by David R. Maidment

The new Handbook of Hydrology (1993), edited by David R. Maidment, is the successor to the Handbook of Applied Hydrology, edited by Ven Te Chow in 1966. Intended as a broad review and reference on hydrology, the Handbook covers primarily water on the continents, and is strongly oriented toward applications rather than basic science. The new Handbook is not simply a new edition, but has been completely rewritten. It has also been rethought, resulting in considerable changes in emphasis. Oceanography, for example, has largely disappeared, while...