Numerical methods provide a powerful and essential tool for the solution of problems of water resources. This book gives an elementary introduction to the various methods in current use and demonstrates that different methods work well in different situations and some problems requirecombinations of methods. It is essential to know something of all of them in order to make a reasoned judgement of current practice. Their applications are discussed and more specialised versions are outlined along with many references making this an invaluable, comprehensive coverage of thefield.

Nine lectures from special seminars at the International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources, Rabat, Morocco, October 1991. Among the topics are hydraulic transients with frequency-dependent factors, applications of Kalman filter to hydraulic engineering, and advanced tidal flow simulation. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR