Streamflow Generation

Processes and Perceptual Models
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-286269-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Oxford Graduate Texts

Streamflow Generation: Process and Perceptual Modelsis the first comprehensive synthesis of field-based understanding of how catchments store and release water. It is an equation-free narrative of the flow pathways, sources and travel times of water through headwater catchments. It lowers the barrier of entry into the world of process hydrology by showing where the early ideas came from, what we know today and what remains to be understood. It is one of the first textbooks to highlight the new powers of observation resulting from the use of isotope tracers. McDonnell shows how these tools have ushered in radical shifts in our understanding of hydrological connectivity and the sources and age distributions of water leaving the catchment via streamflow and plant transpiration.

Streamflow Generation: Process and Perceptual Modelsemphasizes the importance of process understanding and perceptual models in an algorithmic world where such knowledge is often ignored. It's overall message is that what remains to be discovered about streamflow generation is vast in comparison to what is known—with encouragement to early career hydrologists to continue the chain of field-based discovery science. This book will appeal to novices, senior undergraduates and graduate students and hydrological researchers and consultants.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McDonnell, Jeffrey J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- Part 1 What Do We Know?

- 2: Streamflow: The first process discoveries (1674-1960)

- 3: The variable source area concept (1960-1970)

- 4: Subsurface stormflow: Process advancements (1965-1974)

- 5: The role of groundwater in storm runoff (1975-1999)

- Part 2 What Do We Think We Know?

- 6: Flowpath connectivity (~2000-present)

- 7: Streamwater age and catchment storage (2010-present)

- 8: Ecohydrological impacts on streamflow generation (~2000-present)

- Part 3 What Do We Need To Know?

- 9: Opportunities and challenges ahead

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey J. McDonnell is a Distinguished Professor of Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. His research focuses on streamflow generation and the use of stable isotopes for tracing the water cycle. He is winner of a number of prizes, including the Horton Medal from the American Geophysical Union (2025), the Ray K. Linsley Award for Surface Water from the American Institute of Hydrology (2023), the International Hydrology Prize from the International Association of Hydrological, UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization (2016), and the Dalton Medal from the European Geosciences Union (2009). McDonnell is a 2024 Officer of the Order of Canada and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academia Europaea, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America. He is the former President of the AGU Hydrology Section.