Hydrology and Global Environmental Change / Nigel Arnell,

Ch. 1. Hydrology, earth system science and global environmental change Hydrology and earth system science,
Hydrology and global environmental change,
Hydrology in practice,
The structure of the book,

ch. 2. The global water balance
Introduction to the hydrological system,
The global hydrological cycle: budgets and fluxes,
An overview,

ch. 3. Components
Precipitation,
Interception,
Evaporation and transpiration,
Soil moisture,
Groundwater,
Runoff generation and streamflow,
An overview,

ch. 4. Patterns of hydrological behaviour
Indicators of hydrological behavior,
Variations in hydrological behavior over space,
Variations in hydrological behavior over time,
Hydrological behavior: an overview,

ch. 5. Water quality and the flux of materials
Physical water quality,
Chemical water quality,
Biogeochemical cycles,

ch. 6. Change in the catchment
Detecting and estimating the effects of catchment change,
Effects of changes in catchment land cover,
Effects of changes in catchment water use,
Effects of physical changes in the river network,
Overview,

ch. 7. Changes to the inputs to the catchment : acid deposition and global warming
Acid deposition,
Climate change due to global warming,
Overview,

ch. 8. Hydrological processes and the earth system
Hydrological processes and the atmosphere,
Hydrological processes and the oceans,
Incorporating hydrological processes into climate models,
Overview,

ch. 9. Hydrology and global environmental change : an overview An overall summary,
Hydrological science in the twenty-first century,
Hydrology, global environmental change and water management.

Presenting the hydrological contribution to, and consequences of, global environmental change, this text assumes little or no prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It looks at the main processes of global environmental change