Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the 2nd edition -- Down to basics : runoff processes and the modelling process -- Evolution of rainfall-runoff models : survival of the fittest? -- Data for rainfall-runoff modelling -- Predicting hydrographs using models based on data -- Predicting hydrographs using distributed models based on process descriptions -- Hydrological similarity, distribution functions and semi-distributed rainfall-runoff models -- Parameter estimation and predictive uncertainty -- Beyond the primer : models for changing risk -- Beyond the primer : next generation hydrological models -- Beyond the primer : predictions in ungauged basins -- Beyond the primer : water sources and residence times in catchments -- Beyond the primer : hypotheses, measurements and models of everywhere.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.