Rainfall-runoff modeling in arid areas [Elektronische Ressource] / submitted by Eyad Hamad Abushandi

Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in Arid Areas By the Faculty for Geosciences, Geotechnique and Mining of the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg approved THESIS to attain the academic degree of Doctor rerum naturalium Dr. rer. nat Submitted by M.Sc. Eng. Eyad Hamad Abushandi thBorn on the April 14 , 1980, in Irbid, Jordan Assessors: Prof. Dr. Broder Merkel PD Dr. Volkmar Dunger Date of the award: 08.04.2011, in Freiberg Preface The present PhD dissertation “Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in Arid Areas, Jordan” has been submitted as a part of the requirement for the Ph.D. degree at the Technical University of Freiberg (TUBAF). The PhD supervisor was Professor Dr. Broder Merkel. The research was partially funded by Sächsisches Landesstipendium, DAAD, and BAFöG-Amt. The thesis is organized as a synopsis and an appendix, of which the synopsis contains an introduction, the objectives, review of existing work, and a short outline of three manuscripts in international journals with peer review in place. The study has taken place at the Department of Geology from October 2007 to March 2011. An external research stay of two months was spent at the Environment Centre, The Lancaster University/ England, with Professor Keith Beven.