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Introduction: definition, scope and importance of the hydrological cycle on a global and local scale World water balance, Info on Groundwater. Precipitation:introduction, formation of precipitation, types of precipitation, measurement by gauges, radar and satellite, rainfall variations in space and time, area estimates, extreme values.Evaporation: definitions, physics of evaporation. Actual and potential evaporation. Interception. Methods of measurement. Methods of calculation (e.g. Penman, Bowen ratio). Soil moisture: introduction, characterisation of soils. Physics of water movement in soils. Infiltration and percolation. Runoff and River Flows: streamflow generation; flow measurement. Effect of human interventions on hydrological regimes: introduction, effect of human interventions on hydrological regimes. Links between atmosphere, oceans and the hydrological cycle on land. Climate and Weather Models: water budget modeling for climate and weather simulation.catchment modeling: simulating river flows from rainfall and evaporation.