▁with ▁Professor ▁Peter ▁Wolf ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁hydro log y ▁section ▁( formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ) ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁Engineering ▁Department . ▁Shaw ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁as ▁the ▁department ▁started ▁to ▁award ▁master ' s ▁degrees ▁in ▁hydro log y , ▁starting ▁ 1 9 6 4 – 6 5 . ▁At ▁Imperial , ▁she ▁developed ▁new ▁analyt ical ▁techniques ▁to ▁design ▁rain ▁gauge ▁networks ▁for ▁accurate ▁estimation ▁of ▁are al ▁average ▁ra inf all . ▁ ▁Elizabeth ▁Shaw ' s ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁is ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁H ydro log y ▁Wik i . ▁ ▁H ydro log y ▁in ▁Pract ice ▁ ▁Elizabeth ▁Shaw ' s ▁greatest ▁career ▁achiev ement ▁was ▁as ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁text book ▁" H ydro log y ▁in ▁practice ", ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁and ▁now ▁in ▁its ▁fourth ▁edition . ▁The ▁text book ▁covers ▁hydro log ical ▁measurements , ▁analysis , ▁model ing ▁and ▁applications , ▁and ▁is ▁aim ed ▁at ▁hydro log y ▁students ▁in ▁engineering ▁and ▁practice , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁It ▁includes ▁methods ▁for ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Flo od ▁Est imation ▁Hand book , ▁that ▁offers ▁guidance ▁from ▁the ▁Centre ▁for ▁E col ogy ▁and ▁H ydro log y ▁on ▁standard ▁methods ▁for ▁ra inf all ▁and ▁river ▁flo od ▁frequency ▁estimation ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁ ▁The ▁text book ▁is ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁publish er ▁as ▁" likely ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁course ▁text ▁for ▁every ▁under