Snowfall Evapotranspiration Raintatt FIGURE 1-1 Hydrologic eycle of a natural environment. ‘The conceptual representation of hydrologic systems can be stated in mathematical terms. Letting /, O, 5, and 1 denote the input, output, storage, and time, respectively, the fol- lowing equation is known as the linear storage equation: 1-0=— a-b ‘The derivative on the right-hand side of Equation 1-1 can be approximated by the numerical equivalent AS/ Ar, when one wishes to examine the change in storage between two times, say t, and 1,. In this case, Equation 1-1 becomes AS _S,-S, 1-022 225") (1-2) Ato oh-h in which S, and S, are the storages at times f, and 1), respectively<=> Fer precipitation erp I I iepton Be epression » sore exfiltration ys RR) MRE ae ‘overland flow/ surface nino, 1 = RE " tion ne HPAL evaporat + ai = interflow 0 groundwater table TT # see oo rnin BR gromndwater Ne AS, Bed P-(E*T+INF +Q)=— Sed KR INF ~(INT + G) =—-£40m (2-1) 7K BSCR (FBLA LAR)