Republic of the Philippines

RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECHTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

HYDROLOGY
2ND SEMESTER, AY 2020-2021

QUIZ No. 2 and EXERCISE No. 2

Climate Change and Precipitation
1 March 2021

Deadline: on or before 11:59PM of 14 March 2021

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PART 1. ESSAY AND ENUMERATION

Instructions: Read and understand carefully each question. Answers for this part can be typewritten or
handwritten. Please follow the file name format as provided above. Good luck!

1. Make an essay summarizing what you have learned after watching the following videos:
a. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/videos/the-ozone-hole
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6pxSNDPhs

Maximum of 10 sentences only

2. Make a reflection essay about the speech of Greta Thunberg at the United Nations Climate Action Summit
2019. Access the video and transcript using the links below.
a. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU
b. Transcript: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/23/763452863/transcript-gretathunbergs-speech-at-the-
u-n-climate-action-summit

Maximum of 10 sentences only and can be typewritten or handwritten

3. What is the recent rainfall alert system of PAG-ASA? How does this differ with the signal categories for
tropical cyclones?

4. Research for at least one photo of each instrument provided below and include a short description about
the function/s of each instrument.
a. Doppler radar
b. Mercury Barometer
c. Tipping Bucket Rainfall Recorder
d. Wind Indicator
e. Aneroid Barometer
f. Thermometer
g. Sling Psychrometer
h. Hygrothermograph
i. 8" Standard Rain Gauge
j. Evaporation Pan
k. Micrometer
l. Hook Gauge
m. Three-cap Anemometer
n. Aerovane
o. Bimetallic Actinograph
p. Campbell Stokes/ Sunshine Recorder
q. Automatic Weather Station
r. Lightning Rod

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 PART II. COMPUTATION

Instructions: Answer each question legibly on a clean sheet of paper. Show complete solution for full points.
For intermediate answers, round off values up to four decimal places only. Box your final answers and express
in two decimal places only. After writing your solutions, scan or take a photo of the solution per item then
combine/paste/attach with your answers in Part I.

1. Empty cylindrical cans can be used to measure rainfall at any point in a given area.
a. Assuming you used a 20-cm. diameter receiving can to catch rainfall in your locality and poured
the collected amount into another can, what should be the diameter of the measuring can (in
centimeters) so that rainfall amount to be recorded is comparable to amounts collected using the
standard rain gauge?
b. If 7.9 mm. of rain was collected in the receiving can, what is the equivalent depth in the measuring
can?

2. Find the missing monthly precipitation for Gage X for each of the following scenario:
a. Scenario A
Gage Annual precipitation (cm) Monthly precipitation (cm)
A 89.58 7.02
B 85.04 6.98
C 86.45 6.85
D 87.5 7.14
E 90.82 6.99
X 88.45 ?

b. Scenario B
Gage Annual precipitation (cm) Monthly precipitation (cm)
F 79.57 8.02
G 80.01 8.14
H 78.28 7.98
I 86.73 7.99
J 89.04 7.56
K 87.89 8.25
X 88.45 ?

3. Given the following data, check the consistency of the data for Gage X if:
a. It was permanently relocated after 5 years
b. The upper portions of the curve are to be adjusted

Annual Rainfall (mm)

Year
A B C X
2011 750 847 764 789
2012 781 798 789 798
2013 827 749 799 765
2014 812 816 802 756
2015 805 825 815 802
2016 799 801 823 820
2017 788 789 831 856
2018 887 866 842 865
2019 856 872 854 872
2020 842 894 867 885

4. Compute for the mean precipitation over the area given below using:
a. Arithmetic Average
b. Thiessen Method
c. Isohyetal Method

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Tip: For the area determination in thiessen and isohyetal method, plot/print/trace the given figure in a graphing
paper then count the number of squares/boxes inside each subdivided area. You can refer to the Figure c
provided below. Any scale or measurement can be used as long as it is the same all throughout the whole figure.

20.5 boxes for Station D

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