Assignment 1: Term 212; CE 531: Advanced Engineering Hydrology

Delivery date: Feb 02; Submission date: Feb 08, 2022

Marks 100 (6x10 + 40)

1. At Boise, Idaho, latitude 4354N, the long-term mean monthly temperatures are provided in
the table. Please compute the seasonal consumptive use of water for an alfalfa crop having a
growing season of April 1 to September 15 using the Blaney-Criddle Method.

Month Temp (F) Month Temp (F)

Jan 27.9 Jul 72.5
Feb 33.6 Aug 71
Mar 41.4 Sep 61.2
Apr 49.1 Oct 50.1
May 56.1 Nov 39.7
June 64.5 Dec 30.4
2.

3. Prepare the crop coefficient curve (grass reference) for potatoes planted on May 10. The grass
reference Eto for May is 5 mm/day. The soil is wetted in 10-day intervals during the initial
stage. The crop is well watered.
4. For the problem in question 3, the potatoes are harvested on Sept 15. Estimate the monthly
evapotranspirations. The grass reference evapotranspirations are:

Month Eto (mm/day)

May 5
Jun 5.5
Jul 6.5
Aug 6.0
Sep 6.0

5. The rainfall recorded at the network of stations due to a storm over a trapezoidal watershed is
shown in the figure below. Determine the average areal rainfall by the (i) average method; (ii)
Thiessen polygon method; and (iii) Isohyetal method.

6.
For the precipitation data shown in the table below, prepare the intensity-duration-frequency
curve for 15-year frequency.
7.
Using the following 25 year daily maximum data for a city in Saudi Arabia, develop the IDF
curve with 100-year return period. Estimate the parameters. Show the details of each step.

Rank City AX
1 129.3
2 63.5
3 56.3
4 50.1
5 49.2
6 46.8
7 46.8
8 40
9 32
10 30.5
11 28.9
12 27
13 27
14 27
15 26.2
16 25.7
17 23.6
18 23
19 20.5
20 15.7
21 12.4
22 10.4
23 10
24 10
25 5.2