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Convective Rainfall
Orographic Rainfall
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Station
Polygon Area, A (Sq. mi) P*A
Precipitation, P (in)
1 15.48 0.9 13.93
2 45.36 1.5 68.04
3 38.16 2.8 106.85
4 57.96 1.8 104.33
5 36.72 2.2 80.78
6 33.12 3.1 102.67
7 33.12 3.9 129.17
8 1.80 3.0 5.40
9 23.04 3.8 87.55
10 23.04 4.1 94.46
11 2.88 2.1 6.05
12 33.12 2.9 96.05
13 27.00 3.0 81.00
14 20.16 1.8 36.29
15 9.72 3.1 30.13
Total 400.68 1042.70
1042.70
Average precipitation on basin = = 2.60 in
400.68
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15 Isohyets
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10
17.3 32
Catchment
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Boundary
17.2
Station 10 30
Rainfall
Boundary 21.2
25
15
20
10
where, A = a1 + a2 + a3 + ... an
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1021.45
Average precipitation on basin = = 2.55 in
400.68
1 in = 2.54 cm, hence 2.55 in = 6.477 cm
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Given data
Station A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
Rainfall recorded,
8.8 7.6 10.8 9.2 13.8 10.4 8.5 10.5 11.2 9.5 7.8 5.2 5.6 6.8 7.4
Pi (cm)
Area of influential
polygon, 570 920 720 620 520 550 400 650 500 350 520 250 350 100 160
Ai (km2)
Solution:
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Mc
Pcx Px
Mo
where
Pcx = corrected precipitation at any time period t1
at station X.
Px = original recorded precipitation at time period
t1 at station X.
Mc = corrected slope of the double-mass curve.
Mo = original slope of the mass curve.
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0 0
1979 668 780 668 780
1980 570 762 1238 1542
1981 681 878 1919 2420
1982 601 754 2520 3174
1983 483 761 3003 3935
1984 1186 1056 4189 4991
1985 940 887 5129 5878
1986 616 656 5745 6534
1987 950 791 6695 7325
1988 773 840 7468 8165
1989 646 706 8114 8871
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9000
8000 1989
1988
7000
1987
Cumulative Sum of X
6000
1986
5000 1985
1984
4000
3000 1983
1982
2000 1981
1980
1000
1979
0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Cumulative Sum of Y
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Cumulative
Cumulative Cumulative
Average of Adjusted sum of
Year Gage Xt sum of X, sum of Y, Slope
4 gages Yt gage X/t adjusted X/,
St(x) St(y)
St (x/)
0 0 0
1979 668 780 668 780 906 906
1980 570 762 1238 1542 773 1679
0.763
1981 681 878 1919 2420 924 2603
1982 601 754 2520 3174 815 3418
1983 483 761 3003 3935 655 4074
1984 1186 1056 4189 4991 1186 5260
1985 940 887 5129 5878 940 6200
1986 616 656 5745 6534 616 6816
1.035
1987 950 791 6695 7325 950 7766
1988 773 840 7468 8165 773 8539
1989 646 706 8114 8871 646 9185
10000
9000
1989
1988
8000
1987
Cumulative Sum of X
7000
1986
1985
6000
1984
5000
4000 1983
1982
3000
1981
2000
1980
1000
1979
0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000
Cumulative Sum of Y
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10000
1989
9000
1988
8000
1987
7000
1986
1985
6000
Cumulative Sum of X
1984
5000
4000 1983
1982
3000
1981
2000
1980
1000 1979
0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000
Cumulative Sum of Y
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Hyetograph
A hyetograph is a plot of the intensity of rainfall
against the time interval. The hyetograph is derived
from the mass curve and is usually represented as a
bar chart. The area under a hyetograph represents
the total precipitation received in that period.
Hyetograph of a Storm
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Rainfall Hyetograph:
The graph of rainfall (in)
vs time (5 min).
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Point Rainfall
600
500
Annual Rainfall (mm)
400
300
200
100
0
1948 1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993
Year
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0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
Rainfall (in)
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
140
145
150
Time (min)
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9.00
8.00
7.00
Cumulative Rainfall (in)
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
0 30 60 90 120 150
Time (min)
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