By:

Shahab Khan 10PWCIV3358

Arif khan 09PWCIV3301
 Introduction
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 This method calculates a fair estimate of the average
precipitation.

 Attempts to allow for non-uniform distribution of

gauges by providing a weighting factor for each
gauge.
 Procedure
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 Divide the region into sub-regions centered about
each rain gauge.
 Each polygon area is assumed to be influenced by
the rain gauge station inside it.
 Determine the area of each sub-region (Ai) and
compute sub-region weightings (Wi) using:
Wi = Ai/A.
 Compute total areal rainfall using:
𝑷 = 𝚺𝑾𝒊𝑷𝒊
 Procedure
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 We will find the average precipitation of the region
comprising of the following areas with rain gauge
readings using QGIS:

 Mardan Irrigation Department: 100.40mm

 Forest Institute Peshawar: 466.30mm
 Kohat Station: 625.80mm
 Mir Adam Banda Dam, Karak: 331.72mm
Using Open Layers Plugin, Locate the Gauge
Station
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Edit the attributes table and add the
precipitation Values
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Join the stations by line

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Draw an area encompassing all the stations

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Bisect the lines joining the stations

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Calculate the areas of the sub-regions covered
by each gauge stations
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 Finding Average Precipitation

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 From Theissen Method, Using Equation:
𝑷 = 𝚺𝑾𝒊𝑷𝒊

𝟑𝟒𝟗𝟔.𝟕𝟗𝟔∗𝟒𝟔𝟔.𝟑 𝟐𝟏𝟓𝟎.𝟓𝟕𝟓∗𝟏𝟎𝟎.𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟗∗𝟑𝟑𝟏.𝟕𝟐

P= + + +
𝟗𝟔𝟖𝟖.𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝟗𝟔𝟖𝟖.𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝟗𝟔𝟖𝟖.𝟎𝟏𝟗
𝟐𝟗𝟖𝟐.𝟒𝟑𝟗∗𝟔𝟐𝟓.𝟖
𝟗𝟔𝟖𝟖.𝟎𝟏𝟗

 P = 419.478mm Answer