CIV E 445 - APPLIED HYDROLOGY

FALL 2015 - MIDTERM 2 - SOLUTION

PROBLEM 2: ESSAY QUESTIONS

  1. 1 sq mi.

  2. 400 sq mi.

  3. A lysimeter is an instrument designed to measure actual evapotranspiration. It is used in the field, for applications in irrigation and agricultural hydrology.

  4. Gilbert White, a professor of geography.

  5. β = 1.667 = 5/3.

  6. A kinematic wave.

  7. The four variables (or parameters) of the runoff curve number method are:

    1. Hydrologic soil group: A, B, C, D.

    2. Land use and treatment class: agricultural, urban, range, forest.

    3. Ground surface condition: poor, fair, good

    4. Antecedent Moisture Condition: I, II, III.

  8. PRF = 484.

  9. Victor Mockus.

  10. Mean annual precipitation, basin/watershed area, and mean basin elevation.

 
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