CIV E 445 - APPLIED HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2009
HOMEWORK 4, CHAPTER 3

Problem 4-1

The following snow-chart and hypsometric data have been measured in a certain catchment:

Elevation (%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Cumulative Area (%) 0 24 40 52 66 77 82 86 95 98 100
Snow-water equivalent (mm) 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 8 8

Determine the catchment's overall snow-water equivalent.

Problem 4-2

Given the following stream gaging data, calculate the discharge.

Vertical no.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Distance to reference point (m) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
Sounding depth (m) 0.0 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.5 2.6 3.1 2.3 1.3 0.8 0.0
Velocity at 0.2 depth (m/s) 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.0
Velocity at 0.8 depth (m/s) 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.0

Problem 4-3

A certain substance is introduced at point A of a stream at the rate of 100 L/s with a concentration of 10,000 ppm. At a downstream point B, after complete mixing, the concentration of the substance is measured to 16 ppm. Calculate the stream discharge.

Problem 4-4

Calculate the flood discharge of Clearwater River by the online slope-area method, given the following data: upstream flow area Au = 4222 m2, upstream wetted perimeter Pu = 770 m, upstream αu = 1.17, downstream flow area Ad = 3353 m2, downstream wetted perimeter Pd = 714 m, downstream αd = 1.21, fall F = 0.45 m, reach length L = 1,598 m, and reach Manning's n = 0.03.