CIVE 445 - ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

SPRING 2004 - MIDTERM 1 - SOLUTION

PROBLEM 3

T = 20oC

Qn = 620 cal/cm2/d

v2 = 200 km/d

RH = 75%


The saturation vapor pressure at the overlying air temperature of 20oC is: 

eo = 23.37 mb

For the given climatic conditions, the mass-transfer evaporation rate according to Dunne is:

Ea = (0.013 + 0.00016 × 200) × 23.37 × [(100 - 75)/100] = 0.263 cm/d

The evaporation rate due to net radiation is:

En = (620 cal/cm2/d) / (0.998 gr/cm3 × 586 cal/gr) = 1.06 cm/d

Penman's ratio (Table 2-4):

α = 2.19

The evaporation rate by the Penman formula is:

E = (2.19 × 1.06 + 0.263) / (2.19 + 1) = 0.81 cm/d.   ANSWER.

Problem 4

 
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