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Hydrology Problem-Solving Guide

This document contains 4 questions from tutorials and exams on rainfall measurement and analysis: 1) The difference between point rainfall from a rain gauge and areal rainfall over a region, and using rainfall data from 5 stations to estimate rainfall at an inoperative station. 2) Plotting the hyetograph and mass curve from incremental rainfall data recorded over 6 time intervals in a 210 minute storm. 3) Estimating the average rainfall depth over a 600 km2 catchment area using isohyetal data divided into 5 intervals. 4) Determining the mean rainfall over a rectangular catchment area using Thiessen polygon and arithmetic mean methods from rainfall recorded at 5 stations within the area.

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Hydrology Problem-Solving Guide

This document contains 4 questions from tutorials and exams on rainfall measurement and analysis: 1) The difference between point rainfall from a rain gauge and areal rainfall over a region, and using rainfall data from 5 stations to estimate rainfall at an inoperative station. 2) Plotting the hyetograph and mass curve from incremental rainfall data recorded over 6 time intervals in a 210 minute storm. 3) Estimating the average rainfall depth over a 600 km2 catchment area using isohyetal data divided into 5 intervals. 4) Determining the mean rainfall over a rectangular catchment area using Thiessen polygon and arithmetic mean methods from rainfall recorded at 5 stations within the area.

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CEW541 Assoc Prof Dr Shanker Kumar Sinnakaudan

TUTORIAL 2

QUESTION 1: (PROBLEM 2.2, Subramanya)

i) Briefly explain the difference between point rainfall and aerial rainfall

ii) The normal annual precipitation of five rain gauge stations P, Q, R, S and T are
respectively 125, 102, 76, 113 and 137 cm. During a particular storm the
precipitation recorded by stations P, Q, R and S are 13.2, 9.2, 6.8 and 10.2 cm
respectively. The instrument at station T was inoperative during that storm. Estimate
the rainfall at station T during that storm.

QUESTION 2: (PROBLEM 2.4, Subramanya)

In a storm of 210 minutes duration, the incremental rainfall at various time intervals is
given below:

Time since start of the 30 60 90 120 150 180 210


storm (minutes)
Incremental rainfall in 1.75 2.25 6 4.5 2.5 1.5 0.75
the time interval (cm)

(a) Obtain the ordinates of the hyetograph and represent the hyetograph as a bar
chart with time in chronological order in the x-axis.

(b) Obtain the ordinates of the mass curve of rainfall for this storm and plot the same.
What is the average intensity of storm over the duration of the storm?

QUESTION 3: (PROBLEM 2.7, Subramanya)

For a drainage basin of 600 km2, isohyetals drawn for a storm gave the following
data:

Isohyetals (interval) (cm) 15-12 12-9 9-6 6-3 3-1


Inter-isohyetal area (km2) 92 128 120 175 85

Estimate the average depth of precipitation over the catchment.


CEW541 Assoc Prof Dr Shanker Kumar Sinnakaudan

QUESTION 4: (TEST 1-MAY 2012)

A catchment area is approximately rectangular with ordinates (2,2), (2,20), (18,5),


(20,2). One unit ordinate represents 1 km. There are five rain gauges within the area
with the recorded rainfall as in table below. Determine the mean rainfall using
Thiessen Polygon Method and Arithmetic Mean Method.

Rain Gauge Station Coordinate (km, km) Rainfall (mm)


A 4, 15 150
B 13, 18 200
C 18, 5 250
D 6, 4 450
E 10, 10 320

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