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CHAPTER TWOPRECIPITATION
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Precipitation
The term precipitation denotes all forms of water that reach the earth from the atmosphere. The usual forms are rainfall, snowfall, hail, frost and dew
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For precipitation to form
(i) the atmosphere must have moisture,
(ii) there must be sufficient nucleii present to aid condensation,
(iii) weather conditions must be good for condensation of water vapour to take place, and
(iv) the products of condensation must reach the earth
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
The term rainfall is used to describe precipitations in the form of water drops of sizes larger than 0.5 mm. The maximum size of a raindrop is about 6 mm
Rain مطر
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
Snow is another important form of precipitation. Snow consists of ice crystals which usually combine to form flakes. When new, snow has an initial density varying from 0.06 to 0.15 g/cm3 and it is usual to assume an average density of 0.1 g/cm3.
Snow ثلج
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
A fine sprinkle of numerous water droplets of size less than 0.5 mm and intensity less than 1 mm/h is known as drizzle. In this the drops are so small that they appear to float in the air.
Drizzle رذاذ
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
When rain or drizzle comes in contact with cold ground at around 00 C, the water drops freeze to form an ice coating called glaze or freezing rain.
Glaze الصقيل
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
It is frozen raindrops of transparent grains which form when rain falls through air at subfreezing temperature. In Britain, sleet denotes precipitation of snow and rain simultaneously.
Sleet متجمد مطر
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FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
It is a showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or lumps of ice of size more than 8 mm. Hails occur in violent thunderstorms in which vertical currents are very strong.
Hail بردا تمطر
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WEATHER SYSTEMS FOR
PRECIPITATION
A front is the interface between two distinct air masses. Under certain favorable conditions when a warm air mass and cold air mass meet, the warmer air mass is lifted over the colder one with the formation of a front. The ascending warmer air cools adiabatically with the consequent formation of clouds and precipitation.
Front
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WEATHER SYSTEMS FOR
PRECIPITATION
A cyclone is a large low pressure region with circular wind motion. Two types of cyclones are recognized: tropical cyclones and extratropical cyclones.
Cyclone
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WEATHER SYSTEMS FOR
PRECIPITATION
In this type of precipitation a packet of air which is warmer than the surrounding air due to localized heating rises because of its lesser density. Air from cooler surroundings flows to take up its place thus setting up a convective cell. The warm air continues to rise, undergoes cooling and results in precipitation.
Convective Precipitation
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WEATHER SYSTEMS FOR
PRECIPITATION
The moist air masses may get lifted-up to higher altitudes due to the presence of mountain barriers and consequently undergo cooling, condensation and precipitation. Such a precipitation is known as Orographic precipitation
Orographic Precipitation
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MEASUREMENTPrecipitation is expressed in terms of the depth
to which rainfall water would stand on an area if all the rain were collected on it. Thus 1 cm of rainfall over a catchment area of 1 km represents a volume of water equal to 104 m3
The precipitation is collected and measured in a raingauge
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Rain gauge SettingFor setting a rain gauge the following considerations are
important:
1.The ground must be level and in the open and the instrument must present a horizontal catch surface.
2. The gauge must be set as near the ground as possible to reduce wind effects.
3. The instrument must be surrounded by an open fenced area of at least 5.5 m x 5.5 m. No object should be nearer to the instrument than 30 m or twice the height of the obstruction.
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Non-recording Gauges
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Recording Gauges • Tipping—Bucket Type• Weighing—Bucket Type • Natural—Syphon Type
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Recording Gauges • Telermetering Raingauges
• Radar Measurement of Rainfall
where Pr = average echopower, Z = radar-echo factor, r = distance to target volume and C = a constant Generally the factor Z is related to the intensity of rainfall as
Z=aIb
2r
CZPr
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RAINGAUGE NETWORK 1. In flat regions of temperate, Mediterranean and
tropical zones:
ideal – 1 station for 600 – 900 km2
acceptable – 1 station for 900 – 3000 km2
2. in mountainous regions of temperate, Mediterranean and topical zones:
ideal - 1 station for 100—250 km2
acceptable - 1 station for 250—1000 km2
3. in arid and polar zones: I station for 1500—l0,000 km2 depending on the feasibility.
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Adequacy of Rain gauge Stations
where N = optimal number of stations, ε = allowable degree of error in the estimate of the mean rainfall and Cv = coefficient of variation of the rainfall values at the existing m stations (in per cent)
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vCN
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Adequacy of Rain gauge Stations
PC mV
1100
ionderddeviatsm
PPm
i
m tan1
)(1
2
1
Pi = precipitation magnitude in the i4th station
itationmeanprecipPm
Pm
i
1
1
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EXAMPLE A catchment has six rain gauge stations. In a year, the annual rainfall recorded by the gauges are as follows:-
Station A B C D E
Rainfall (cm) 82.6 102.9 180.3 98.8 136.7
For a 10% error in the estimation of the mean rainfall, calculate the optimum number of stations in the catchment
Solution:- from first data
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04.35
6.118
6
1
m
P
m
9,7.810
54.29
54.296.118
04.35*100
2
sayN
Cv
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PREPARATION OF DATA Estimation of Missing Data
Given the annual precipitation values, P1, P2, P3, . Pm at neighbouring M stations 1,2,3 M respectively, it is required to find the missing annual precipitation P . at a station X not included in the above M stations
If the normal annual precipitations at various stations are within about 10% of the normal annual precipitation at station X:
PmPPM
Px .......211
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PREPARATION OF DATA
Estimation of Missing Data
If the normal precipitations vary considerably
Nm
Pm
N
P
N
P
M
NP xx ......
2
2
1
1
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PREPARATION OF DATA
Test for Consistency of Record
Some of the common causes for inconsistency of record are: (i) shifting of a rain gauge station to a new location, (ii) the neighborhoods of the station undergoing a marked change, (iii) change in the ecosystem due to calamities, such as forest fires, land slides, and (iv) occurrence of observational error from a certain date
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PREPARATION OF DATA
Test for Consistency of Record
Accumulated Annual Rainfall of 10 station MeanΣP in units of l03 cm
Acc
um
ula
ted
An
nu
al R
ain
fall
at
x
Σ
P i
n u
nit
s o
f l0
3 cm
a
cxcx M
MPP
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PRESENTATION OF RAINFALL DATA
Mass Curve of Rainfall
Time (days)
Acc
um
ula
ted
pre
cip
itat
ion
(c
m)
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PRESENTATION OF RAINFALL DATA
Hyetograph
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MEAN PRECIPITATION OVER AN AREA
Arithmetical—Mean Method
N
Ii
ni PNN
PPPPP
1
21 1......
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MEAN PRECIPITATION OVER AN AREA
Thiessen-Mean Method
)....(
...
621
662211
AAA
APAPAPP
A
AP
A
AP
P iM
ii
M
iii
1
1
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MEAN PRECIPITATION OVER AN AREA
Isohyetal Method
A
PPa
PPa
PPa
P
nnn
2
.....22
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322
211
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DEPTH-AREA—DURATION RELATIONSHIPS
Depth-Area Relation
)(exp no kAPP
where P = average depth in cms over an area A km2, Po = highest amount of rainfall in cm at the storm centre and K and n are constants for a given region
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DEPTH-AREA—DURATION RELATIONSHIPS
Maximum Depth-Area-Duration Curves
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FREQUENCY OF POINT RAINFALL
rnrrnrr
nnr qP
rrn
nqPCP
!)!(
!,
TP
1 If the probability of an event
occurring is P, the probability of the event not occurring in a given year is q= (1 -P)
where Pr,n = probability of a random hydrologic
event (rainfall) of given magnitude and
exceedence probability P occurring r times in n successive years
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FREQUENCY OF POINT RAINFALL example,
(a) The probability of an event of exceedence probability P occurring 2 times in n successive years is
(b) The probability of the event not occurring at all in , successive years is
nnn PqP 1,0
(c) The probability of the event occurring at least once in n successive years
nn PqP )1(111
22,2 !2)!2(
!
n
n qPn
nP
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FREQUENCY OF POINT RAINFALL Plotting Position
1N
mP
Method P
California m/N
Hazen (m-0.5)/N
Weibull m/(N+1)
Chegodayev (m-0.3)/(N+0.4)
Blom (m-0.44)/(N+0.12)
Gringorten (m-3/8)/(N+1/4)
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FREQUENCY OF POINT RAINFALL
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For a station A, the recorded annual 24 h maximum rain fall are given below. (a) Estimate the 24h maximum rainfall with return period of 13 and50 year. (b) What would be the probability of a ran fall of magnitude equal to or exceeding 10cm occurring in 24 h at station A.
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TABLE 2.3 ANNUAL MAXIMUM 24 h RAINFALL AT STATION A
Year 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Rain-Fall cm
13.0 12.0 7.6 14.3 16.0 9.6 8.0 12.5 11.2 8.9 8.9 7.8
Year1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Rain-Fall cm
9.0 10.2 8.5 7.5 6.0 8.4 10.8 10.6 8.3 9.5
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Probability
1n
mP
m
Rainfall (cm)
Return periodT=1/PYears
m Rainfall (cm)
Return periodT=1/PYears
1 16.0 0.043 23.00 12 9.0 0.522 1.92
2 14.3 0.087 11.50 13 8.9 - -
3 13.0 0.013 7.67 14 8.9 0.609 1.64
4 12.5 0.174 5.75 15 8.5 0.652 1.53
5 12.0 0.217 4.60 16 8.4 0.696 1.44
6 11.2 0.261 3.83 17 8.3 0.739 1.35
7 10.8 0.304 3.29 18 8.0 0.783 1.28
8 10.6 0.348 2.88 19 7.8 0.826 1.21
9 10.2 0.391 2.56 20 7.6 0.870 1.15
10 9.6 0.435 2.30 21 7.5 0.913 1.10
11 9.5 0.478 2.09 22 6.0 0.957 1.05
Probability
1n
mP
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INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP
n
x
aD
KTi
)(
where K, x, a and n are constants for a given catchment
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INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP
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INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP
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PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION (PMP)
where = mean of annual maximum rainfall series, σ = standard deviation it the series and K = a frequency factor
KPPMP P
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Assignments for Chapter 2
Solve the following problems:
- 2.1- 2.3- 2.7- 2.10- 2.12- 2.15