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Group Assignment 1. Using Groups of 7 To 8 Students As Instructed in The Last Class, Complete The Following Questions

This document outlines 9 questions for a group assignment on rainfall and hydrology. It includes questions about factors to consider when selecting a rain gauge site, estimating rainfall at a missing station, determining optimal rain gauge density, computing average rainfall using Thiessen polygons and isohyetal maps, rainfall frequency and recurrence intervals, identifying changes in rainfall data regimes, drawing a depth-area-duration curve, and describing Guyana's hydrometeorological network. Sample rainfall and station data is provided to aid in answering the questions.

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Group Assignment 1. Using Groups of 7 To 8 Students As Instructed in The Last Class, Complete The Following Questions

This document outlines 9 questions for a group assignment on rainfall and hydrology. It includes questions about factors to consider when selecting a rain gauge site, estimating rainfall at a missing station, determining optimal rain gauge density, computing average rainfall using Thiessen polygons and isohyetal maps, rainfall frequency and recurrence intervals, identifying changes in rainfall data regimes, drawing a depth-area-duration curve, and describing Guyana's hydrometeorological network. Sample rainfall and station data is provided to aid in answering the questions.

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Group Assignment 1.

Using groups of 7 to 8 students as instructed in the last class, complete


the following questions.

Question 1

(a) What factors you consider in selecting a site for a rain-gauge station?

(b) A 3-hour storm occurred at a place and the precipitations in the neighbouring rain-gauge
stations P, Q and R were measured as 3.8, 4.1 and 4.5 cm, respectively. The precipitation in the
neighbouring station S could not be measured since the rain-gauge bottle was broken. The normal
precipitation in the four stations P, Q, R and S as were 45, 48, 53 and 50 cm, respectively. Estimate
the storm precipitation at station S.

Question 2

(a) Define ‘rain-gauge density’ and explain how you would determine the optimum number of
rain-gauges to be erected in a given basin. How does it affect the accuracy of rainfall
measurements?

(b) In a certain river basin there are six rain-gauge stations, the normal annual rainfall depths at
the stations being 42.4, 53.6, 67.8, 78.5, 82.7 and 95.5 cm, respectively. Determine the optimum
number of rain-gauge stations to be established in the basin if it is desired to limit the error in the
mean value of rainfall over the catchment to 10% and indicate how you distribute them

Question 3

For the basin shown in Fig. 1, the normal annual rainfall depths recorded and the isohyetals are
given. Determine the optimum number of rain-gauge stations to be established in the basin if it is
desired to limit the error in the mean value of rainfall to 10%. Indicate how you are going to
distribute the additional rain-gauge stations required if any. What is the percentage accuracy of the
existing network in the estimation of the average depth of rainfall over the basin? The area between
the isohyetals are given below:

Zone I II III IV V VI Total


Area
63 278 389 220 55 33 1038
(Km2)
Fig. 1 Isohyetal map
Question 4

Explain three methods of determining the mean areal depth of precipitation over a basin covered
by several rain-gauge stations.

Thiessen polygons and isohyetal map are given in Fig. 2 and 3 respectively, for different drainage
basins. Areas and precipitation values are tabulated. Compute the average precipitation over the
basins.

Figure 2: Thiessen Polygon


Figure 3: Isohyetal map
Question 5
(a) What is meant by ‘frequency of rainfall’ and ‘recurrence interval’?
(b) The annual rainfall at a place for a period of 30 years is given below. Draw the rainfall
frequency curve and determine (a) rainfalls of 5-yr, 10-yr and 20-yr recurrence interval (b) the
rainfall of probability 0.75 (c) the probability of occurrence of rainfall ≥ 35 cm.
Question 6
Annual precipitation at rain-gauge station X and the average annual precipitation at 20 surrounding
rain-gauge stations are given below. Examine the consistency of data at station X. Indicate at what
year a change in regime has occurred and how you are going to make the necessary adjustments.
Question 7
The isohyets for a 2-day storm on a basin of 1038.3 km2 are shown in Fig. 4 and the area between
the isohyets as planimetered are given below. Draw the depth-area-duration curve for the basin.

Figure 4: Isohyetal map

Question 8
Give a brief description of the hydrometeorological network of Guyana.
Question 9
(a) Compute the average monthly and average yearly rainfall values in mm for data given
for the Botanical gardens
(b) Based on the computed annual rainfall, for the 30 years is given, draw the rainfall frequency
curve and determine (a) rainfalls of 5-yr, 10-yr and 20-yr recurrence interval (b) the rainfall of
probability 0.85 (c) the probability of yearly occurrence of rainfall ≥ 1500mm

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