CE 394K.2 Surface Water Hydrology
Homework #2
Spring 1999
1. The attached Excel file Buffalo.xls
(also Buffalo.csv
in comma separated text form) contains the precipitation and discharge
data for Buffalo Bayou in Houston for a severe storm which occured there
in October 1994. I would like you to make a study of the rainfall-runoff
relationships for this storm. In particular, I would like you to
do the following:
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Convert the discharge data to units of mm over the drainage area
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Draw a graph of the precipitation and runoff data using hourly time intervals
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Calculate and plot the hourly change in storage of water on the basin and
the cumulative amount of water stored on the basin
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Determine the percentage of the rainfall that became runoff
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Determine the average time lag (hours) between the rainfall distribution
and the runoff distribution
2. Text problems 2.5.1, 2.6.3, 2.8.5, 3.2.1
This assignment is due in on Thurs, February 4