CIV E 634 - SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2009
HOMEWORK 1:   WATER BALANCE

  1. The following precipitation-runoff-baseflow data P-R-U (cm) has been obtained for the Sarada River Basin, in India.

    Year PRU

    1981 92.08.72.6

    1982 101.614.14.5

    1983 125.137.711.1

    1984 77.07.12.1

    1985 91.56.91.6

    1986 123.528.18.2

    Use the methodology described in Ponce and Shetty (1995) to obtain the parameters of the conceptual water balance model, i.e., to calculate:

    • the surface-runoff initial-abstraction ratio λs and the wetting potential Wp, and

    • the baseflow initial-abstraction ratio λu and the vaporization potential Vp.

  2. Use these parameters to calculate predicted values for surface runoff (S') and baseflow (U'). Compare these values with the measured values of S and U.