Applied Hydrology Tutorial (1)



A rainfall storm having approximately constant intensity and duration 
of 6 hours over a watershed of 785 km^2 produced the following 
dishcarge hydrograph Q (m^3/s) shown in the table below.

Table 1: the observed data (unit: m^3/s)
Hour 02468101214 1618202224262830
Q 1821284470118228342 413393334270216171138113
Qb 1820253240475461 6875797773696663

Hour 3234363840424446 48505254565860
Q 9784756659544946 42403836343333
Qb 6057555249474442 40383735343333


Also shown in the Table.1 estimates of the base flow Qb (m^3/s). 
Use the given data to determine:
  1. The value of the unit volume.
  2. The intensity of unit volume of effective rainfall for the following durations:
    • 2 hours;
    • 4 hours;
    • 6 hours
  3. The 6-hour unit hydrograph.
  4. The theoretical sum of the ordinates of the 6-hour unit hydrograph determined in 3.
  5. The S-curve.
  6. The 2-hour unit hydrograph and the theoretical sum of the ordinates.



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