CIV E 445-APPLIED HYDROLOGY
FALL 2006
FIRST MIDTERM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2006, 0730-0845

Name: _______________________________ S.S. No. __________________ Grade: _______

Instructions: Closed book, closed notes. Use engineering paper. When you are finished, staple your work in sequence (1 to 4), and return this sheet with your work.

  1. (20%) A 420-km2 basin has 375 mm of mean annual precipitation, and the mean annual outflow is 0.7 m3 s-1. What percentage of precipitation is abstracted by the catchment on a mean annual basis?

  2. (20%) Fit a Horton infiltration formula to the following measurements:

    Time (hr) f (mm/hr)
    1 3.5
    2 2.1
    infinity 1.2

  3. (20%) Calculate evaporation rate by the Penman method for the following atmospheric conditions:

    air temperature Ta = 15oC; net radiation Qn= 550 cal/cm2/day; wind speed v2 = 150 km/day; relative humidity RH= 70%.

  4. (40%) Please answer questions in a brief statement.

    1. What four types of mathematical models are used in hydrology?
    2. What is the Bowen ratio? What does it indicate?
    3. How are the Dalton, Penman, and Penman-Monteith evaporation equations related?
    4. What four variables influence the time of concentration? How many variables does the Kirpich formula have? What are they?
    5. What is rating curve? What factors influence the type and shape of a rating curve?
    6. What is a gully?
    7. What do the Creager curves depict?
    8. To what five factors is to be attributed the recurrence of debris flows in the San Gabriel Mountains of Northeast Los Angeles?