1.5 Flashcards
Often varies across a watershed
Precipitation
3 Classifications of Storms
Frontal, Convective, and Orographic
Classification of storm where warm air masses meet cold air masses, producing the law intensity, long duration rainy days.
Frontal
Classification of storm which occurs as wind forces warm, moist air masses rises over hills and mountains.
Orographic
Classification of storm which occurs as a result of air expanding when headed by solar energy.
Convective
The actual shape and timing if the hydrograph is determined largely by the ___, ___, ___, and ___ in the basin and by the intensity and duration of input rainfall.
size, shape, slope, and storage
He proposed that overland flow is common and a really widespread. Classic concept of streamflow.
Horton (1993)
5 types of storage
Depression, Detention, Channel, Retention, Groundwater
Watershed in field surface depression
Depression Storage
Excess water in depression
Detention Storage
Temporary stored in channels enroute to an outlet
Channel Storage
Precipitation on an area that does not escape runoff
Retention
Stored until such time that the water table starts to rise above the stream
Groundwater