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CE 6001 HYDROLOGY
(REGULATION-2013)
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
VOLUME-I
PREPARED BY
UDHAYAKESAVAN.K
AP/CIVIL.
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UNIT I
1. Define Hydrology.
Hydrology is the science which deals with the occurrence distribution and
disposal of water on the planet earth. It is the science which deals with the various
phases of the hydrology cycle.
A front is the interface between two distinct air masses under certain
favorable conditions when a warm air mass and cold air mass meet. The warms
air mass is lifted over the colder one warmer air cools adiabatically with the
consequent formation of clouds and precipitation.
A cyclone is a large low pressure region with circular wind motion. Two
types of cyclones are recognized, tropical cyclones and extra tropical cyclones.
7. Define Anticyclones.
These are regions of high pressure, usually of large areal extent. The
weather is usually calm at the centre, anticyclones cause clockwise wind
circulations in the northern hemisphere, winds are of moderate speed and at the
outer edges cloudy land precipitation conditions exist.
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Torrential rain, hail, gusty surface winds, thunder and lightning may all
occur in such disturbances. These are called the thunder storms or the
convectional showers.
9. Define Tornadoe.
Under some conditions the frontal activity may develop into very strong
localized convection currents. Such circulatory systems are called the tornadoes
and normally have diameter of less than 1.5Km. Their park wind speeds may
attain several hundred Km/ hr and their translational velocity may reach 100 Km/
hr. Though they are most destructive their life span is very small often measured
in minutes.
10. How does the average intensity of rainfall obtained from mass curve.
If any tow points on the rainfall mass curve are jointed by a straight line
the slope of that line gives the average intensity of rainfall for the time period
between those points denoted by I
I = p/ t
UNIT II
1. Define rainfall intensity.
The rate at which the rainfall is accumulating at any given instant of time
is called the rainfall intensity at that time.
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4. Define point rainfall or station rainfall.
The rainfall obtained from a single rain gauge station is known as the
point rainfall or station rainfall.
5. What is moving average curve.
The moving average curve is the plot in which the average value of
precipitation of three or five consecutive time intervals is plotted at the mid- value
of the time interval is useful in smoothening out the variations & bringing out the
long tern trend or pattern.
The average depth of rainfall are plotted against the areas up to the
encompassing Isohyets. The curves of maximum depth verses area , with duration
are called DAD curves.
8. Define PMP.
It has been defined as that depth of precipitation which for a given area
and duration can be reached but not exceeded under known meteorological
conditions.
10. Write down the approaches used for estimating the PMP.
Basically two approaches are used for estimating the PMP. They are
i. Meteorological Methods
ii. The statistical study of rainfall data.
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