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Stormwater Exam 1 Questions andAnswers
Precipitation ii- iiAnswers ii-Any iiproduct iiof iithe iicondensation iiof iiatmospheric iiwater
iivapor iithat iifalls iiunder iigravitational iipull iifrom iiclouds
Forms iiof iiprecipitation ii- iiAnswers ii-Rain, iisnow, iidrizzle
Main iidifference iibetween iidrizzle iiand iirain ii- iiAnswers ii-Droplet iisize
Transpiration ii- iiAnswers ii-Moves iithe iimoisture iiupward iiin iithe iiwater iicycle
Measures iiof iirainfall ii- iiAnswers ii-Intensity, iidepth, iiduration
Hydrograph ii- iiAnswers ii-A iiplot iithat iiillustrates iithe iivariability iiof iirainfall iidepth iiover
iitime
How iimany iiyears iiof iidata iidid iiHattori iihave ii- iiAnswers ii-20
Plotting iiPosition iiformula ii- iiAnswers ii-Used iito iidetermine iithe iiexceedance iiprobability
iiof iian iievent iiand iiget iithe iicumulative iidistribution iifunction iifor iia iiset iiof iisamples
What iiis iithe iibasis iifor iichoosing iia iitheoretical iiprobability iidistribution ii- iiAnswers ii-
Goodness-of-fit iito iithe iisamples
IDF iicurves iiare iideveloped iibased iion... ii- iiAnswers ii-Historic iirainfall iidata
True iior iiFalse: iiFor iia iigiven iireturn iiperiod, iithe iiaverage iiintensity iidecreases iias iithe
iiduration iiincreases. ii- iiAnswers ii-True
What iiis iirainfall iiintensity iifor iia ii25-year iistorm iiand iitime iiof iiconcentration iiof ii10
iiminutes iiin iiAnderson iicounty iiaccording iito iiSCDOT ii- iiAnswers ii-6.58
True iior iiFalse: iiIn iithe iiContinuous iiSimulation iiapproach, iithe iifrequency iianalysis iiis
iidone iion iithe iirainfall iidata ii- iiAnswers ii-False. iiIt's iidone iion iithe iirunoff iidate. iiThe
iiSingle iiEvent iimethod iiis iidone iion iithe iirainfall iidata.
What iiis iithe iimost iicommon iicategory iiunder iithe iiSoil iiConservation iiService ii(SCS)
iimethod iifor iideveloping iidesign-storm iihyeographs ii- iiAnswers ii-Type iiII
Runoff ii= ii- iiAnswers ii-Total iiRainfall iiDepth ii- iiAbstractions
, Which iiitems iican iibe iiincluded iiin iithe iiabstractions iicategory ii- iiAnswers ii-Interception,
iitranspiration, iiinfiltration, iievaporation
True iior iiFalse: iiInterception iioccurs iimainly iiduring iithe iilatest iiportion iiof iia iistorm ii-
iiAnswers ii-False: iiIt iioccurs iimainly iiduring iithe iiearliest iiportion iiof iithe iistorm
True iior iiFalse: iiThe iiamount iiof iiinterception iidepends iion iithe iidominant iisoil iitype iiof
iisite. ii- iiAnswers ii-False. iiIt iidepends iimainly iion iithe iitype iiand iidensity iiof iivegetation
iiand iithe iiamount iiof iirainfall.
True iior iiFalse: iiInfiltration iiis iiresponsible iifor iithe iilargest iiportion iiof iirainfall iiloses. ii-
iiAnswers ii-True
True iior iiFalse: iiIf iithe iirainfall iirate iiis iiless iithan iithe iiinfiltration iicapacity, iithe iiactual
iirate iiof iiinfiltration iiwill iibe iiequal iito iithe iirate iiof iirainfall. ii- iiAnswers ii-True
Out iiof iithese iimethods, iiwhich iione iiis iithe iimost iiphysically iibased iialgebraic iiinfiltration
iimodel iiavailable: iimodified iiHorton, iiHorton, iithe iirichards iiequation, iigreen iiand iiampt
iimodel ii- iiAnswers ii-Green iiand iiAmpt iiModel
True iior iiFalse: iiThe iiGreen iiand iiAmpt iiModel iiassumes iithat iithe iiwetting iifrom, iiwhich
iiseparates iithe iisaturated iiand iidry iisoil, iiis iinon-linear ii- iiAnswers ii-False. iiIt iiis
iiassumed iito iibe iilinear
Ponding iiTime ii- iiAnswers ii-The iilength iiof iitime iiprior iito iithe iiinfiltration iicapacity
iidropping iibelow iithe iirate iiof iirainfall
True iior iiFalse: iiMost iiof iithe iiwater iiin iithe iidepression iistorage iieventually iievaporates
iiback iito iithe iiatmosphere. ii- iiAnswers ii-True
True iior iiFalse: iiDepression iistorage iionly iioccurs iiover iiprevious iisurfaces ii- iiAnswers ii-
False. iiPossible iiover iiboth iipervious iiand iiimpervious
What iiis iinot iiaccounted iifor iiin iithe iiRunnoff iiCurve iiNumber iimethod? ii- iiAnswers ii-
Transpiration
Which iisoil iitype iiwill iiexperience iithe iiLEAST iirunoff ii- iiAnswers ii-A
What iiis iiclassification iiof iisoil iitypes iiin iithe iiSCS iimethod iiis iidone iiwith iirespect iito? ii-
iiAnswers ii-The iiminimum iiinfiltration iirate
Which iiparameter iiin iithe iirunoff iiequation iiof iithe iiSCS iimethod iiincludes iithe iiwater
iiintercepted iiby iivegetation, iithe iiwater iiretained iiin iisurface iidepressions, iievaporation,
iiand iiinfiltration? ii- iiAnswers ii-I_a
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