8.1 - Need for Estimating Areal Mean Precipitation
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What is point data?
💡 Hint: Think about how we collect rain measurements.
Why is estimating areal precipitation important?
💡 Hint: Consider how water flows during rainfall events.
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What does areal mean precipitation account for?
💡 Hint: Think about what information is needed for broader assessments.
True or False: Point data is adequate for watershed management.
💡 Hint: Consider the scale of water management versus point data.
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A watershed with a diverse terrain has three rain gauges recording 2, 3, and 7 inches of rain. How would you determine the overall mean precipitation, assuming equal area coverage?
💡 Hint: Use the arithmetic mean method.
Discuss how you would approach estimating mean precipitation in an area where rain gauge data varies widely across a topographically diverse landscape.
💡 Hint: Think about the importance of gauge location.
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