Question: To gain a basic understanding of a watershed s function, imagine that you examined data collected during one rain storm. Using the Thiessen method and

To gain a basic understanding of a watersheds function, imagine that you examined data collected during one rain storm. Using the Thiessen method and three rain gauges around the watershed, you find that the Effective Uniform Depth (EUD) of precipitation (P) for the watershed is 3.9 inches (see lecture 3 if you've forgotten definition of EUD). The area of the catchment is 7 km2(if you do the unit conversion, this turns out to be 1.091010 inches2).
A) Initially, the catchment is completely forested, with a curve number of 40.
Use the curve number method to estimate the maximum storage S, in inches.
B) Estimate the runoff Q, in inches, using the SCS Curve Number Method.
C) Calculate the total water volume that runs off the entire catchment, in cubic inches.

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