Question

4. A rainfall gauge is installed in the International Quad in front of the Noble Research Center. For a rain event, 0.5 inches of rain is collected in the gauge. Assuming the quad is a 100 meter square (10,000 m^2), and the campus is a 1000 meter square (10^6 m^2). Answer the following question using metric and English units. a. What is the precipitation flux over the quad? b. What is the precipitation flux over the campus? c. What is the volume of precipitation over the quad? d. What is the volume of precipitation over the campus?

Answer 1

(A) As the angle of rain is not given,we assume that rain is falling normally.Flux is the area covered in given time.So participation flux of quad will be 100 meter square

(B)same as (A) participation flux of campus will be 1000 meter square

(C)1 inch =0.0254 meter so half inch=0.0127 meter volume of quad= area×height....height of quad will be height of rain so volume of participation over the quad=10000×0.0127=127m^3

(D) volume of participation flux of campus =1000000×0.0127=12700