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The document contains 3 questions and solutions regarding rainfall-runoff modeling. Question 1 asks to calculate total runoff from 5 days of rainfall with a given phi index. Question 2 asks to calculate total runoff from a 100 minute storm with given cumulative rainfall and phi index. Question 3 provides rainfall amounts over different areas of a catchment and asks to calculate total runoff, accounting for varying phi indices and percentages of catchment area.

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The document contains 3 questions and solutions regarding rainfall-runoff modeling. Question 1 asks to calculate total runoff from 5 days of rainfall with a given phi index. Question 2 asks to calculate total runoff from a 100 minute storm with given cumulative rainfall and phi index. Question 3 provides rainfall amounts over different areas of a catchment and asks to calculate total runoff, accounting for varying phi indices and percentages of catchment area.

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Question 1

The rainfall on 5 successive days of a catchment were 2, 6, 9, 5 and


3 cm. If the φ−index for the storm is 3 cm/day, find the total
surface runoff.
Answer: 11 cm
Question 2

The mass curve of rainfall of duration 100 mins is given below. If


the catchment had an initial loss of 0.6 cm and φ−index of 0.6
cm/h, calculate the total surface runoff from the catchment.
Time from start (min) 0 20 40 60 80 100
Cumulative rainfall (cm) 0 0.5 1.2 2.6 3.3 3.5
Solution

Time from start (min) 0 20 40 60 80 100


Cumulative rainfall (cm) 0 0.5 1.2 2.6 3.3 3.5
Incremental rainfall (cm) 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.2
Rainfall intensity (cm/h) 1.5 2.1 4.2 2.1 0.6
φ−index (cm/h) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Runoff (cm) 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.5 0

Total surface runoff from the catchment = 2.5 cm


Question 3

An isolated 3- hour storm occured over a basin in the following


manner. Estimate the runoff from the catchment.
Rainfall (cm)
% of catchment area φ−index (cm/h)
1st hour 2nd hour 3rd hour
20 1.00 0.8 2.3 1.5
30 0.75 0.7 2.1 1.0
50 0.50 1.0 2.5 0.8
Solution

Sub-area % of catchment area φ-index Rainfall intensity (cm/h) Rainfall excess intensity (cm/h)

0.2 1 0.8

A 0.2 1 2.3 1.3

0.2 1 1.5 0.5

0.3 0.75 0.7

B 0.3 0.75 2.1 1.35

0.3 0.75 1 0.25

0.5 0.5 1 0.5

C 0.5 0.5 2.5 2

0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3


Solution (Contd.)

Sub-area Depth of rainfall excess (cm) Runoff in sub-area (cm) Runoff depth over catchment (cm)

A 1.3
1.8 0.36
0.5

B 1.35 1.6 0.48

0.25

0.5

C 2 2.8 1.4

0.3

Total 2.24

Total surface runoff from the catchment = 2.24 cm

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