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The Mean Station Method is a technique for calculating average precipitation over a region by averaging measurements from multiple weather stations. It can utilize methods such as the Arithmetical-mean, Thiessen-polygon, and Isohyetal methods, with the Arithmetical Mean being the simplest but least frequently used. While it provides a straightforward estimation when rainfall is evenly distributed, it may lead to inaccuracies in areas with significant terrain variations.

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Mean Station Method - 011709

The Mean Station Method is a technique for calculating average precipitation over a region by averaging measurements from multiple weather stations. It can utilize methods such as the Arithmetical-mean, Thiessen-polygon, and Isohyetal methods, with the Arithmetical Mean being the simplest but least frequently used. While it provides a straightforward estimation when rainfall is evenly distributed, it may lead to inaccuracies in areas with significant terrain variations.

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MEAN STATION METHOD:

PRECIPITATION OVER AN
AREA
PRECIPITATION STATION

• It is a weather station that measures precipitation such as


rain or snow, at a specific location.
• It uses instruments like rain-gauges or snow-gauges to collect
data.
WHAT IS MEAN STATION METHOD?

• It is a technique used to calculate the average


precipitation across a specific region by taking the
average of the precipitation measurements recorder at
multiple weather stations within an area,
• It often uses a weighted average based on the area each
station represents.
• It requires data from several rain-gauges positioned
across the area of interest.
• To convert the point rainfall values at various stations into an
average
• value over a catchment the following three methods are in
use:
• (i) Arithmetical-mean method,
• (ii) Thiessen-polygon method, and
• (iii) Isohyetal method
ARITHMETICAL MEAN METHOD

• When the rainfall measured at various stations in a catchment show little


variation,
• the average precipitation over the catchment area is taken as the arithmetic
mean of
• the station values. Thus if P1, P2,……Pi,..….Pn are the rainfall values in a given
period in
• N stations within a catchment, then the value of the mean precipitation P over the
• catchment by the arithmetic-mean method is:
• In practice, this method is used very rarely.
FORMULA:

•
ADVANTAGES OF MEAN STATION METHOD

• It provides a simple and straightforward way of estimating


the average precipitation across a region.

• When rainfall is evenly distributed across an area, it can


provide a good approximation of the average precipitation.
DISADVANTAGES OF MEAN STATION
METHOD

• It does not consider variations in rainfall patterns due to


typography which may lead to inaccurate estimations in
areas with significant terrain changes.
• To apply this method , data of atleast 3 surrounding stations
should be available.
• The index station should be nearly evenly placed in the
catchment area.
EXAMPLES:
• Using Arithmetic Average Method Find Average Rainfall Over
a Catchment. The Rain gauge Data is 15,19,20,16.6,22 and
28mm
STATION NO. PRECIPITATION (mm)

1 15

2 19

3 20

4 16.6

5 22

6 28
P=15+19+20+16.6+22+28/6
P= 120.6/6
P= 30.1 mm

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