Questions tagged [hydrology]
Hydrology is the study of the properties and behaviour of water. It concerns both surface as well as subsurface water, although water in the oceans and atmosphere is generally excluded. Those are studied by oceanography and meteorology, respectively.
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does mulching appear to reduce steady-state infiltration rate?
I'm currently writing my bachelor's thesis and I'm facing a small problem: I don't know how to properly discuss my results.
I conducted a 2×2 factorial experiment with the factors Vole and Mulch. In ...
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Can desert basins be intentionally flooded with seawater to form thick salt crusts for long-term land stabilization and humidity management?
I’ve been developing a concept that blends natural desert dynamics with passive hydrology and mineral cycling, and I’m curious whether it has been studied or attempted, and what the long-term ...
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Soil moisture content modelling and simulation results
I am working in environmental modelling. Our project wants to deploy soil moisture content sensors in fire-vulnerable domains. I devised using these probes as ground-truth for spatially resolved soil ...
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Was Zdanice Moravia ever surrounded by water?
I came across a regional history article, long since lost to me, that memtioned that the town of Zdanice Moravia was encircled by a river.
Looking at the town map currently there is just a river ...
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How high can clay soil raise water above the water table?
Where I live, the water table is 10-20 metres (30-70 ft) below the surface. The soil is compacted clay, as far as I can tell. When I dig a hole around 1m deep, the hole fills part way with water ...
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altimetry/altitude difference between Adriatic and Baltic Sea
How can someone find the level difference between Adriatic and Baltic Sea in order to combare/calibrate two different stations in Hungary, one measuring in mBf (meaning meters above Baltic Sea) and ...
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Total systemic water volume
This is probably a silly question but here we go.
In Australia we have a lot of dams particularly in the north drawing from our biggest river system - the Murray Darling.
Now since I can remember ...
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How to calculate relative humidity r2 in a room at temperature t2, if given a previous pair of temperature t1 and rel. humidity r1?
Consider this scenario: Two sensors are placed in a room to track temperature (in degrees Celsius) and relative humidity over time. The room's temperature varies throughout the day and so does the ...
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Most curvy rivers?
Missisippi and Amazonas are well known for meandering, but my question is a bit more large-scale. Assume that on a map, you box in the Amazonas into a smallest rectangle. (Exclude all the rivulets ...
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How to find the drawdown of a well in an unconfined aquifer?
I tried to calculate the dropdown of a well of an unconfined aquifer but the drawdown of an observation well is not given. Here's the full question:
A 10 cm diameter well in an unconfined aquifer was ...
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Does a weather authority rate/measure floods after they happen?
The 100-year flood line runs through my property (Midwest - United States). I am always curious when I see flooding how close to a 100-year flood it might be. Is there any way to know? Does any ...
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What's wrong with my Penman-Monteith model?
UPDATE: I believe I have found the mistake. I had missed that the project instructions stated that conductance of sensible heat flux should be equal to aerodynamic conductance. The model behaves as ...
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Likely air composition in cave only accessible from underwater?
I recently stumbled upon images of the Cosquer cave in France, famous for being a recently discovered Paleolithic decorated cave.
The entrance to the cave now is more than 30m below the waterline and, ...
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What is the highest evaporation rate in the world? I know evaporation rates for Australia
I have been searching for the above answer for more than 25 years.
I am providing a map of Australia for comparison
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/maps/averages/evaporation/
Is evaporation rate 4000 ...
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Curve number adjustment based on antecedent rainfall
Is there any equation I can use to determine curve number as a function of the antecedent precipitation? I am aware of three sets of curve numbers for dry, wet and normal conditions. I was looking at ...
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