eeos 350: quantitative hydrogeology
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EEOS 350: Quantitative hydrogeology. Lecture 2 Water balance. The Hydrologic Cycle. Fluxes (flows) Stocks (storage). Source: www.cet.nau.edu/Projects/ SWRA/research.html. Control Volume (CV). For mass (or water) balance analysis, need to establish the size (scale) of the problem. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EEOS 350: Quantitative hydrogeology
Lecture 2
Water balance
The Hydrologic Cycle
Source: www.cet.nau.edu/Projects/ SWRA/research.html
Fluxes (flows)Stocks (storage)
Control Volume (CV)
• For mass (or water) balance analysis, need to establish the size (scale) of the problem.
• Need to be able to quantify the inputs and outputs that cross the CV boundaries and the storage terms within the CV.– For water balance, the CV = watershed.– What are the inputs and outputs that cross the
boundaries of the CV?
Inflows
1. Precipitation (P)
2. Groundwater inflow (GWin)
3. Artificial import; e.g., pipes and canals (Hin)
4. Note: there is no Qin….the watershed is defined such that all Q is generated within the boundaries and flows through the outlet.
Outflows
1. Transpiration from plants (T)2. Evaporation from surface water bodies
(E) E+T=evapotranspiration (ET)3. Runoff of surface water (Q)
4. Groundwater outflow GWout)
5. Artificial export (Hout), ie. export water from basin, i.e. Deer Island effluent.
Storage terms
1. Surface water bodies (lakes, rivers, wetlands)2. Soil moisture in unsaturated zone3. Ice and snow (significant storage term in
northern climates in winter)4. Depression storage (puddles, ephemeral
wetlands)5. Water intercepted by vegetation6. Ground water below water table (saturated
zone)
Water Balance
tSGWQET
GWP
out
in
)(
)(
Looking at just the natural water cycle (ignoring human components):
(At the watershed scale, we often assume that GWin = GWout)
inputs
outputsChange in storage
Simplified Water Balance
At an annual timestep (average of long-term yearly totals), we often assume that there is no change in storage:
tSQETP
TEQP
QTEP
0
Under what conditions might this assumption be wrong?
Computing an annual water balance for the Lamprey River
Q
P
Watershed area =212 mi2
Catchment area forstream gage atPackers Fall =183 mi2
Precipitation gageat Durham.
Water balance data• Annual precipitation from the Durham NH rain
gage.– Dimensions: [L/T]– Units: inches per year (in/yr)
• Streamflow from the USGS gage at Newmarket.– Dimension: [L3/T]– Units: cubic feet per second (cfs).
all terms in the water balance must be in the same dimensions and units!! Now what?
Water balance computations
• All water balance terms should be in [L3/T]• Time step is annual (by definition of our
problem), so time unit = year.• Typical volume unit = ft3 or m3 or km3.
– How do we convert Q from ft3/sec to ft3/yr?– How do we convert P from in/yr to ft3/yr?
• First, let’s compute long-term average annual values for P & Q.
Lamprey_P&Q.xls