(a)

Elevation (m)	0	400	800	1200	1600	2000	2400	2800	3200	4000	4800	5600	6400
Pressure (kPa)	100	98.5	97	95.5	94	92	90.5	89	87.5	83.5	80	77.5	75
Vapour pressure (kPa)	2.25	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.45	1.3	1.15	1.03	0.93	0.74	0.59	0.48	0.38

 

If 58% of the perceptible water is produced from the air up to an elevation of 6400 m to form rainfall at the ground level, what would be the depth of the rainfall?

(b)

After the passage of a cyclone over the Northern Queensland, the rainfall stations A, B and C within a reserve area in the form of a square recorded X mm, 1.5 X mm and 1.25 X mm respectively. Estimate the mean areal precipitation over the reserve first by the arithmetic mean method and then by Thiessen polygon method. (X=58)

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