Environmental engineering: precipitation

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  1. What doesn't precipitation consist of?
  2. which is the fitting general term?
  3. the 'rainfall amount' determines what?
  4. Define what rainfall intensity determines:
  5. What is the basic cause for precipitation?
  6. More specifically, describe the convection process...
  7. describe orographic uplift:
  8. describe dynamic ascent:
  9. Which of the following key terms is incorrect?
  10. In all rainfall mechanisms the following basic concept can be applied, which step does not belong?
  11. Saturation vapour pressure is strongly dependant on what?
  12. What is free convection?
  13. Midlatitude depressions, what are frontal depressions?
  14. What does topography have to do with rainfall? What is wrong?
  15. It is important to be able to estimate rainfall. Which is not a method for doing this?
  16. describe the arithmetric mean method:
  17. describe thiessen polygons:
  18. desribe the isohyetal method:
  19. How is rainfall frequency often described?
  20. a serious event, such as a flood is described in what manner?
  21. What is total precipitation?
  22. Why is siting of a rain gauge important? Which description is most appropriate?
  23. There are many types of gauges... describe the pit gauge and the screens... which is wrong
  24. Deescribe the tipping bucket raingauge: which is incorrect
  25. Measuring snow can be a problem as it is easily blopwn by the wind. Normally a gauge is used, but this may become overcapped if a screen hasn't succesfully protected them. In this case, what method can be used?
  26. Measuring evaporation is difficult, it can be done as...
  27. Measureing water loss thru a catchment... which of the follwoing is incorrect
  28. measuring evaporation thru soil moisture change which is untrue?
  29. Another method for calculation the evaporation is the Bowen ratio method. Which best describes this?
  30. The eddy correlation method is a method for calculating evaporation. which doesnt belong
  31. The pennman method is sophiscticated, which of the following is not considered with it?
  32. Evaporation pans are a cheap and simple way of measuring evaporation, which best describes them?
  33. Measuring soil moisture is important, which of the following is not a method for doing this?
  34. Which best describes the gravimetric method?
  35. Which best describes the neutron probe method?
  36. Which best describes the capacitance probe?
  37. Describe the time domain reflectrometry method:
  38. Which the electyrical methods what is it important to remember?
  39. Which best describes the soil tension method?
  40. in environmental engineering, which is not a factor of key iomportance?

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