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Isohyetal Method: Average Precipitation Over An Area

The isohyetal method uses lines connecting points of equal rainfall (isohyets) plotted on a map. The average precipitation for an area is calculated by weighting the average precipitation between successive isohyets by their respective areas, totaling these products, and dividing by the total area. Two examples are provided to demonstrate calculating average rainfall for areas bounded by rainfall measurement stations using this method.

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Isohyetal Method: Average Precipitation Over An Area

The isohyetal method uses lines connecting points of equal rainfall (isohyets) plotted on a map. The average precipitation for an area is calculated by weighting the average precipitation between successive isohyets by their respective areas, totaling these products, and dividing by the total area. Two examples are provided to demonstrate calculating average rainfall for areas bounded by rainfall measurement stations using this method.

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Isohyetal method
An isohyet is a line joining points of equal rainfall magnitude. In this method,
stations locations and amounts are plotted on a suitable map and contours of
equal precipitation are then drawn.
The average precipitation for an area is computed by weighting the average
precipitations between successive isohyets by the area between the isohyets, total
these products, and dividing by the total area as:

𝑷𝟏 + 𝑷𝟏 𝑷 + 𝑷𝟑 𝑷 + 𝑷𝟒
𝑨𝟏 + 𝑨𝟐 𝟐 + 𝑨𝟑 𝟑 +⋯
𝑷= 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝑨𝑻

Where:
P1,P2,…=isohyets value.
A1,A2,…=area between isohyets.
𝑷=average precipitation over an area.

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Example1: Find the average rainfall by using Isohyetal method for a square
catchment area, bounded at the corners by four gage stations. The coordinates of
the station and rainfall values are given below:
Station no. 1 2 3 4
Coordinates (50,80) (100,80) (50,30) (100,30)
Rainfall,cm. 5 4 4 3

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Example2: A catchment area has a rectangular shape with the following
coordinates: (10,10), (110,10), (110,60,)and (10,60). The coordinates of eight rain
gages and their average annual precipitations are given below. Find the average
precipitation by using Isohyetal method.
Sta. no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Coord. (5,15) (20,40) (48,50) (95,25) (90,50) (30,75) (65,20) (6,62)
Prec.mm 110 100 109 140 130 100 132 93

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