Hydrology Final -Infiltration
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infiltration
water entering the soil pores interface between atmosphere, soil and subsurface
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interception storage
water that hits a tree or plant and is stored on the leaves/trunk and is then evaporated back into the atmosphere, 8-40% of evaporation
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depression storage
water stored in the depressions in the ground
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hydrograph
continous graph of rainfall over time
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hyetograph
discrete diagram of rainfall over time, showing the amount of precipitation for specific time intervals.
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how do we measure infiltration
how much the water level has decreased
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phi index
cts rate of infiltration to simplify calculations
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