Water Balance
6 important questions on Water Balance
What does is mean if an area has a aridity index around 1?
What are three advantages of the Budyko water balance model?
• Understanding how catchments function, without needing much complexity.
• Predictions of the water balance (Q/P and E/P) where no streamflow or evaporation measurements are available.
• Simple model to estimate hydrologic effects of climate change.
When will w (in the Budyko equation) increase?
• The ratio of soil-water storage capacity / potential evapotranspiration
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When will w (in the Budyko equation) decrease?
What does low values of w (in the Budyko equation) characterize?
What is a hyetograph?
A graph of water input (rain) versus time.
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