Rainfall
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
A tropical cyclone is a
- A.
Low-pressure zone that occurs in the northern hemisphere only
- B.
High-pressure zone with high winds
Correct Answer
A. Low-pressure zone that occurs in the northern hemisphere only -
- 2.
The following recording raingauges does not produce the mass curve of precipitation as record:
- A.
Symons’ raingauge
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- 3.
When specific information about the density of snowfall is not available, the water equivalent of snowfall is taken as
- A.
50%
- B.
30%
- C.
10
Correct Answer
A. 50% -
- 4.
The normal annual rainfall at stations A, B and C situated in meteorologically homogeneous region are 175 cm, 180 cm and 150 cm respectively. In the year 2000, station B was inoperative and stations A and C recorded annual precipitations of 150 cm and 135 cm respectively. The annual rainfall at station B in that year could be estimated to be nearly
- A.
150 cm
- B.
143 cm
- C.
158
Correct Answer
A. 150 cm -
- 5.
The average annual rainfall over the whole of Alexandria is estimated as
- A.
189 cm
- B.
319 cm
- C.
89 cm
Correct Answer
A. 189 cm -
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