EARTHSC 2WW3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3+4 Notes
25 Dec 2015
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Glaciers and ice caps are indeed key indicators and unique demonstration objects of ongoing climate change. Wilfred haeberli, director (world glacier monitoring service, Throughflow water that is flowing through. It is important for today the ground (also referred as interflow) As soon as soil is saturated it runs overtop as. Infiltration capacity how much space does the sediment/soil have to hold. Source: total area drained by a river or stream, what captures the water, upper reaches of the drainage basin, (ie. arctic ocean) Mouth: area where the stream joins another water body at the bottom" of the, where the water is funneling too drainage basin. Streamflow: discharge: volume of water flowing past a point in a unit of time, m3s-1 (metres cubed per second) Problem: very difficult to measure, but not a difficult calculation. Solution: measure velocity and cross-sectional area, assume a rectangular channel bed. Q = v x a: where,
