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    Thiessen Method Example

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    The document provides an example of calculating the areal average precipitation for a hypothetical basin using the Average Method and the Thiessen Method. The Average Method simply calculates the average of the four precipitation measurements. The Thiessen Method first connects the measurement points and bisects the lines, then divides the basin into regions based on the bisecting lines. The precipitation for each region is calculated as a weighted average based on the measurement and region area, and these are summed and divided by the total basin area to determine the areal average precipitation. Using the Thiessen Method, the areal average precipitation is calculated to be 12.91 mm.

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    The document provides an example of calculating the areal average precipitation for a hypothetical basin using the Average Method and the Thiessen Method. The Average Method simply calculates the average of the four precipitation measurements. The Thiessen Method first connects the measurement points and bisects the lines, then divides the basin into regions based on the bisecting lines. The precipitation for each region is calculated as a weighted average based on the measurement and region area, and these are summed and divided by the total basin area to determine the areal average precipitation. Using the Thiessen Method, the areal average precipitation is calculated to be 12.91 mm.

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    The document provides an example of calculating the areal average precipitation for a hypothetical basin using the Average Method and the Thiessen Method. The Average Method simply calculates the average of the four precipitation measurements. The Thiessen Method first connects the measurement points and bisects the lines, then divides the basin into regions based on the bisecting lines. The precipitation for each region is calculated as a weighted average based on the measurement and region area, and these are summed and divided by the total basin area to determine the areal average precipitation. Using the Thiessen Method, the areal average precipitation is calculated to be 12.91 mm.

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    Thiessen Method Example

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    The document provides an example of calculating the areal average precipitation for a hypothetical basin using the Average Method and the Thiessen Method. The Average Method simply calculates the average of the four precipitation measurements. The Thiessen Method first connects the measurement points and bisects the lines, then divides the basin into regions based on the bisecting lines. The precipitation for each region is calculated as a weighted average based on the measurement and region area, and these are summed and divided by the total basin area to determine the areal average precipitation. Using the Thiessen Method, the areal average precipitation is calculated to be 12.91 mm.

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    Thiessen Method Example

    Q. In the following figure a hypothetical basin and precipittaion depths measured by gages in this basin are given.
    Calculate the areal average precipitation using Average Method and Thiessen Method.

    Average Method

    ∑ 𝑃 𝑃𝐴 + 𝑃𝐵 + 𝑃𝐶 + 𝑃𝐷 20 + 8 + 14 + 12
    𝑃𝑎𝑣𝑒 = = = = 14 𝑚𝑚
    𝑁𝑝 4 4

    Thiessen Method
    First connect all of the measurement points, crosses in the figure are measurement points and they have been
    connected with dashed lines. Second, perpendicularly bisect each of the “connecting” lines and extend the
    bisecting lines until the either intersect the watershed boundary or another bisecting line.

    ∑ 𝑃𝐴 𝑃𝐴 𝐴𝐴 + 𝑃𝐵 𝐴𝐵 + 𝑃𝐶 𝐴𝐶 + 𝑃𝐷 𝐴𝐷 + 𝑃𝐸 𝐴𝐸 + 𝑃𝐹 𝐴𝐹
    𝑃𝑎𝑣𝑒 = =
    ∑𝐴 𝐴𝐴 + 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐴𝐷 + 𝐴𝐸 + 𝐴𝐹

    (20𝑚𝑚)(0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,15𝑘𝑚) + (8𝑚𝑚)(0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,2𝑘𝑚) + (14𝑚𝑚)(0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,15𝑘𝑚)


    𝑃𝑎𝑣𝑒 = +⋯
    (0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,15𝑘𝑚) + (0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,2𝑘𝑚) + (0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,15𝑘𝑚)

    (12𝑚𝑚)(0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,2𝑘𝑚) + (16𝑚𝑚)(0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,05𝑘𝑚) + (10𝑚𝑚)(0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,05𝑘𝑚)


    … = 12,91 𝑚𝑚
    (0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,2𝑘𝑚) + (0,5𝑘𝑚)(0,05𝑘𝑚) + (0,7𝑘𝑚)(0,05𝑘𝑚)

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