Q1. Rainfall occurred for duration of two hours. The magnitudes of the rainfalls with time were recorded with a recording raingauge, and the mass curve of the rainfall is given in the figure shown below. i) Using a time interval of five (5) minutes, construct a hyetograph of the storm. ii) Compute the maximum rainfall intensities for durations of 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 120 minutes, iii) Plot the maximum intensity-duration graph over the given duration

Q1. Rainfall occurred for duration of two hours. The magnitudes of the rainfalls with time were recorded with a recording raingauge, and the mass curve of the rainfall is given in the figure shown below. i) Using a time interval of five (5) minutes, construct a hyetograph of the storm. ii) Compute the maximum rainfall intensities for durations of 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 120 minutes, iii) Plot the maximum intensity-duration graph over the given duration

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