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Assignment -
Instructions: Assignment for hydrometeorology with just 7 questions.
1. Describe how the water budget at a given location would vary for an oceanic basin versus a terrestrial basin. What terms are critical in one versus another?
2. What is the difference between evaporation and evapotranspiration? What is the difference between evaporation and potential evaporation?
3. What critical characteristics control evaporation/evapotranspiration over water surfaces?
4. What critical characteristics control evaporation/evapotranspiration over terrestrial surfaces?
5. Dendrites are a special type of ice crystal that grows during the precipitation generation process. Under what conditions are dendrites most likely to grow? Why is it important with respect to water vapour and liquid-vapour droplets?
6. Explain how the energy and water budgets are related via evaporation. Specifically, for evaporation, how does this change from local to global scales?
7. Define atmospheric rivers. Why are the atmospheric rivers critically important to (a) the water cycle and (b) the energy cycle?