Department of Earth Science | Northeastern Illinois University

Principles of Hydrogeology
Earth Science 337
Spring 2002

Daily Objectives #3                                                                                         Dr. Sanders
(January 15, 2002)

By the end of today’s class, you should be able to do the following:

* Describe the instruments used to measure precipitation, evaporation, and evapotranspiration.

* Write a definition of the concept of drainage basin.

* Write in your own words a description of the meaning of Effective Uniform Depth (EUD).

* Use the arithmetic mean method and the Thiessen method to calculate EUD of precipitation for an area.

Updated January 15, 2002.