What are the different forms of precipitation?

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What are the
different forms of
precipitation?
Which of them are
of significance to a
civil engineer?
Explain: (i) a
method for
estimating the
missing rainfall
data at a station in
a basin. (ii) Define
ʻrain-gauge
density' and
explain how you
would determine
the optimum
number of rain-
gauges to be
erected in a basin.
Transcribed Image Text:What are the different forms of precipitation? Which of them are of significance to a civil engineer? Explain: (i) a method for estimating the missing rainfall data at a station in a basin. (ii) Define ʻrain-gauge density' and explain how you would determine the optimum number of rain- gauges to be erected in a basin.
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