SNOW HYDROLOGY (GEOG 4321): Homework Assignment 9

SNOW HYDROLOGY (GEOG 4321): HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 9

Assigned March 23.

This assignment will be due Monday, March 28, to be turned into by 5 pm.

Late assignments will be penalized 5% per day. No work will be accepted after 2pm on Wednesday

40 possible points.

Please box all your quantitative answers.

Please show all your work! Answers without work will only receive partial credit.

Please fill-in the following table of unit conversions (5 points)
Please calculate the nitrate loading to a basin in (a) mg-N/m2 and (b) kg-N/ha, if nitrate concentrations are 12 ueq/L and annual precip is (5 points)
- 0.5 m
- 1.2 m
- 1.8 m
Using the information in the following table, make the following graphs (20 points)
- bar graph of sulfate concentrations in the snowpack with time
- bar graph of sulfate concentrations in meltwater with time
- bar graph of sulfate concentrations in meltwater and snow with time
- elution curve
Explain why atmospheric deposition of mercury may be greater in alpine areas than closer to source areas? Be sure to use the words in your answer: semi-volatile,"grasshopper effect",loading, orographic precipitation,storage in seasonal snowpack, and concentration (10 points).