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Hydrologic Cycle/Water Balances
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Earth’s Water Covers approximately 75% of the surface Volcanic emissions Only known substance that naturally exists as a gas, liquid, and solid at surface temperatures and pressures http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/
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One estimate of global water distribution Volume (1000 km 3 ) Percent of Total Water Percent of Fresh Water Oceans, Seas, & Bays1,338,00096.5- Ice caps, Glaciers, & Permanent Snow 24,0641.7468.7 Groundwater23,4001.7- Fresh(10,530)(0.76)30.1 Saline(12,870)(0.94)- Soil Moisture16.50.0010.05 Ground Ice & Permafrost3000.0220.86 Lakes176.40.013- Fresh(91.0)(0.007).26 Saline(85.4)(0.006)- Atmosphere 12.90.0010.04 Swamp Water11.470.00080.03 Rivers2.120.00020.006 Biological Water1.120.00010.003 Total1,385,984100.0 Source: Gleick, P. H., 1996: Water resources. In Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, ed. by S. H. Schneider, Oxford University Press, New York, vol. 2, pp.817-823. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/
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Fresh Water
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Hydrologic Cycle Powered by energy from the sun Evaporation 90% of atmospheric water Transpiration 10% Evaporation exceeds precipitation over oceans Precipitation exceeds evaporation over continents All water stored in atmosphere would cover surface to a depth of 2.5 centimeters 1 m average annual precipitation http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/
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Hydrologic Cycle http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/ In the hydrologic cycle, individual water molecules travel between the oceans, water vapor in the atmosphere, water and ice on the land, and underground water. (Image by Hailey King, NASA GSFC.)
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Florida
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U.S. total, surface- water, and ground-water withdrawals, 2000 http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/ 2004/circ1268/htdocs/text-total.html
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U.S. total water withdrawals by category, 2000 http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/2004/circ1268/htdocs/text-total.html
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Trends in population and freshwater withdrawals by source, 1950-2000 http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/2004/circ1268/htdocs/text-total.html
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Water (Mass) Balance In – Out = Change in Storage –Totally general –Usually for a particular time interval –Many ways to break up components –Different reservoirs can be considered
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Water (Mass) Balance Principal components: –Precipitation –Evaporation –Transpiration –Runoff P – E – T – Ro = Change in Storage Units?
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Ground Water (Mass) Balance Principal components: –Recharge –Inflow –Transpiration –Outflow R + Q in – T – Q out = Change in Storage
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