University of Southern Mindanao

Kabacan, Cotabato
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BS – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Student Name: Bendita, Lutherine P. Yr/Course/Sec/: 3 BSABE – A

COURSE SUBJECT: ABE311 HYDROMETEOROLOGY LABORATORY

Lab 3B Rainfall Data Acquisition Assignment

Opened: Saturday, 25 September 2021, 12:00 AM

Due: Friday, 4 November 2022, 12:00 AM

Record the rainfall measurements using your rain gauge every 8AM for the next 7 days.
The format of your report should look like this

Lab 3C Areal Precipitation Analysis (arithmetic average)Assignment

Opened: Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:00 AM

Due: Friday, 11 November 2022, 5:00 PM

Take the 5-day record of at least five (5) of your classmates and plot your location and
their respective locations on Google Earth. Send a kmz file of these points to your
instructor at arise@usm.edu.ph with subject line "kmz precipitation points". Your
instructor, in turn, will delineate a hypothetical watershed and send a revised kmz file to
you.

Using these data and locations, estimate the average areal rainfall depth daily by using
arithmetic average. 

You need to attach the following files:

a) A Google Earth image showing the location of the rain gauges considered (inform
your instructor if you cannot access GE image) 

b) The rainfall data sheet (in excel or odt) with arithmetic average computation

Lab 4A Design and Construction of Home-made Thermometer

Opened: Thursday, 17 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 18 November 2021, 5:00 PM
 University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BS – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Search the internet for designs of "Home-made Thermometer". Using these designs as
inspiration, construct your own thermometer. Once constructed and operational, you
may take a selfie or a short video. You can use the google drive for your selfie or video
and share me the link at the online text editor

Lab 3D Areal Precipitation Analysis (Thiessen Method)Assignment

Opened: Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 18 November 2021, 5:00 PM

Take the 5-day record of at least five (5) of your classmates and plot their respective
locations on Google Earth including your location. Using these data and locations,
estimate the average areal rainfall depth daily by using Thiessen Method. Your
instructor will delineate a hypothetical watershed and send a kmz file to you. 

You need to attach the following files:

a) A Google Earth image showing the location of the rain gauges considered (inform
your instructor if you cannot access GE image) 

b) The rainfall data sheet (in excel or odt) 

c) The sketch of Thiessen Polygons

d) The Thiessen computation sheets

Lab 3E Areal Precipitation Analysis (Isohyetal Method)Assignment

Opened: Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:00 PM

Take the 5-day record of at least five (5) of your classmates and plot their respective
locations on Google Earth. Using these data and locations, estimate the average areal
rainfall depth daily by using the Isohyetal Method. Your instructor will delineate a
hypothetical watershed and send a kmz file to you. 

You need to attach the following files:

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Kabacan, Cotabato
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BS – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

a) A Google Earth image showing the location of the rain gauges considered (inform
your instructor if you cannot access GE image) 

b) The rainfall data sheet (in excel or odt)

c) The isohyetal maps each for Day 1 to Day 5

d) The isohyets computation sheets

Lab 4A Design and Construction of Home-made Thermometer

Opened: Thursday, 17 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 18 November 2021, 5:00 PM

Search the internet for designs of "Home-made Thermometer". Using these designs as
inspiration, construct your own thermometer. Once constructed and operational, you
may take a selfie or a short video. You can use the google drive for your selfie or video
and share me the link at the online text editor

Lab 4B Design and Construction of Home-made Hygrometer

Opened: Thursday, 17 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:00 PM

Search the internet for home-made hygrometer using hair as the main material.
Construct one home-made hygrometer. After construction, take a selfie or short video. 

Lab 4C Setting up of evaporation pan

Opened: Friday, 25 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:00 PM

In this exercise, you will need a wash basin with at least 45 cm in diameter. You fill it up
with water of not less than 6 cm.  Look for a place in your home with the maximum
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Kabacan, Cotabato
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BS – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

exposure to sunlight. That is, at least 8 to 10 hours of sunlight exposure and not under a
shed. To complete this exercise, take a selfie of the setup and upload in this portal. 

Lab 4D Temperature, Humidity, and Evaporation data acquisitions and analysis Assignment

Opened: Friday, 25 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5:00 PM

A. Temperature observation

Setup your home-made thermometer near your evaporation pan. For the next 7 days,
observe the temperature on the following hours:

6:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM

Please make a diurnal graph of the temperature throughout the 7 days.

B. Humidity observation

Setup your home-made hygrometer near your evaporation pan. For the next 7 days,
observe the humidity measurements on the following hours. You can just indicate high,
medium, low humidity on the following hours:

6:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM

C. Evaporation Pan observation

Every 8 am, measure your the depth of the water level using ruler. Take note if the depth
is increasing or decreasing

D. Analysis

1) Can you establish a relationship with depth of water in the pan with the changes in
temperature? Please substantiate.

2) Can you establish a relationship with depth of water in the pan with the changes in
humidity? Please substantiate.

3) Can you establish a relationship with temperature and humidity observations? Please
substantiate. 
 University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BS – Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Lab 5A Survey of Water Conveyances and Storage

Opened: Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 12:00 AM

Due: Thursday, 4 November 2021, 5:00 PM

Look around your residential compound. Identify canals, gutter, and other water
conveyances. Measure the length, width, and deep of these conveyance
structures. Take pictures of your map and water conveyance structures

Lab 5B Construction of Water Measuring DeviceAssignment