6 days ago · Runoff is the measurement of the flow of water into a lake, stream or other waterbody, usually expressed in cubic feet per second. The flow is produced by rainfall from storms, precipitation accumulation or transpiration, melting ice or snow, seepage, evaporation, and percolation.

6 days ago · Runoff matters for many reasons. For example, many animal and human communities depend on runoff to reliably fill rivers, lakes, and reservoirs for drinking water. If there’s too much runoff water coming from a glacier, it can cause downstream flooding. The time of year a glacier is melting and producing runoff is important, too.

Mar 5, 2025 · The total runoff is equal to the total precipitation less the losses caused by evapotranspiration, storage, and other such abtractions.

Jul 21, 2020 · Tracking the runoff Arnold Dekker is a scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Dekker is collaborating with researchers from the Australian Institute for Marine Science and James Cook University to study river runoff into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon, the body of water between the coast and the ...

By incorporating another characteristic of stormwater runoff—the sediment discharge—could more insights be made on stormwater runoff in southern California? Cloud cover during or after storms limits MODIS, and with SAR data being sporadic, only seven rainstorms matched up MODIS and SAR imagery, offering the researchers a comparison of how ...

6 days ago · Evapotranspiration (ET) is the sum of water evaporation from the land surface and its transpiration, or movement, through vegetation.

Mar 6, 2025 · Water runoff from melting snowpack and glaciers, when combined with rainfall, can affect the timing and magnitude of river flows and significantly impact the risk of flooding events. However, snow melt also has some beneficial effects — billions of people worldwide rely on seasonal water runoff from snowpack and glaciers for irrigation and ...

May 1, 2014 · Last week, I was able to sit down with one of the candidates in the runoff for the House District 132 seat, Ann Hodge. Ann has been a resident of District 132 for a while now and her name is synonymous with the Katy Chamber, of which she has been the president since 1999. With the primary over and the runoff in full swing, it's like hitting the reset button on …

Apr 13, 2010 · Today is day of the Texas Runoff Elections. The table below shows the six Texas Congressional Districts in which there are GOP candidates in a runoff election. The winners of each runoff election will be competing with their districts' Democratic incumbents (also listed below) in the November 2010 midterm election.

Aug 1, 2012 · The runoff results from Tuesday only confirm that Republicans are poised to hold important seats in Texas where Democrats are running boiler-plate liberals,one of whom has already been rejected by voters. These Democrat candidates will face major challenges because of their support for the already failed agenda coming out of Washington.