EXAMPLE - THIESSEN POLYGON METHOD

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SEATWORK/ASSIGNMENT - THIESSEN POLYGON METHOD

Step 1 - Plot the Stations and draw lines connecting the stations
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Coordinates of Four Stations

A = (3,4) B = (11,4) C = (11,10) D = (3,10)
Coordinates of watershed
(1,1) (13,1) (16,4) (16,12) (10,12) (6,16) (1,11)
Observed precipitation amounts at gauges in four stations
A = 15mm B = 23mm C = 10mm D = 19mm
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Step 2 - Plot the watershed coordinates and draw lines connecting the coordinate
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Step 3 - Draw lines bisecting perpendicularly at the center of the the lines connecting
the stations, up to the lines connecting the coordinates of the watershed.
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Step 4 - Compute the area of each stations enclosed by the lines connecting the
watershed coordinates and the bisecting lines, by determining the number
of squares. Each square represents 1 sqaure kilometer.

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Compute the coverage Area and Areal Precipitation (AP) of each station, and the Area of the basin
(Abasin) and Mean Areal Precipitation (MAP), respectively.

Area Abasin P AP
Aa = = ÷ x =
Ab = = ÷ x =
Ac = = ÷ x =
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Abasin = MAP =