A Spreadsheet Approach to the Hydrological Cycle

Abstract

I have devised a spreadsheet approach that is designed to help students better understand the terrestrial or “basin” hydrological cycle. Students are assigned problems to create spreadsheets accounting for the flux in and out of the major surface and subsurface “reservoirs.” The effects of hydroclimatic variation upon runoff are tested in the spreadsheet model. The assignment is given to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in order to promote proficiency in the use of the spreadsheet, a potentially important tool in the geoscience curriculum.

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