Water-loss investigations : Lake Mead studies / by G. Earl Harbeck, Jr., Max A. Kohler, Gordon E. Koberg, and others.

Author/creator Harbeck, Guy Earl, 1911-
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1958.
Descriptionix, 100 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded color in pocket) ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Evaporation.
Evaporation (Meteorology)--Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.).
Evaporation (Meteorology)--Measurement.
Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)

Other author/creatorKoberg, Gordon E., 1919-
Other author/creatorKohler, Max Adam, 1915-
Other author/creatorUnited States. Department of the Interior.
Other author/creatorGeological Survey (U.S.)
SeriesGeological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 298
Geological Survey professional paper 298. ^A16492
Contents Preface -- Symbols and dimensions -- Abstract -- Introduction / Harbeck, Jr., G. Earl -- Reservoir area and the dam -- Climatology -- Wind patterns over Boulder Basin / Kohler, Max A. -- Descriptions of network -- Analysis and results -- Instrumentation and methods -- Koberg, Gordon E. -- Water-budget instrumentation -- Inflow -- Outflow -- Change in reservoir contents -- Rainfall on lake surface -- Energy-budget instrumentation -- Radiation measurement -- Cummings radiation integrators -- Temperature profiles of lake -- Continuous temperature profiles -- Mass-transfer instrumentation -- Performance and maintenance of equipment -- Accuracy inspection -- Usable data -- Maintenance problems -- Summary of instrumentation and methods -- Energy-budget studies / Koberg, Gordon E. -- Solar radiation -- Reflected solar radiation -- Atmospheric radiation -- Reflected atmospheric radiation -- Radiation from the lake -- Bowen ratio -- Advected energy -- Energy storage -- Performance of Cummings radiation integrator -- Summary of measurements of energy-budget terms -- Effect of errors in evaluating energy-budget items -- Mass-transfer studies / Harbeck, Jr., G. Earl -- Sverdrup's equations -- Sutton's equation -- Calder's equation -- Lake Hefner quasi-empirical equation -- Results of energy-budget and mass-transfer computations / Harbeck, Jr., G. Earl -- Evaporation by energy-budget periods -- Evaporation by calendar months -- Surface-water withdrawl: theoretical considerations -- Pan and lake evaporation / Kohler, Max A., Nordenson, Tor J., and Fox, Wm. E. -- Instrumentation and observation procedure -- Analysis and interpretation of data -- Air temperature -- Dewpoint temperature -- Wind movement -- Solar radiation -- Water temperature -- Pan evaporation -- Estimation of annual lake evaporation -- Lake Mead computations -- Estimation of monthly lake evaporation -- Summary of evaporation studies -- Future program at Lake Mead / Harbeck, Jr., G. Earl, and Kohler, Max A. -- Withdrawl of water from Lake Mead / Garstka, Walter U., Phillips, H. Boyd, Allen, Ira E., and Hebert, Donald J. -- Hydrodynamics of withdrawls from a reservoir -- Engineering aspects of withdrawls from the surface of a reservoir -- Withdrawls from Lake Mead -- Summary of water withdrawl -- Conclusions / Harbeck, Jr., G. Earl, and Kohler, Max A. -- Selected bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.
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General note"Prepared in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships and Navy Electronics Laboratory; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 77) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Harbeck, Guy Earl, 1911- Water-loss investigations. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1958
LCCNgs 58000179
Govt. docs number I 19.16:298