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AECL-5717 ATOMIC ENERGY 0jff& L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE OF CANADA LIMITED Efijr DU CANADA LIMITÉE ENERGY, WATER AND TRITIUM BUDGETS FOR PERCH LAKE: 1975 by E. ROBERTSON, D.P. WILDSMITH and P.C. JAY Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories Chalk River, Ontario July 1977

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AECL-5717

ATOMIC ENERGY 0 j f f & L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUEOF CANADA LIMITED E f i j r DU CANADA LIMITÉE

ENERGY, WATER AND TRITIUM BUDGETS FOR PERCH LAKE:

1975

by

E. ROBERTSON, D.P. WILDSMITH and P.C. JAY

Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories

Chalk River, Ontario

July 1977

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ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED

ENERGY, WATER AND TRITIUM BUDGETS FORPERCH LAKE: 1975

E. Robertson, D.P. Wildsmith and p.C. Jay-Biology and Health Physics DivisionEnvironmental Research Branch

Chalk River Nuclear LaboratoriesChalk River, Ontario

July, 1977

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Bilan de l'énergie, de l'eau et du tritium dans ie

lac des Perches en 1975

par

E. Robertson, D.P. Wildsmith et P.C. Jay

Résumé

Les bilans d'eau et d'énergie du lac des Perches sontprésentés pour l'année 1975 ainsi que les co-<~entrations detritium dans les nappes d'eau souterraines. Les valeursmensuelles et annuelles des composants majeurs des équationsdes bilans sont comparées aux valeurs moyennes des six anspour lesquels des données sont maintenant disponibles.

L'Energie Atomique du Canada, LimitéeLaboratoires Nucléaires de Chalk River

Chalk River, Ontario

Juillet 1977

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ENERGY, WATER AND TRITIUM BUDGETS FORPERCH LAKE: 1975

by

E. Robertson, D.P. Wildsmith and P.C. Jay-Biology and Health Physics DivisionEnvironmental Research Branch

ABSTRACT

Energy and water budgets for Perch Lake are presentedfor the year 1975 along with the tritium concentrations ofthe ground water component. Monthly and annual values ofthe major components of the budget equations are comparedwith the mean values for the six years for which data arenow available.

Chalk Rivi=r Nuclear LaboratoriesChalk River, Ontario

July, 1977

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ENERGY, WATER AND TRITIUM BUDGETS FORPERCH LAKE: 19 75

by

E. Robertson, D.P. Wildsmith and P.C. JayBiology and Health Physics DivisionEnvironmental Research Branch

INTRODUCTION

Energy, water and tritium budgets of Perch Lake forthe years 1970-73 were presented in papers by Barry andRobertson [1] and Barry, Robertson and Wildsmith [2]. Thework was continued with some modifications in 1974 and re-sults were published [3]. This paper presents the resultsfor 1975 and average values for 1970-75. The latest re-sults are given in SI units. However, to preserve con-tinuity with the results from previous years they are alsogiven in an appendix in the old units.

ENERGY BUDGET

The energy budget record for 1975 is the longest andmost complete to date. This was made possible by favour-able weather conditions and prompt installation of tempera-ture probes and a net radiometer in the spring, disconnect-ing sensitive instruments and electronic equipment when therewas a possibility of thunderstorms, and leaving instrumentsin position until after the lake was permanently frozen on22 November.

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Figure 1 shows the daily heat content of the lake,five-day running mean temperature and net radiation. Theten-day average values of the major components of theenergy budget are plotted in Figure 2.

Tables I to VIII list the daily and ten-day averagevalues of the terms of the energy balance equation:

A Q = N R - H - L E + P - S (1)

where all the terms are expressed per unit area of surface,

AQ is the change in stored lake energy

NR is the net radiant energy absorbed by the lakesurface

H is the sensible heat lost to the atmosphere

L is the latent heat of vapourisation (taken to be2.5 kJ-gm"1 (59 0 cal • gin"1)

E is the volume of water evaporated from 1 cm2 oflake surface

P is the heat gained from precipitation

S is the heat lost to the sediments.

All terms are measured directly except H and LE. These areseparated using the Bowen ratio defined as:

— (2)LE

and estimated from the relation:

T - T= C

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where T is the surface water temperature

T is the air temperaturea

e is the saturated vapour pressure at the surfaces water temperature

e is the vapour pressure of the aira

C is a constant =63.2 Pa-'C"1

= (0.474 mm Hg^c"1) .

The algebraic sum of the measured terms in Equation (1) formsa residual R equal to -(H + LE) thus :

A Q - N R - P + S = R = - ( H + LE)

whence substituting (2) and rearranging gives:

Table IX gives ten-day average values of all dataavailable and the resulting mean monthly evaporation ratesfrom Perch Lake.

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TABLE I

Daily Energy Budget, May 1975

Date

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

AQ NR P S R -H -LE

MJ'ItT2

79.60

84.41

87.51

91.01

99.17

107.6

-

-

117.2

-

135.2

130.2

135.8

-

-

154.6

157.2

167.2

173.8

-

-

172.0

169.0

158.7

160.1

166.2

159.9

161.3

4.81

3 . 1

3 . 5

8.16

8.45

9.54*

18.0*

-4.90

5.52

18.B*

2 . 6

10.0

6.65

-1.8*

-3.0

-10.3

1.4

6.07

-6.32

1.4

17.4

9.54

6.24

11.5

17.1

17.6

16.7

16.7

12.2

16.4

18.1

15.3

6.91

14.9

18.0

15.6

10.7

16.0

16.4

17.9

18.5

17.1

14.5

5.06

5.94

16.7

14.7

4.69

9.63

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 . 2

1.1

0

0

0

0 . 3

0 . 3

-0.71+

-4.0

-2.5

-7.24

-8.24

-8.45

-34.0*

-29.7*

-11.1

-8.62

-23.3*

-12.7

-5.69

-10.5

-49.97*

-8.41

-15.6

-14.5

-7.91

-10.6

-7.83

-0.2

0 . 3

1.3

0.54

0.88

3.4*

2.4*

0 . 2

1.9

1.8*

-0.46

0.59

0.84

7.49*

1.9

4.27

3 . 3

1.3

2 . 6

1.3

4.19

2 . 1

5.90

7.70

7.57

30.6*

27.2*

10.9

6.70

21.5*

13.1

5.11

9.71

42.48*

6.53

11.3

11.2

6.65

8.04

6.57

245.16

B

0.02

-0.04

0.15

0.23

0.07

0.11

0.22

0.07

-0.04

0.27

0.02

-0.02

0.02

C.29

0.12

0.11

0.01

-0.03

0.12

0.09

0.13

0.16

0.24

0.29

0.38

0.30

0.19

0.32

0.19

* 1cm

0.17

0.09

0.24

0.31

0.31

1.24*

1.10*

0.44

0.27

0.87*

0.53

0.21

0.39

1.72*

0.26

0.46

0.45

0.27

0.33

0.27

9.93

* cumulative figure

S= -0.71 for ail dates

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TABLE II

Daily Energy Budget, June 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Total

g NR P S R -H -LE

MJ -m"2

158.5

166.5

162.1

168.9

157.8

-

-

151.1

156.9

163.2

171.1

163.3

164.7

166.2

174.1

175.1

178.5

182.1

178.1

183.6

188.6

197.0

191.9

193.5

193.2

198.5

-

199.0

-

201.3

-2.8

8.03

-4.48

6.86

-11.1

-6.70*

5.32

6.24

7.95

-7.87

1.4

1.5

7.95

1.0

3.4

3 . 6

-4.0

5.48

5.02

8.41

-5.15

1.6

-0.3

5.36

0.50*

2.3*

13.9

16.0

12.7

15.2

5.65

5.36

3 . 5

14.3

19.7

20.3

16.7

2 . 6

10.1

11.1

15.4

12.1

13.0

14.1

15.3

19.9

18.0

18 1

16.7

15.7

18.0

18.7

17.7

15.0

19.2

16.9

0.42

0

0

0

0.71

2 . 6

0.08

0 . 3

0

0

0 . 3

0 . 1

0.08

0.08

0 . 2

0

0.08

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-0.46' -16.7

-7.74

-16.7

-7.91

-17.0

-31.5*

-13.4

-13.6

-8.62

-10.2

-8.37

-9.25

-7.16

-10.6

-9.21

-10.0

-18.8

-14.0

-12.5

-9.25

-21.4

-13.7

-17.8

-12.9

-31.3*

-32.9*

4.35

1.9

4 . 1

1.8

4 . 1

9.54*

3 . 6

2 .4

1 .2

2 .9

0 . 2

1.9

0 . 4

3 . 3

0 . 1

1.2

2 . 8

3 . 1

2 . 3

1.0

1.9

? . l

3 .9

2 . 3

4.35*

5.82*

12.3

5.82

12.6

6.11

12.9

21.9*

9.79

11.2

7.45

7.28

8.16

7.32

6.78

7.28

9.08

8.79

16.0

10.8

10.2

8.20

19.5

10.6

13.9

10.6

2b.y*

27.1''

308.7

0.35

0.33

0.33

0.29

0.32

0.42

0.54

0.34

0.37

0.21

0.16

0.40

0.02

0.26

0.05

0.46

0.01

0.14

0.18

0.28

0.22

0.13

0.10

0.29

0.28

0.23

0.17

0.15

0.23

0.20

E

cm

0.50

0.24

0.51

0.25

0.52

0.89*

0.40

0.45

0.30

0.30

0.33

0.30

0.27

0.29

0.37

0.35

0.65

0.44

0.41

0.33

0.79

0.43

0.56

0.43

1.09*1

1.10*

12.50

* cumulative figure

S = -0.46 for ail dates

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TABLE I I I

Daily Energy Budget, July 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

21

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Q AQ NR P

-

200.9

198.5

198.0

202.9

205.4

205.8

203.0

-

195.5

191.5

193.1

200.3

-

-

200.2

204.8

209.9

204.4

197.3

194.1

195.6

202.9

188.3

179.8

-

184.9

173.1

182.8

186.1

199.2

-0.3*

-2.4

-0.50

4.90

2 . 5

0.42

-2.8

-7.57*

-4.0

1.6

7.20

-0 .1*

4.69

5.10

-5.57

-7.03

-3.2

1.5

7.24

-14.6

-8.45

5.06*

-11.8

9.70

3 .3

13.1

18.5

14.6

17.3

14.6

19.5

15.6

17.2

12.9

14.4

16.4

7.28

14.4

13.4

10.1

14.8

15.3

18.1

15.2

3 . 8

6.95

12.7

15.2

16.6

2 . 6

5.06

17.2

4 . 1

9.17

19.3

15.6

17.8

0

0.42

0

0

0

0.50

0.54

0

0

0.08

0.17

0

0

0.08

0

0

0

0

0.6:1

0 . 3

0

0 . 1

0

1 .2

0

0 . 2

0.63

0

0

0

0

S R -H -LE

MJ'rrT2

-0.42

-32.9*

-19.3

-14.7

-14.2

-13.2

• 16.9

-15.2

-37.7*

-11.0

-12.3

-5.82

-39.2*

-13.0

-9.71

-9.54

-13.9

-15.5

-13.5

-8.96

-18.0

-13.1

-16.2*

-20.5

-9.12

-11.8

-4.27

5.27*

3 . 6

2 . 6

2 . 0

2 . 1

2 . 6

2 . 2

7.49*

2 . 8

2 .7

0.75

6.53*

0.92

0.92

2 . 2

2 . 2

3 .7

2 . 0

1.1

3 .0

3 .6

3.9*

4.90

0.88

0.30

0 . 3

27.7*

15.6

12.1

12.3

11.1

14.3

13.1

30.2*

8.24

9.67

5.06

32.6*

12.1

8.79

7.37

11.7

11.8

11.5

7.83

15.0

9.50

12.3*

15.7

8 .2

11.0

4 . 0

338.6

0

0.20

0.18

0.23

0.22

0.16

0.19

0.18

0.16

0.26

0.24

0.34

0.28

0.14

0.25

0.23

0.13

0.09

0.11

0.29

0.19

0.32

0.18

0.14

0.20

0.38

0.17

0.44

0.31

0.10

0.07

0.07

E

cm

1.12*

0.63

0.49

0.50

0.45

0.58

0.53

1.22*

0.33

0.39

0.21

1.32*

0.48

0.36

0.30

0.47

0.48

0.46

0.32

0.61

0.39

0.50*

0.63

0.33

0.45

0.16

13.71

* cumulative figure

S= -0.42 for all dates

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TABLE IV

Daily Energy Budget, August 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

P

_

-

-

184.8

190.8

183.1

183.1

-

187.2

190.7

191.0

193.7

188.5

189.5

189.0

194.0

184.8

179.8

174.1

171.1

171.0

165.9

173.1

171.7

174.7

178.3

177.7

179.6

172.3

172.7

167.8

AQ

-14.4*

6.03

-7.78

0

4.1*

3 . 5

0 . 3

2 . 7

-5.11

0.96

-0.46

4.90

-9.12

-5.02

-5.65

-3.]

-0.04

-5.11

7.24

-1.4

3 .0

3 . 6

-0.63

1.9

-7.32

0.46

-4.90

NE

16.5

14 6

9.50

11.2

14.3

8 .0

16.5

16.6

9.rj4

16 ,9

13 .0

15.3

5.15

15.1

8.79

14.4

4.56

11.6

11.0

14.1

3.26

13.5

13.7

5.06

12.3

6.32

12.2

12.4

-0.4f

10.3

11.9

T—L

P

0

0

1.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 . 4

0

0

0

0.67

0

0

0

0.04

0

0 . 1

S

MJ'm"2

-0.08

- 6 6

- 8

- 1 5

- 1 6

- 2 1

- 1 3

- 1 0

- 1 2

- 1 0

- 1 4

- 9

- 9

- 1 3

- 1 6

- 1 6

- 1 7

- 3

- 1 8

- 6 .

- 6 .

- 9 .

- 2

-12.

-10.

- 6 .

- 9 .

-16.

R

.83*

.20

.7

.4

. 8 *

.4

.6

.6

.2

.0

.17

.50

6

6

6

1

6

5

36

40

88

6

8

4

82

75

9

8

1

5

3

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

1

2

4

4

4

0

4

1

1 .

~6.

0 .

2 .

2 .

2 .

2 .

2 .

-H

.50*

. 7

.15

.5

. 3 *

. 1

. 1

.1

. 8

.8

.8

. 2

.3

0

.35

19

84

69

1

7

07

50

8

0

1

1

0

-LE

58.34*

6.49

10.5

12.9

20.5*

12.2

8.58

10.5

o -V

11.3

7.41

8.29

11.3

12.6

12.3

12.9

2 . 8

13.9

5.27

4.69

15.9

2 . 1

9.96

8.41

4.69

7.70

14.9

314.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

- 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 .

0 .

0 .

- 0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

s

.12

.10

.14

.22

.27

.49

.27

.20

.07

.09

.24

.20

. 2 1

. 2 5

.24

.15

20

32

35

32

31

34

20

36

38

23

28

23

46

26

13

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

1 2 .

E

cm

.36*

.26

. 4 3

.52

.83*

.49

.35

.42

.34

.46

.30

.34

.46

. 5 1

.50

.52

11

56

21

19

65

09

40

34

19

31

60

75

•cumulative figure .08 for ail dates

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TABLE V

Daily Energy Budget, September 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1 0

11

12

1 3

1 4

15

1 6

1 7

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

2 5

26

27

2 8

29

30

Total

161

149

-

151

151

-

144

139

129

1 3 2

138

1 3 0

1 2 4

124

131

133

1 3 6

132

134

133

132.

129.

124

120.

117.

119.

118.

118.

124.

123.

i?

. 1

. 5

. 6

. 8

.2

.4

. 8

. 9

.6

. 9

. 1

9

4

0

0

7

6

1

6

1

8

9

3

1

5

0

6

5

-6.86

-11.6

2.1*

0 . 2

-7.61*

-4.77

-9.67

3 . 1

5.73

-7.70

-6.78

-0.84

6.49

1.6

3 .0

-3.3

1.9

-1.5

-0.50

-3.5

-4.35

-3.9

-3.6

1.8

-0.59

0.50

6.57

-1.1

NR

-0.96

-1.3

8.70

8.75

10.3

0.67

11.1

7.03

8.08

7.03

7.32

8.70

6.03

6.70

12.0

8.70

5.57

1.5

2 . 3

1 . 3

4.52

3 . 6

4.31

4.73

4.90

2 . 5

2 . 2

9.50

8.91

3 . 0

P

0.1

0

0

0

0 . 1

0.08

0 . 1

0.08

0

0

2 . 2

0.04

0 . 1

0

0

0

0

0.50

0 . 2

0 . 3

0.08

0.08

0

0

0 . 1

0

0

0

0.08

0.04

S

MJ-m"2

0.2 + - 6

- 1 0

- 1 5

- 1 0

- 1 9

- 1 2

- 1 8

- 4

- 4

- 1 6

- 1 3

- 7

- 5

- 7

- 2

- 5

- 0

- 3

- 5

- 7 .

- 8 .

- 8 .

- 8 .

- 0 .

- 3 .

- 9 .

- 2 .

- 4 .

R

.24

. 5

. 8 *

. 5

. 8 *

. 1

. 0

. 1

. 0

.7

. 1

. 7 4

. 73

28

8

5 7

75

3

3 1

32

87

8 3

8 7

88

0

2 1

64

35

- H

2 . 0

2 . 6

3.6*

1.8

6.07*

2 . 7

6.15

0.80

-0.88

5.40

5.06

2 . 4

0 . 1

0 . 2

0.92

1.7

0 . 3

1 .1

1.5

2 . 6

2 . 6

2 . 1

2 . 8

0 . 2

0.63

2 . 1

0.63

1.4

4

7

12

8

13

9

11

3

4

11

8

5

5

7

1

3

0

2

3

4

6

6

6

0 .

2 .

7 .

2 .

2 .

164.

- L E

.27

. 9 1

.2*

. 6 2

. 8 *

.37

• 8

.4

.73

. 3

. 0 8

. 36

. 6 1

. 0 7

.9

.9

.50

1

9

77

32

7 0

0 3

71

34

0 7

0

9

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

- 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

e

.47

. 3 3

. 2 9

-

. 2 1

. 6 2

.26

.29

.52

.21

.16

.48

. 6 3

. 4 4

. 0 2

. 0 3

. 4 8

.45

46

52

38

54

41

3 2

4 7

21

27

30

32

49

E

cm

0.17

0.32

0.50*

0.35

0.56*

0.38

0.48

0.14

0.19

0.46

0.33

0.22

0.23

0.29

0.08

0.16

0.02

0.09

o.ie

0.19

0.26

0.27

0.24

0.03

0.10

0.29

0.08

0.12

6.66

•cumul,

+ S = 0

ative figure

.2 for ail dates

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TABLE VI

Daily Energy Budget, October 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

115

102

99

95

102

96

95

93

93

89

91

92

97

77

75

7 3 .

7 5 .

7 4 .

7 9 .

8 2 .

9 2 .

8 6 .

8 1 .

8 1 .

8 2 .

7 2 .

5 8 .

5 0 .

0

. 3

.4

. 1

.8

.4

.22

.42

.42

.00

.90

40

15

88

58

78

58

18

55

32

42

42

35

91

61

9 1

31

41

63

Ù

- 7

- 1 2

- 3

- 3

6

- 6

-0

- 2

- 0

- 3

1

0

5

-20

- 1 .

- 2 .

1 .

- 0 .

4 .

3 .

1 0 .

- 6 .

- 4 .

- 0 .

1 .

-10.

-13.

~7

p

. 57

.9

. 3

. 3

.61

.19

.8

.0

. 4 2

1

5

75

73*

3*

8

2

6

63

77

1

0

07

44

3

3

6

9

78

NR

-0.63

2 . 3

3 . 3

7.41

8.20

1.7

6.19

5.19

6.24

0 . 3

0.88

3.9

-0.50

7.74

-0.54

0 . 3

3 .6

3 .7

1.6

0.08

~5.52

6.24

3 . 1

4.27

-1.6

3 . 5

2 .9

5.82

-0.4

-0.71

1.7

P

0 . 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 . 2

0 . 3

0.84

0

0.54

0 . 3

0 . 3

0

0

0

0 . 2

0 . 2

0

0.08

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S R

MJ'm"2

0.50+ -7.57

-15.7

-7.11

-11.2

-2.1

-8.37

-7.53

-7.66

-7.32

-4.31

-0.71

-3.6

-3.4*

-24.4*

-5.98

-4.52

0.84

-6.65

-2.1

-0.50

5.27

-5.02

-8.45

-3.7

-5.06

-10.8

-13.6

-10.0

-H

2 . 6

6.53

2 . 2

3 . 3

-0.2

2 . 6

2 . 6

0.59

1 .3

1.8

0 . 3

0.67

1.3*

9.25*

1.1

0.75

-0.4

1.1

0.08

0.04

-20.8

1.0

3 .0

1.0

-0.54

3 .7

6.86

4.39

4

9

4

7

2

5

4

7

6

2

0

2

2

15

4

3

- 0

5

2

0

15

4 .

5 .

2 .

5 .

7 .

6 .

5 .

4 5 .

-LE

.94

.21

.90

.87

. 3

.73

.94

.07

.07

.5

.46

.9

. 1 *

. 1 *

85

8

46

52

0

46

5

0

48

7

61

07

77

61

1

0

0

0

0

-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

- 1 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

- 0 .

0 .

1 .

0 .

e

.53

.71

.45

.43

.10

.47

.53

.08

.21

.73

.55

. 2 3

. 7 1

.50

.61

.63

. 6 1

23

20

84

20

03

06

34

26

54

36

10

52

01

78

E

cm

0.20

0.37

0.20

0.32

0.09

0.23

0.20

0.23

0.25

0.10

0.02

0.12

0.09*

0.61*

0.20

0.15

-0.02

0.23

0.08

0.02

0.63

0.]<3

0.22

0.11

0.23

0.29

0.27

0.23

5.88

*cumulative figure

S = 0.50 for ail dates

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TABLE VII

Daily Energy Budget, November 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

.11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Total

Q NR P S R -H -LE

MJ-nT2

_

55.40

58.50

59.80

-

61.90

70.10

66.30

70.86

f-7.06

60.57

58.47

45.17

30.5

31.0

-

32.3

29.7

29.3

-

21.3

17.4

4.90*

3 . 1

1 .3

2.1*

8.20

-3.8

4.56

-3.8

-6.49

-2.1

-13.3

-14.7

0.50

1.5*

-2.8

-0.42

-7.91*

-3.9

0.46

2 .9

3 . 6

2 . 1

1.8

4.65

2 . 8

-0.2

2 . 3

-0.54

2 . 3

0 . 3

-2.1

-1.7

3 . 3

1.0

3 . 0

2 . 2

-0.92

0

-0.75

-1.7

0 . 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.04

0

0.71

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.50

0.46*

-1.0

-1.3

-5.36*

4.90

-4.1

1.7

-4.48

9.33

-2.9

-11.7

-13.5

-3.3

-3.6*

-5.57

0

-7.66*

-2.7

i

-0.2*

-0.50

-0.2

0.92*

-2.3

-0.50

-0.2

-4.43

3 . 5

1.0

4.69

6.11

0.71

0.3*

-0.3

0

3.9*

1.6

-0.3*

1.5

1.5

4.44*

-2.6

4.65

-1.5

8.96

5.28

1.9

6.99

7.37

2 . 6

3.3*

5.86

0

3.7*

1.1

55.66

0

0.91

0.05

-0.34

-0.13

0.40

0.02

0.92

-0.11

0.12

-0.50

0.49

0.55

0.67

0.83

0.27

0.48

-0.33

-0.05

0.79

0.75

1.38

1.47

1

E

cm

-0.01*

0.06

0.06

0.18*

-0.10

0.19

-0.06

0.36

0.25

0.08

0.28

0.30

0.10

0.13*

0.24

0

0.15*

0.04

2.25

•cumulative figure

S = 0.50 for a l l dates

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TABLE VIII

Ten-Day Average Values for 1975

Period

May 4-1112-2021-31

June 1-1011-2021-30

July 1-1011-2021-31

August 1-1011-2021-31

September 1-1011-2021-30

October 1-1011-2021-31

November 1-1011-22

440

021

- 000

- 0- 2- 0

—3- 0 .- 0 .

- 3 .- 1 .- 2 .

.69.44.4

. 2

. 1

. 8

.59

.2

.5

8403

5188

352

1.7- 4 . 1

131412

121317

16

NR

. 5

.6

. 8

. 7

.0

.4

. 111.912

1311

9

564

422

2 .0 .

. 3

.4

. 1

.12

.940 377

018

042

0

00

000

0

0

000

00

0 .

p

00

. 2

.4

. 0 80

. 2

. 1

. 2

. 0 80

. 1

.04304

0 830

080

MJ

s•m"2

-0 .71- 0- 0

- 0- 0- 0

- 0- 0-0

- 0- 0- 0

000

0 .0 .0 .

0 .0 .

. 7 1

. 7 1

.46

.46

. 4 6

. 4 2

. 4 2

. 4 2

. 0 8

.08

.08

222

555

55

- 8- 9

- 1 1

- 1 2- 1 0- 1 5

- 1 6- 1 1- 1 1

- 1 4- 1 3

- 9

- 9- 6- 5

R

.08. 5.9

.5

.6

.2

. 4

. 5

.9

. 2

.0

.46

.7179

-7.81- 4- 5 .

- 0 .- 5 .

3148

9206

-H

002

312

212

221

211

21 .

r

- 0 .i .

. 8

.7

. 1

. 2

.7

.5

. 8

.9

. 2

. 1

.6

. 3

666

33

758

-LE

789

98

12

1399

1210

8

754

5 .2 .5 .

1 .3 .

. 2 8

. 8 3

.79

. 2 5

. 9 1

. 7

.6

.54

. 7 1

. 1

. 32

160627

57952

73

rE

cm d

000

000

000

000

000

0 .0 .0 .

0 .

.29

.36

. 1

. 3 7

. 3 6

. 5 1

.56

.39

. 3 9

.49

.42

. 3 3

29217

231222

070.13

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TABLE IX

Ten-Day Average Values for 1970-75

Per iod

May 1-1011-2021-31

June 1-1011-2021-30

Ju ly 1-1011-2021-31

August 1-1011-2021-31

September 1-1011-2021-30

October 1-1011-2021-31

November 1-1011-22

No. ofobservation

234

433

466

665

444

432

11

AQ

i

3 .92 . 51.6

0.922 . 50.75

1.0-0.6 3

0 . 5

-0.67-1.7-0.96

-0.54-1.7-1.7

-2.2-3.80.08

1 .7-4.1

NR

MJ'

11.811.013.9

13.513.913.6

13.411.512.1

11.8. 11.1

9.37

7.875.314.27

4 . 02 . 12 . 7

2 . 00.42

-H

m - 2

0.841 . 82 . 6

2 . 92 . 02 . 4

2 . 12 . 22 . 2

2 . 32 . 41.9

2 . 12 . 01 .7

1.62 . 1

-0.2

-0.75-1.8

-LE

6 . 76.659.08

9.589 . 0

10.0

10.39.799.21

10.39.428.62

6.495.484.69

4.944.313.39

1.73 . 3

E

mm. d

3 .0

3 .9

3 .9

3.8 !i

2 . 2

1.7 :

i1 n i1 . U ,

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WATER BUDGET

Terms of the water balance equation:

A S = I - O + P - E ± G

were measured as before and ground water flows estimated[2]. Results for the summer and winter months of 1975 andmeans of all available data are given in Tables X and XI.The high value for February and low one for March may beexplained by a February thaw which was followed by very coldweather in March.

TABLE X

Summer Ground water Flow, m m d-1

1975

Mean (1970-75)

1975/Mean (1970-75)

May

2

2

0.

.3

4

96

June

2

2

0

.1

.8

.75

July

1

1

0

.2

.5

80

August

0

1

0

.7

2

58

September

1

1

0.

.0

4

71

October

1

1.

1.

8

7

06

1975

Mean (19TD-75)

TABLE XI

Winter Ground water Flow,

January

0.3

0.5

February

3.0

1.0

March

1.1

2.2

mm-d

April

2.4

4.7

November

-0.5

2.2

December

1.6

0.7

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The water budget for the whole year along with six-year average values is given in Table XII. The summer of1975 was exceptionally hot and dry, the precipitation being78% of the average as shown in the last column of Table XII.Note that while surface inflow during 1975 was only 62% ofthe six-year average, the ground water flow was 85% ofaverage. The evaporation rate was 6% higher than the average.

TABLE XII

Perch Lake water Budget

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

Component

Surface inflows

Inlet #1#2#3#4#5

Total

Precipitation(direct)

Total

Surface outflow

Net inflow

Evaporation

Ground water inflow

Daily equivalent

1975 Flow

3 -1 ln5m • a x 10

1.66.50.90.60.2

9.8

2.9

12.7

11.9

0.8

- 3.4

2.6

Mean flow

3 -1 ,„£m : a x 10

2.410.41.70.80.4

15.7

3.7

19.4

19.3

0.1

- 3.2

3.1

1970-75

cm a

53.3230.937.717.88.9

348.5

82.1

430.6

428.4

2.2

71.0

68.8

0.19 cm d"1

1975/Mean

0.670.630.530.750.50

0.62

0.78

0.65

0.62

0.66

1.06

0.84

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The tritium concentrations of ground water input toPerch Lake was calculated as before [2] from water budgetterms combined with stream and lake tritium concentrationsand evaporation rates estimated as described by Prantl[4]. Results are shown in Figure 3. Table XIII gives theground water input of tritium from May 1969 to November1975.

TABLE XIII

Ground water Tritium to Perch Lake, Ci*

Year

-69

1969-70

1970-71

1971-72

1972-73

1973-74

1974-75

WinterNovember to April

65

213

100

188

77

84

SummerMay to October

112

154

90

175

78

164

106

Total

219

2 93

275

266

241

190

*1 Ci = 37 GBq

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CONCLUSION

The 1975 energy budget record is the most complete todate and demonstrates the significance of lake storagechanges to the evaporation rates in spring and fall, waterbudget terms are generally lower than the six-year averagedue to the hot dry season. The annual input of tritiumto Perch Lake via ground water is decreasing.

REFERENCES

[1] Barry, P.J. and E» Robertson. 1975. The energy bud-get of Perch Lake, pp. 375-415 in Hydrological Studieson a Small Basin on the Canadian Shield (Edited byP.J. Barry). Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, ReportAECL-5041/II.

[2] Barry, P.J., E. Robertson and D.P. wildsmith. 1975.Use of the water budget to determine the ground waterinput to Perch Lake, pp. 557-576 in HydrologicalStudies on a Small Basin on the Canadian Shield (Editedby P.J. Barry). Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Re-port AECL-5041/II.

[3] Robertson, E., D.P. Wildsmith and P.C. Jay. 1976.Energy, water and tritium budgets for Perch Lake: 1974.Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Report AECL-5380.15 pp.

[4] Prantl, P.A. 1974. Isotope balances for hydrologicalsystems. Part I. Isotope evaporation studies withtritiated water in the laboratory. J. Pure & AppliedGeophysics (Italy) 112: 209-218.

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5 - D A Y M E A NN E T R A D I A T I O N

1 0 0 0

200

150

100

120 1 5 0 180 2 1 0 2 4 0 2 7 0 3 0 0M A Y J U N E J U L Y A U G . S E P T . O C T . N O V .

Figure 1. Heat content of lake and five-day running meannet radiation and air temperature for 1975.

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300

200

100

- - 100

- 2 0 0

- 3 0 0

NETRADIATION

\

CHANGE IN STORAGE-s

SENSIBLEHEAT

EVAPORATION

120 150 180L_

210 240 270 300

MAY JUNE JULV AUGUST SEPTEMBEH OCTOBER NOVEMBER

-15

-10

-5

--5

- - 1 0

-1 5

Figure 2. Ten-day average values of components of lakeenergy budget for 1975.

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20.000

o.•o

5.000

10.000

o

5.000

N I D I J I F I M I A I M I J ' J T T T s T o T

Figure 3. Mean monthly concentration of HTO in groundwater entering Perch Lake from November 1974to October 1975.

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APPENDIX

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TABLE I

Daily Energy Budqet, May 1975

Date

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2 1

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota l

Q

1902

2017

2090

2174

2369

2571

-

-

2799

-

-

3229

3112

3244

-

-

3694

3756

3996

4155

-

-

4112

4041

3794

3828

3973

3822

3855

AQ

+115

+ 73

+ 84

+195

+2 02

+228

+430

-117

+132

+450

+ 62

+240

+15 9

- 43

- 71

-247

+ 34

+145

-151

+ 33

NR

4 1 5

228

149

2 74

4 0 9

4 2 1

399

4 0 0

2 92

393

432

365

165

355

4 3 0

372

255

382

393

428

4 4 1

4 0 9

347

121

142

399

3 5 1

112

230

P S

cal-cm

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

26

0

0

0

7

7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

-17

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

-17

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

- 1 7

R

•CT1

- 96

- 59

-173

-197

-202

-812

-709

-265

-206

-556

-303

-136

-2 52

-1194

-201

-372

-348

-189

-253

-187

-H

- 4

8

32

13

2 1

8 1

58

5

46

42

- 1 1

14

20

179

45

102

80

30

61

30

-LE

100

51

141

184

181

7 3 1

6 5 1

260

160

514

314

122

232

1015

156

270

2 6 8

159

192

157

858

0

0.02

-0.04

0.15

0.23

0.07

0.11

0.22

0.07

-0.04

0.27

0.02

-0.02

0.02

0.29

0.12

0.11

0.01

-0.03

0.12

0.09

0.13

0.16

0.24

0.29

0.38

0.30

0.19

0.32

0.19

E

cmI

: 0.17

' 0.09

0.24

0.31

0.31

f l .24

1{ri.io

U0.44

0.27

(0.87

10.53

0.21

0.39

)'1.72

0.26

0.46

0.45

0.27

0.33

0.27

9.93

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TABLE I I

Daily Energy Budget, June 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Total

Q

3788

3980

3873

4037

3771

-

-

3611

3750

3898

4088

3900

3933

3968

4158

4182

4263

4350

4255

4386

4506

4707

4584

4622

4613

4741

4753

-

4807

AQ

- 67

+192

-107

-164

-266

-160

+139

+149

+190

-188

+ 33

+ 35

+190

+ 24

+ 81

+ 87

- 95

+131

+120

+201

-123

+ 38

- 8

+128

+ 12

+ 54

NR

333

388

304

364

135

128

84

342

471

484

399

63

242

265

367

289

310

336

366

475

42 9

433

399

376

42 9

448

42 3

358

459

403

P S

cal-cm"2

10

0

0

0

17

62

2

7

0

0

8

3

2

2

5

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

-11

R

d-1

-399

-185

-400

-189

-407

-752

-321

-324

-206

-243

-200

-221

-171

-254

-220

-238

-450

-333

-2 98

-221

-511

-327

-426

-309

-747

-76S

-H

104

46

99

43

99

228

87

57

28

69

5

46

9

80

3

28

67

74

54

25

46

73

93

56

104

139

-LE

295

139

301

146

308

524

2 34

267

178

174

195

175

162

174

217

210

383

259

244

196

465

2 54

333

253

643

647

7376

3

0.35

0.33

0.33

0.29

0.32

0.42

0.54

0.34

0.37 ;

0.21

0.16

0.40

0.02

0.26

0.05

0.46

0.01

0.14

0.18

0.28

0.22

0.13

0.10

0.29

0.28

0.23

0.17

0.15

0.23

0.20

E

cm

0.50

0.24

0.51

0.25

0.52

I[ 0.89

J0.40

0.45

0.30

0.30

0.33

0.30

0.27

0.29

0.37

0.35

0.65

0.44

0.41

0.33

0.79

0.43

0.56

0.43

/ 1.09J?V l.io

12.50

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TABLE I I I

Daily Energy Budget, July 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Q

-

4801

4744

4732

4849

4908

4918

4852

-

4671

4575

4614

4786

-

-

4783

4895

5017

4884

4716

4640

4675

4848

4498

42 96

-

4417

4135

4367

4447

4760

AQ

- 6

- 57

- 12

+117

+ 59

+ 10

- 66

-181

- 96

+ 39

+172

- 3

+112

+122

-133

-168

- 76

+ 35

+173

-350

-202

+121

-282

4-232

+ 80

+313

NR

441

350

413

350

467

373

410

308

345

393

174

344

321

242

353

366

433

364

90

166

304

364

397

61

121

410

98

219

460

372

425

P

cal

0

10

0

0

0

12

13

0

0

2

4

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

15

8

0

3

0

28

0

5

15

0

0

0

0

s

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

R

-787

-460

-352

-340

-316

-403

-364

-901

-264

-295

-139

-936

-311

-232

-228

-332

-370

-322

-214

-42 9

-313

-387

-491

-218

-282

-102

-H

126

87

63

47

51

62

52

179

67

64

18

156

22

22

52

53

89

48

27

71

86

92

117

21

19

7

-LE

661

373

289

2 93

265

341

312

722

197

231

121

780

289

210

176

279

281

274

187

358 '

227

2 95

374

197

263

95

8090

3

0.20

0.18

0.23

0.22

0.16

0.19

0.18

0.16

0.26

0.24

0.34

0.28

0.14

0.25

0.23

0.13

0.09

0.11

0.29

0.19

0.32

0.18

0.14

0.20

0.38

0.17

0.44

0.31

0.10

0.07

0.07

E

cm

1.12

0.63

0.49

0.50

0.45

0.58

0.53

( 1.22\

0.33

0.39

0.21

"l.32

J

0.48

0.36

0.30

0.47

0.48

0.46

0.32

0.61

0.39

^0.50)

0.63

0.33

0.45

0.16

13.71

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TABLE IV

Daily Energy Budget, August 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2 1

22

23

24

2 5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Q

_

-

-

4415

4559

4373

4373

-

4472

4556

4564

4628

4506

4529

4518

4635

4417

42 97

4162

408 9

4088

3 966

4139

4105

4177

4264

4249

4295

412U

4131

4014

AQ

-345

+144

-186

0

+ 99

+ 84

+ 8

+ 64

-122

+ 23

- 11

+117

-218

-120

-135

- 73

- 1

-122

-173

- 34

+ 72

+ 87

- 15

+ 46

-175

+ 11

-117

NR

394

348

227

267

342

191

395

397

228

4 0 5

7.64

366

12 3

360

210

344

109

2 7 8

2 64

3 38

78

323

327

1 2 1

2 94

151

2 92

2 96

- 11

246

285

P S R

cal-cm" • d" 1

0

0

24

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

0

16

0

0

0

1

0

3

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

_2

—2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

- 2

-1597

- 196

- 375

- 393

- 522

- 319

- 2 54

- 300

- 243

- 335

- 219

- 227

- 325

- 396

- 397

- 409

- 86

- 443

- 152

- 153

- 236

- 62

- 305

- 248

- 163

- 233

- 403

-H

203

4 1

12 3

84

32

26

4 9

50

42

6 6

42

29

55

9 6

104

100

2 0

112

26

4 1

-145

12

67

47

51

49

47

- L E

13 94

155

2 52

309

490

2 92

205

250

2 0 1

2 6 9

177

198

270

300

2 93

309

66

3 3 1

126

112

381

50

238

2 01

112

184

356

7521

0.12

^.10

0.14

0.22

0.27

0.49

0.27

0.20

-0 .07

0.09

0.24

0.20

0.21

0.25 !

0.24 ;

0.15

0.20

0.32

0.35

0.32

0.31

0.34 :

0.20

0.36

-0.38

0.23

0.28

0.23 J

0.46 j

0.26

0.13

E

cm

1 2.36

J0.26

0.43

0.52

( 0.83

30.49

0.35

0.42

0.34

0.46

0.30

0.34

0.46

0.51

0.50

0.52

0.11

0.56

0.21

0.19

0.65

0.09

0.40

0.34

0.19

0.31

0.60

12.75

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TABLE V

Daily Enerqv Budget, September 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2 1

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Total

Q

3850

3574

-

362 3

3627

-

3445

3331

3100

3175

3312

3128

2966

2 946

3101

3140

3211

3131

3177

3141

3129

3046

2 942

2849

2762

2806

2792

2804

2961

2935

AQ

-164

-276

+ 49

+ 4

-182

-114

-231

+ 75

+137

-184

-162

- 20

+155

+ 39

+ 71

- 80

+ 46

- 36

- 12

- 83

-104

- 93

- 87

+ 44

- 14

+ 12

+157

- 26

NR

- 23

- 30

2 0 8

209

246

16

2 6 6

168

193

168

175

208

144

1 6 0

287

208

133

36

54

3 1

108

85

103

113

117

60

52

227

213

72

P S R

cal-cm -d

3

0

0

0

3

2

3

2

0

0

52

1

3

0

0

0

0

12

5

6

2

2

0

0

3

0

0

0

2

1

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

-149

-251

-377

-250

-474

-289

-42 9

- 98

- 95

-398

-314

-185

-137

-174

- 67

-133

- 18

- 78 ;

-12 7

-175

-212

-211

-212

- 21

- 71

-220

- 63

-104

- H

47

62

85

44

145

65

147

19

- 21

129

121

5 7

3

5

22

4 1

6

27

3 5

6 1

6 1

51

68

5

15

51

15

34

- L E

102

189

2 9>i

2 0 6

3 2 9

2 2 4

282

8 1

113

269

193

128

134

169

4 5

92

12

51

92

114

1 5 1

160

144

17

56

169

4 8

70

3932

0

0.47

0.33

0.29

-

0.21

0.62

0.26

0.29

0.52

0.21

-0.16

0.48

0.63

0.44

0.02

0.03

0.48

0.45

0.46

0.52

0.38

0.54

0.41

0.32

0.47

0.21

0.27

0.30

0.32

0.49

E

cm

0.17

0.32

( 0.50

0.35

]o 56)

0.38

0.48

0.14

0.19

0.46

0.33

0.22

0.23

0.29

0.08

0.16

0.02

0.09

0.16

0.19

0.26

0.270.24

0.03

0.10

0.29

0.08

0.12

6.66

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TABLE VI

Daily Energy Budget, October 1975

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

2 5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Q

2754

2446

2366

2287

2445

22 97

2277

2230

2220

2145

2181

2199

2336

1851

1809

1756

1795

1780

1894

1967

2207

2062

1956

1948

1978

1724

1393

1207

AQ

-181

-308

- 80

- 79

+158

-148

- 20

- 47

- 10

- 75

+ 36

+ 18

+137

-485

- 42

- 53

+ 39

- 15

+ 114

+ 73

+240

-145

-106

- 8

+ 30

-254

-331

-186

NR

- 15

56

78

177

196

40

148

124

149

8

21

92

- 12

185

- 13

8

85

89

39

2

-132

149

73

102

- 37

84

69

139

- 9

- 17

41

P S

cal-cm

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

8

20

0

13

8

8

0

0

0

4

5

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

R

•d"1

-181

-376

-170

-268

- 50

-200

-180

-183

-175

-103

- 17

- 86

- 81

-582

-143

-108

+ 20 ;

-159

- 49

- 12

+126

-120

-202

- 89

-121

-2 57

-326

-239

-H

63

156

53

80

- 5

63

62

14

30

43

6

16

30

221

27

18

- 9

26

2

1

-497

25

71

24

-13

88

164

105

-LE

118

220

117

188

55

137

118

169

145

60

11

70

51

361

116

90

-11

132

47

11

371

95

131

65

134

169

162

134

3467

0

0.53

0.71

0.45

0.43

-0.10

0.47

0.53

0.08

0.21

0.73

0.55

0.23

0.71

0.50

0.61

0.63

0.61

0.23

0.20

0.84

0.20

0.03

0.06

-1.34

0.26

0.54

0.36

-0.10

0.52

1.01

0.78

E

cm

0.20

0.37

0.20

0.32

0.09

0.23

0.20

0.29

0.25

0.10

0.02

0.12

f 0.09S> 0.61

J0.20

0.15

-0.02

0.23

0.08

0.02

0.63

0.16

0.22

0.11

0.23

0.29

0.27

0.23

5.88

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TABLE VII

Daily Energy Budget, November 197 5

Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a9

10

il

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Total

Q

-

1324

1399

142 9

-

1480

1676

1585

1694

1603

1448

13 98

1080

730

742

-

777

709

699

-

510

417

AQ

+117

+ 75

+ 30

+ 51

+196

- 91

+109

- 91

-155

- 50

-318

-350

+ 12

+ 35

- 68

- 10

-189

- 93

NR

11

69

87

49

44

111

67

- 5

56

-13

56

8

-51

-40

78

25

72

53

-22

0

-18

-41

P S_2

cal•cm

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

17

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

+12

R

• d-1

+ 11

- 24

- 31

-128

+117

- 99

+ 41

-107

-223

- 70

-279

-322

- 78

- 86

-133

0

-.183

- 64

-H

- 4

-12

- 5

22

-56

-12

- 4

-107

83

25

112

146

17

8

- 7

0

94

38

-LE

- 7

36

36

106

- 61

111

- 37

214

150

45

167

176

61

78

140

0

89

26

1330

J3

0.91

0.05

-0.34

-0.13

0.40

0.02

0.92

-0.11

0.12

-0.50

0.49

0.55

0.67

0.83

0.27

0.48

-0.33

-0.05

0.79

0.75

1.38

1.47

E

cm

-0.01

0.06

0.06

/ 0.18

!

-0.10

0.19

-0.06

0.-J--

0.25

0.08

0.28

0.30

0.10

• 0.13

0.24

0

0.15

0.04

2.25

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TABLE VIII

Ten-Day Average Values for 197 5

Period

May 4-1112-2021-31

June 1-1011-2021-30

July 1-1011-2021-31

August 1-1011-2021-31

September 1-1011-2021-30

October 1-1011-2021-31

November 1-1011-22

AQ

+112+106+ 9

+ 4+ 49+ 42

- 14+ 4+ 4

- 20- 47- 7

- 84- 3- 2 1

- 79- 35- 53

+ 40- 99

NR

322350307

303311416

3852852 93

319266218

142144114

965066

4810

P

004

1020

435

203

181

260

20

S R9 1

cal-cm d

-17-17-17

-11-11-11

-10-10-10

- 2- 2- 2

+ 5+ 5+ 5

+12+12+12

+12+12

-193-227-285

-298-253-363

-393-2 74-284

-339-311-226

-232-160-141

-189-103-131

- 22-121

-H

191651

764159

674552

516330

613939

56310

-1843

-LE

1742112 34

221213304

326228232

289247196

171121102

13369

132

4078

E

cm-d~

0.290.360.40

0.370.360.51

0.560.390.39

0.490.420.33

0.290.200.17

0.230.120.22

0.G70.13

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TABLE IX

Ten-Day Average Values for 1970-75

Period

May 1-1011-2021-31

June 1-1011-2021-30

July 1-1011-2021-31

August 1-1011-2021-31

September 1-1011-2021-30

October 1-1011-2021-31

November 1-1011-22

No. ofobservation

234

433

466

665

444

432

11

AQ

+93+59+38

+22+59+18

+24-15+12

-16-40-23

-13-41-40

-52-90+ 2

+40-99

NR

cal-

281263333

32233332 5

319275288

282265224

18812 7102

954964

4810

-H -LE

cm ' d

204361

704858

515353

545845

514841

3850

- 5

-1843

160159217

229215240

245234220

246225206

155131112

11810381

4078

E,-1

mm*d

3.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

2.2

1.7

1.0

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