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a.  What is a reservoir? (0.5 points) b.  What are the three types of reservoir?  (1.5 points)  Note:  this is not asking about examples of reservoirs. 

Write an expression for the VNIR/SWIR Diffuse at sensor (i.e., pupil) radiance Lp(lambda) for nadir viewing.  You do not have to expand transmission in terms of absorption or path radiance in terms of the integro-differential expansion.  You do have to consider and write out a directional (i.e., not Lambertian E_d = L_d \pi) sky, however. 

What are the 2 dominant sources of atmospheric gases in the atmosphere that have a substantial influence on all remote sensing applications?

Why are power plants usually built near rivers?

Groundwater usage as a percentage of total water use in the greater Metro Area is increasing.  Why?

You’re concerned about water availability in the next 50 years.  Would you be better off living in a suburb dependent on groundwater or an urban area that also accesses river water for municipal use?

All other things being held constant, what change would increase the specific discharge of groundwater flow?

Most of the world’s hydrosphere water is in the oceans.  The second largest reservoir is ice.  What is third?

What is a “Cone of Depression?”

The water table is visible somewhere on the Minneapolis campus of the U of Minnesota (FYI, the Minneapolis campus straddles the Mississippi River).