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Water and Carbon Cycles

Unit Conversion and Flux Calculations

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Overview

Recall questions on converting cubic metres to litres, cumecs, units of mass from gigatonnes to grams, units of time and square kilometres to square metres, and on calculating change in storage in a drainage basin water balance and carbon flux rates.

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How many minutes are in one hour?

Numbers

How many days are typically used when converting to years for flux calculations?

Key term

State the formula for calculating carbon flux rate.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    State the conversion factor between cubic metres and litres.

    Model answer

    1 m³ = 1000 L.

  2. 2

    When would you need to convert between cubic metres and litres in water cycle studies?

    Model answer

    When comparing water storage or flux data presented in different units, or when calculating volumes for water budgets.

  3. 3

    What is the relationship between cumecs and litres per second?

    Model answer

    1 m³ s⁻¹ (cumec) = 1000 L s⁻¹.

  4. 4

    Define a cumec.

    Model answer

    A cumec is a unit of discharge equal to one cubic metre per second (m³ s⁻¹).

  5. 5

    How many megatonnes are in one gigatonne?

    Model answer

    1 Gt = 1000 Mt.

  6. 6

    How many tonnes are in one megatonne?

    Model answer

    1 Mt = 1,000,000 tonnes.

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