[NARCCAP-discuss] precipitation units conversion to cfs

[Seth McGinnis]

Hi Ibe,

The precipitation data is expressed as a mass flux per unit area.  1 kg
of water = 1 liter of water = 0.0353147 cubic feet of water, so you can
convert from kg/s to cfs by multiplying by 0.0353.  To get rid of the
1/m^2, you need to multiply by whatever area you're aggregating it over.

Cheers,

--Seth


On 11/3/13 3:35 PM, Ibraheem Khan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using NARCCAP precipitation data and in a bit of a fix to convert
> units from "kg/m^2/s" to "cubic feet per second (cfs)" for runoff analysis.
> Please suggest a conversion formula.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ibe
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