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In a 20 km x 20 km square area (drainage basin), there are six weather stations collecting rainfall data using tipping bucket gauges (Davis Instruments, Hayward, CA). According to the full-year data in 2018, the average monthly precipitation data at these weather stations are as follow: Station # 1 Xordinate (km) 3 6 17 12 5 19 Yordinate (km) 6 4 8 2 3 Average monthly precipitation (inch) 3 4 6 5 4 6 4 16 5 6 13 18 The streams in this drainage basin are shown in the following figure. Water stations are located at each first-order stream, and on average the stream flow rate for each first-order stream is 1.6 cfs. - According to a recent study conducted by a Cal Poly Pomona research group in 2018, the average solar radiation in this drainage basin is 270 W/m2; the sensible heat to the atmosphere is approximately 20 W/m; the energy through conduction to the ground is 10 W/m; the temperature (thermal energy content) within the area remained nearly constant. Based the above information, please estimate the drainage basin's annual change in storage (in cubic kilometer, km) in 2018. Is it an increase or decrease in storage for this year? In a 20 km x 20 km square area (drainage basin), there are six weather stations collecting rainfall data using tipping bucket gauges (Davis Instruments, Hayward, CA). According to the full-year data in 2018, the average monthly precipitation data at these weather stations are as follow: Station # 1 Xordinate (km) 3 6 17 12 5 19 Yordinate (km) 6 4 8 2 3 Average monthly precipitation (inch) 3 4 6 5 4 6 4 16 5 6 13 18 The streams in this drainage basin are shown in the following figure. Water stations are located at each first-order stream, and on average the stream flow rate for each first-order stream is 1.6 cfs. - According to a recent study conducted by a Cal Poly Pomona research group in 2018, the average solar radiation in this drainage basin is 270 W/m2; the sensible heat to the atmosphere is approximately 20 W/m; the energy through conduction to the ground is 10 W/m; the temperature (thermal energy content) within the area remained nearly constant. Based the above information, please estimate the drainage basin's annual change in storage (in cubic kilometer, km) in 2018. Is it an increase or decrease in storage for this year

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