storage equation [`stȯr·ij i´kwā·zhǝn] HYDROLOGY The equation of continuity applied to unsteady flow; it states that the fluid inflow to a given space during an interval of time minus the outflow during the same interval is equal to the change in storage; it is applied in hydrology to the routing of floods through a reservoir or a reach of a stream; the moisture continuity equation applied to the atmosphere is a modification of this. |