Novel processing of Tipping-bucket rain gauge records

This study shows a novel method evaluating rain rates (and not rain amount only) from the usual Tipping-bucket rain records. This method is based on the linearization of the rain amount–time response between two tips and the reading of the rain amount increment using a “moving window” of the length...

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Published inAtmospheric research Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 283 - 288
Main Authors Fiser, O., Wilfert, O.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Geophysics. Techniques, methods, instrumentation and models
Meteorology
Rain data processing
Rain data simulation
Rain rate
Tipping-bucket rain gauge
Water in the atmosphere (humidity, clouds, evaporation, precipitation)
Rain data simulation
Tipping-bucket rain gauge
Rain rate
Rain data processing
Precipitation intensity
atmospheric precipitation
data processing
Pluviometry
Rainfall rate
Observation data
Rain gauge
Computing method
Linearization
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Summary:This study shows a novel method evaluating rain rates (and not rain amount only) from the usual Tipping-bucket rain records. This method is based on the linearization of the rain amount–time response between two tips and the reading of the rain amount increment using a “moving window” of the length of the integration time (one minute) and with the step of the moving of one second in order not to omit higher rain rates. Examples and comparisons with other existing methods are added. After 83 rain events analysis it was proved that the novel technique is accurate and useful.
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ISSN:0169-8095
1873-2895
DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.01.008