Gauge for measuring an amount of precipitation

A gauge for measuring an amount of precipitation includes first and second storage tanks each having an opened upper end and a lower end formed with a drain hole, a rainwater feeding unit to selectively feed rainwater into one of the first and second storage tanks for a predetermined time, rainwater...

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Main Authors JEONG KI-DEOK, CHUNG HYO-SANG, CHOI BYOUNGOL, OH SUNG-NAM, NAM KYUNG-YEUB, CHANG KI-HO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.06.2009
Subjects
MEASURING
METEOROLOGY
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:A gauge for measuring an amount of precipitation includes first and second storage tanks each having an opened upper end and a lower end formed with a drain hole, a rainwater feeding unit to selectively feed rainwater into one of the first and second storage tanks for a predetermined time, rainwater discharge units connected to both ends of the rainwater feeding unit, respectively, to open the drain hole of one of the storage tanks into which rainwater is no longer fed, measuring devices to measure the weight of rainwater stored in the first storage tank and the second storage tank, respectively, and a data storage device to store data about the weight of rainwater measured by the measuring devices in real time.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080026482