An economical recording tipping-bucket rain gauge

✍ Scribed by K.A. Cornish; G.C. Green

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Weight: 347 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-1571
• DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(82)90041-3

✦ Synopsis

Cornish, K.A. and Green, G.C., 1982.

An economical recording tipping-bucket rain gauge.

Agric. Meteorol., 26: 247--253.

The design and construction of a plastic tipping-bucket rain gauge are described. Several of the units were made and tested in the field and the laboratory. In field tests over a two-month period all gauges were accurate to within +-2% in rainfalls, in the range of 1--69 mm d -1 . In laboratory tests, the rain gauge was accurate with simulated rainfalls up to 180mmh -1. The rain gauge is cheap to construct, light, durable and suitable for remote sites. Its accuracy and reliability make it suitable for a variety of field uses.