Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (RAIN)
Instrument Categories: Surface Meteorology
General Overview
The Novalynx tipping bucket rain gauge (model 260-2500E-12), located next to the disdrometer, measures the character and amount of liquid precipitation. The instruments make completely different kinds of measurements, but data from both instruments can be used to determine rain rate. The rain gauge is the conventional tipping bucket type. Each tip collects an amount equivalent to 0.01inch of water and each tip is counted by a data acquisition system anchored by a Campbell CR1000 data logger. Data are collected once a minute.
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the netCDF File Header Descriptions (Data Object Design Files) for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
Available Datastreams
- rain - Tipping bucket rain gauge
Sites / Facilities
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- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Darwin, North Australia (C3)
Mentor(s)
Mary Jane Bartholomew
(631) 344-2444
bartholomew@bnl.gov
