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Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge |
Description and How They Work:
A Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (TBRG) is a tool that can be used to measure rainfall totals as well as rainfall rates. The gauge has an outer bucket with a grate at the top. The top of the bucket slopes downward towards the grate. During a rainfall event water flows into the grate and then into the tipping mechanism on the inside. The tipping mechanism is a two sided bucket that leans to one side similar to a see-saw. When the mechanism fills up one side it tips and the water dumps and is drained out of the bottom of the gauge. Each tip corresponds to 0.01in of rainfall accumulation. By counting the number of tips that occur during a rainfall event, total rainfall accumulation can be calculated.
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Taken By: Gavin Connors
Taken By: Gavin Connors
Taken By: Gavin Connors
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TBRG Array (First data taken: TBD)