A note on sampling errors in the rainfall and runoff data collected using tipping bucket technology

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1305-1309

  Yu, B ^a   Ciesiolka, C A A ^b   Rose, C W ^a   Coughlan, K J ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Rainfall; Runoff; Sampling error; Tipping bucket

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RAIN;

RAINFALL; SAMPLING ERROR; TIPPING BUCKET;

RUNOFF;

RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SAMPLING DEVICE; SAMPLING ERROR; TIPPING BUCKET;

EID: 0031239208     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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