Measurement errors in tipping bucket rain gauges under different rainfall intensities and their implication to hydrologic models

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 6429-6438

  Shedekar, Vinayak S ^a   King, Kevin W ^b   Brown, Larry C ^a   Fausey, Norman R ^b   Heckel, Maryjane ^a   Harmel, R Daren ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Measurement error; Rain gauge; Rainfall; TBR; Tipping bucket rain gauge

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; DRAINMOD; EVAPORATION LOSS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; PERISTALTIC PUMP; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL RATES; SIMULATED RAINFALL; TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE; WALNUT CREEK WATERSHEDS;

BREEDER REACTORS; CALIBRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POTENTIAL FLOW; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WIND EFFECTS;

GAGES;

EID: 77649223336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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