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Adjustment to rainfall measurement undercatch with a tipping-bucket rain gauge using ground-level manual gauges
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SYSNO ASEP 0435524 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Adjustment to rainfall measurement undercatch with a tipping-bucket rain gauge using ground-level manual gauges Author(s) Mekonnen, G. B. (CZ)
Matula, S. (CZ)
Doležal, F. (CZ)
Fišák, Jaroslav (UFA-U) RIDSource Title Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics - ISSN 0177-7971
Roč. 127, č. 3 (2015), s. 241-256Number of pages 16 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country AT - Austria Keywords precipitation measurements ; prediction ; accuracy ; climate ; errors Subject RIV DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology Institutional support UFA-U - RVO:68378289 UT WOS 000354198600001 EID SCOPUS 84939965754 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-014-0355-z Annotation Wind-caused undercatch is an important factor among types of systematic errors in point measurements of rainfall. The daily amount of rainfall measured by a MR3H tipping-bucket rain gauge (TBR-MR3H), which is elevated above the ground surface, was considerably underestimated on average by 46 % when compared with the corresponding measurements done by a pair of ground-level manual gauges (M-Rs). The undercatch was also confirmed by the measurements using a set of microlysimeters (MLs). The daily rainfall totals measured by the manual rain gauge were used as a reference in adjusting the rainfall undercatch with the tipping-bucket rain gauge. A simplified equation, developed based on the relationship between logarithmic wind profile and its effect on the catch ratio (CR) of the two gauges, was used to calculate the correction factor on a daily basis. The effect of wind speed depends on the intensity of rainfall. Parameters were optimized, and the proposed equation was validated. The calculated and measured daily rainfall amounts were in good agreement with a correlation coefficient of 0.99, and overall deviation of 0.04. Workplace Institute of Atmospheric Physics Contact Kateřina Adamovičová, adamovicova@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 012 ; Kateřina Potužníková, kaca@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 019 Year of Publishing 2016
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