It is the first streaming video Webcast released by the COMET Program. This interactive and entertaining presentation serves as a helpful reminder of the problems that can plague rain gauge performance including specifics regarding the widely used ASOS rain gauge. The material is suitable for anyone who deploys gauges or routinely uses precipitation gauge data.
A version of this Webcast that can be installed on your computer for local playback is also provided.
April 2020 - The lesson was updated to current internet standards (mp4/html5), with no changes to content.
July 2014: Addtional informaton about rain gauges can be found in the module: Precipitation Estimates, Part 1: Measurement: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=526.
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