Rainfall - Tipping bucket (Davis/Hobo)

Parameter to be measured:

Rainfall (if heated also snow fall)

Method:

Tipping bucket raingauge

Equipment:

Raingauge: Davis

Logger: Hobo Event Logger

Advantages:

• Cheap
• Easy to install
• Logging of 8000 events possible
• Nice small logger in water tight pvc casing

Disadvantages:

• after two years the logger clock seemed to have some problems in some cases

Problems/Questions:

• the tipping bucket raingauge needs to be calibrated or the exact volume per event needs to be determined by dripping a specified amount of water into the raingauge and then deviding by the number of "events" measured. The volume per event is different for each gauge. (The difference from the specified 0.2mm can be significant!)
• Check out the "Things that went wrong"-Story of the Month July for problems when downlodading data with the optical shuttle

Links

Projects that used the above equipment

• http://brandenburg.geoecology.uni-potsdam.de/projekte/malalcahuello/index.php

Other related web sites