Evaluation of the trough-type rain gage

Irvin C. Reigner

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Evaluation of the trough-type rain gage

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Irvin C. Reigner

Year:

1964

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-20. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-4

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Abstract

Although infrequently used, the trough-type rain gage has been described as aerodynamically the most efficient of gages (Hayes and Kittredge 1949). This applies only to the commercial semicircular eave-gutter type of trough and not to troughs rectangular in cross-section. The latter, as well as the upright cylindrical type of gage, produces greater disturbances in the rain-bearing wind stream.

Citation

Reigner, Irvin C. 1964. Evaluation of the trough-type rain gage. Research Note NE-20. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-4