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Rain gauges are used to measure the quantity of precipitation that will fall into a cylinder. A primitive rain gauge could simply be an empty soup can. The rain falls and you measure the amount of rain with a ruler. Typically the gauges have a funnel into a smaller cylinder and knowing the circumference of the two cylinders an easy to read scale can be put on a measuring stick or on a plastic interior gauge.
If you have a network of gauges in an area, using interpolation across that area, the amount of water in say cubic feet could be calculated to predict runoff into streams. Or in dry conditions the amount of water that could percolate into a particular type of soil.
Another use is tocompare the rain gauge readings with the National Weather Service Doppler RADAR estimates, to calibrate the RADAR estimates for a particular rain event. Snow needs to be melted down after falling a gauge without a funnel, to determine the water equivalent.
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What is a rain gauge?
a rain gauge is a device used to measure rainfall
What are the functions of the parts of a rain gauge?
Rain gauge is basically used to meassure the amount of rain fall.
What device is used to predict rain?
Rain Gauge
What tool is used to check the probability of rain?
Rain Gauge
Is a rain gauge used for measuring temperature?
It is called a rain gauge because it measures rainfall.
Uses of rain gauge?
a rain gauge is used to measure the amount of rainfall at a particular place and at a particular time
What is used to measured preciptation?
Rain gauge.
What is the technical term of 'rain gauge'?
Pluviometer, ombrometer, udometer, and hyetometer are all terms meaning rain gauge, but rain gauge is the common term most often used and understood.
What is the size of rain gauge?
A rain gauge can be of any size, as it is just some type of container used to measure how much rain falls in an area.
What is a rain gause used for?
If you mean rain gauge, it is used to collect rain and measure how much has fallen. This is how they can say "we received 2 cm of rain"
Why is a rain gauge kept in open space away from trees and buildings?
A rain gauge ( an instrument used for the measurement of rain ) is not kept in open space away from trees and buildings so as to prevent the rain water collected in the buildings and trees from falling into the rain gauge.
How does a rain gauge work rain gauge?
a rain gauge works by first making sure it rained, and seeing how many inches the rain filled up the rain gauge.
