What weather instrument is used to measure floods?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as an instrument that measures floods but there is an instrument that measures rain which is called a rain gauge, and an instrument that measures how deep the water is at a given location which is called a river gauge.

Satellite imagery is usually used to measure the magnitude of floods. Topographic maps are used with the imagery before and after a flood to estimate how deep and widespread the flooding is. It surprisingly accurate given the large area of coverage.

Answer 2

Something commonly called (even among meteorologists) a rain gauge, but you can impress someone by using a more technical-sounding term like pluviometer or udometer).

An "official" NWS rain gauge consists of a funnel that catches rain and lets it pour into a graduated cylinder located underneath the funnel, whence the rain is measured.

These days, rainfall can also be determined by instruments that use acoustics, optics, weighing buckets, and tipping buckets. It can even be approximately remotely by radar.

Answer 3

A 'rain gauge' or 'tipping bucket' is used to measure rainfall

Answer 4

They use measure instruments

Answer 5

Very carefurry.

Answer 6

thermometer