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Analysis of highly accurate rain intensity measurements from a field test site
1Department of Construction, Environmental and Territorial Engineering, University of Genova, 1 Montallegro, 16145 Genova, Italy
2Italian Meteorological Service – Centre of Meteorological Experimentations (ReSMA), km 20, 100 Braccianese Claudia, 00062 Bracciano, Italy
Abstract. In the course of the recent WMO international instrument intercomparison in the field and the associated specific laboratory tests, highly accurate rainfall intensity measurements have been collected and made available for scientific investigation. The resulting high quality data set (contemporary one-minute rainfall intensity data from 26 gauges based on various measuring principles) constitutes an important resource to provide insights into the expected behaviour of rain intensity gauges in operational conditions and further useful information for National Meteorological Services and other users. A few aspects of the analysis of one-minute resolution rain intensity measurements are discussed in this paper, focusing on the observed deviations from a calculated reference intensity based on four pit gauges. Results from both catching and non-catching type gauges are discussed in relation with suitable tolerance limits obtained as a combination of the estimated uncertainty of the reference intensity and the WMO accuracy limits for rainfall intensity measurements. It is shown that suitably post-processed weighing gauges and tipping-bucket rain gauges had acceptable performance, while none of the non-catching rain gauges agreed well with the reference.
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Citation: Lanza, L. G., Vuerich, E., and Gnecco, I.: Analysis of highly accurate rain intensity measurements from a field test site, Adv. Geosci., 25, 37-44, doi:10.5194/adgeo-25-37-2010, 2010. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
