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Measuring rain, hail and snow is easy to do, with a little training and attention to detail. Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how.Set it outdoors ...
A long-time viewer emailed me earlier this week with a puzzle: he had two rain gauges side-by-side during our recent storm, but they measured a different amount of rain. Here's how it happens.
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A downpour of rain over the past week has North Dakotans reaching for their rain gauges. However, you may not be using them correctly. Rick Krolak with the National Weather ...
Thanks to a WH-SP-RG rain gauge, there’s not much to that part. The smart part is an nRF52832 module and some minor parts. The phone side uses an off-the-shelf Android app.
It’s a challenging time for national park research. One dedicated atmospheric scientist is soldiering on anyway.
NEORSD uses technology from AEM, an environmental technology company that has developed a technique using both rain gauges and radar, called Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall (GARR), to understand ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Weather Observer Network uses a manual gauge with an 8-inch opening. A funnel collects the rain into a tube, and then a stick is inserted for a ...