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Met Office - Tilting siphon raingauge

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Abstract

The tilting siphon raingauge, used on the Met Office networks, produces an autographic record of rainfall accumulation from a pen attached to a float in the rainfall chamber of the instrument.

Abbreviation: metoffice_tilting_siphon_raing
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instrumentType:      Met Sensor
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The tilting siphon raingauge produces an autographic record of rainfall accumulation from a pen attached to a float in the rainfall chamber of the instrument. The rainfall chart is analysed to give hourly accumulation as well as duration of precipitation where this exceeds 0.1mm/hour.

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