Instrument

Rain Gauge
Rain Gauge

Rain gauges are ground-based instruments that provide in situ measurements of liquid precipitation amounts over a set time. There are multiple types of rain gauges that each collect and record data differently such as the tipping bucket rain gauge and weighing precipitation gauge. Rain gauges can be deployed in various locations due to their relatively small size and easy set-up and are typically colocated with other precipitation instruments such as disdrometers to provide more details about precipitation being collected such as precipitation rate and size distribution.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Gauge

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Precipitation

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation

Vertical Measurement Regions

Land Surface

Temporal Resolution

Variable

Spatial Resolution

Point

Measurement Frequency

Variable

Calibration Details

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/14/6/1520-0426_1997_014_1513_anmfad_2_0_co_2.xml

Online Information

https://www.arm.gov/capabilities/instruments/rain

Lead Investigator
Currently unavailable
Technical Contact
Currently unavailable
Instrument Maker
Various
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repositories
- Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC (GHRC)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL)

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Field Site

Campaign Field Sites

Stationary

57 Campaigns · 161 Instruments

IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014

Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia

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· 47 Data Products

AirMOSS

Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface

2012—2015

North America

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Deployment Dates

Start Date	End Date
2013-05-28	2013-06-07
2013-07-06	2013-07-14
2013-08-18	2013-08-27
2013-04-11	2013-04-19
2014-04-14	2014-04-25
2014-06-26	2014-07-07
2014-08-07	2014-08-14
2015-02-17	2015-02-25
2015-08-19	2015-08-27
2015-06-29	2015-07-06
2012-10-23	2012-10-30
2013-06-10	2013-06-21
2013-07-26	2013-08-03
2014-03-24	2014-04-02
2013-02-19	2013-02-25
2014-07-08	2014-07-19
2014-10-14	2014-10-23
2015-05-20	2015-05-24
2015-09-01	2015-09-10
2015-09-22	2015-09-29
2014-05-27	2014-06-04
2012-09-18	2012-09-20
2012-10-02	2012-10-11
2012-10-12	2012-10-22
2013-04-20	2013-05-01
2013-07-15	2013-07-25
2013-09-27	2013-09-30
2013-11-19	2013-11-21
2014-06-06	2014-06-16
2014-08-18	2014-08-27
2014-09-28	2014-10-08
2015-04-15	2015-04-24
2015-08-07	2015-08-18
2015-04-03	2015-04-14

· 19 Data Products

ACES

Altus Cumulus Electrification Study

2002

Florida Everglades

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· 6 Data Products

MC3E

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2011

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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· 34 Data Products

OTTER

Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project

1989—1991

western coniferous forest in Oregon

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· 14 Data Products

IFloodS

Iowa Flood Studies

2013

Iowa

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· 33 Data Products

FIFE

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

1987—1989

Central Kansas

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· 101 Data Products

SAFARI 2000

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

1999—2001

Southern Africa

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· 117 Data Products

BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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· 303 Data Products

CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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· 70 Data Products

CalWater

2015

California, Sierra Nevada Range

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· 0 Data Products

C3VP

Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project

2006—2007

Ontario, Canada

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· 6 Data Products

GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012

Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)

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· 44 Data Products

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016

Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State

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· 36 Data Products

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

SMAPVEX

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

2008—2022

United States, Canada, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Massachusetts, Manitoba

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· 25 Data Products

Oceanus

R/V Oceanus

3 Campaigns · 12 Instruments

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

ASTEX

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

1992

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 0 Data Products

Malcolm Baldrige

R/V Malcolm Baldrige

2 Campaigns · 9 Instruments

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

ASTEX

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

1992

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 0 Data Products

Moored Buoy

Stationary

2 Campaigns · 11 Instruments

SPURS

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

2012—2017

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 38 Data Products

Lady Amber

R/V Lady Amber

1 Campaign · 7 Instruments

SPURS

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

2012—2017

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 38 Data Products

Roger Revelle

R/V Roger Revelle

2 Campaigns · 15 Instruments

SPURS

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

2012—2017

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 38 Data Products

photo of the research vessel Ronald H Brown

R/V RHB

R/V Ronald H. Brown

2 Campaigns · 41 Instruments

SO GasEx

Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment

2008

Southern Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

Knorr

RV Knorr

1 Campaign · 10 Instruments

SPURS

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

2012—2017

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 38 Data Products

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Permanent Land Site

Campaign Permanent Land Sites

Stationary

41 Campaigns · 67 Instruments

SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/460

Rain GaugeRain Gauge

Overview

Instrument Details

Instrument Operation

Data Products

Rain Gauge
Rain Gauge