BS 7843-2.1:1996
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Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Technical aspects in the field
Hardcopy , PDF
31-12-2011
English
15-09-1996
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Committees responsible
Foreword
Guide
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Raingauge instrumentation
5 Siting and exposure criteria
6 Maintenance
7 Raingauge site records
8 Measurement of solid precipitation using
raingauges
Annexes
A (informative) Errors in rainfall measurement
B (informative) Comparisons between collocated
raingauges
C (informative) Examples of tipping bucket malfunction
D (informative) Examples of tilting siphon raingauge
(TSR) malfunctions
Table
B.1 Tolerance levels for daily raingauges
Figures
1 Patterns of manually read standard raingauges
2 Standard patterns of rain measures
3 Tipping bucket raingauge
4 Tilting siphon rain recorder (TSR)
5 Diagram for assessing the exposure of a raingauge
6 Turf wall construction
7 Ground level raingauge installation
A.1 Error terminology
A.2 Monthly differences in rainfall totals at Bala
A.3 Monthly differences in rainfall totals at Benson
A.4 Differences between two daily raingauge readings
in mm
A.5 Differences between two daily raingauge readings,
in percentages
D.1 Examples of instrumental errors on tilting siphon
raingauge charts
List of references
Provides guidance on procedures for the measurement of meteorological precipitation. Gives practical aspects of field work for the acquisition of the data, and for the subsequent transmission, quality control and archiving of it.
| Committee |
CPI/113
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 92/05954 DC (10/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
28
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS 7843-2.2:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Methods of observation and data tabulation |
| BS 7843-1.2:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Network design Network design and monitoring |
| BS 7843-1.1:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Network design The user requirement for precipitation data |
| BS 7843-2.3:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Data management |
| BS 7843-3.1:1999 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Specification for raingauges Storage raingauges - Storage raingauges |
| BS 7843-2.4:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Areal rainfall |
| BS 7843-1.1:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Network design The user requirement for precipitation data |
| BS 7843-2.3:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Data management |
| BS 7843-2.2:1996 | Guide to the acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data. Field practices and data management Methods of observation and data tabulation |
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