Pheriche Precipitation

The Pheriche Station is equipped with a rain gauge which is a sensor to measure rain quantity.

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(2011) . Pheriche Precipitation. https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/e375bdfc-0077-4a09-947b-ad1caeda004c

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Date ( Publication ): 2011-05-20T03:00:00

Purpose: A rain gauge DQA035 Lsi-Lastem is used to measure Precipitation[mm].

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Ev-K2-CNR

Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy

+39 035 3230511

+39 035 3230551

Website: http://www.evk2cnr.org/

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET ( Theme )

thermal power plant

Keywords

SHARE , Network , Station , High Altitude

Keywords

CEOP , WMO , GAW

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Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Environment
Geoscientific information

Supplemental Information

Reference system identifier: EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.4

Topology level: Geometry only

Geometric object type: Point

Geometric object count: 1

OnLine resource: Himalayas Reference Site Pheriche Station
Himalayas Reference Site Pheriche Station

OnLine resource: data Usage Policy

Hierarchy level: Series

Statement

Precipitation is defined as the liquid or solid products of the condensation of water vapour falling from clouds or deposited from air onto the ground. It includes rain, hail, snow, dew, rime, hoar frost and fog precipitation. The total amount of precipitation which reaches the ground in a stated period is expressed in terms of the vertical depth of water (or water equivalent in the case of solid forms) to which it would cover a horizontal projection of the Earth’s surface.

Precipitation gauges (or raingauges if only liquid precipitation can be measured) are the most common instruments used to measure precipitation. Generally, an open receptacle with vertical sides is used, usually in the form of a right cylinder, with a funnel if its main purpose is to measure rain. Since various sizes and shapes of orifice and gauge heights are used in different countries, the measurements are not strictly comparable.

The rain gauge is a sensor to measure rain quantity. The measurement device is composed of a collector cone and a double chamber bascule connected to a magnete that operates one (optional two magnetes) reed switch, which generates impulses that can be counted by external meters: each impulse is equal to 0.2 mm of rain (optional from 0.1 and 0,5 mm). The optional model with two reed switches allows to check if the system is connected, since, when on stand by, one contact is always closed.

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Collector surface area:1000 cmq

Collector area diameter: 420 mm

Measurement range: 180 mm/hr

Resolution:0,2 mm/imp. (opt. 0,1; 0,3; 0,4; 0,5; mm/imp.)