Tipping-Bucket Rain Gage
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- A precipitation gage where collected water is funneled into a two compartment bucket; 0.01, 0.1 mm, or some other designed quantity of rain will fill one compartment and overbalance the bucket so that it tips, emptying into a reservoir and moving the second compartment into place beneath the funnel. As the bucket is tipped, it actuates an electric circuit.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - Automated Event Reporting Gage, base station, Bubbler Gage, Crest Gage, DCP, Discharge Table, Float Recording Precipitation gage, Gaging station, Keetch-Byrum Drought Index, Wire Weight Gage