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Meteoric Water

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Water

Water derived from precipitation.

NWS — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01

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Antecedent Precipitation Index (API)
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Float Recording Precipitation gage
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Precipitation Processing System
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (PQPF)
Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)
Stage I Precipitation Processing
Stage II Precipitation Processing
Stage III Precipitation Processing
Stage IV Precipitation Processing
Tipping-Bucket Rain Gage
Trace (of Precipitation)
Z/R Relationship

Weather

Water derived from precipitation.

NOAA National Weather Service — National Weather Service Glossary

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Float Recording Precipitation gage
PCPN
Point Precipitation
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Present Weather
PTYPE
R
RA
Rain Foot
Rain Forest
Rainfall
Tipping-Bucket Rain Gage
Weighing-Type Precipitation Gage
Wet Microburst

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