Optical Rain Guage

Rain is measured by detecting the optical irregularities induced by drops falling through an infrared optical beam. These irregularities, known as scintillation, have characteristic pattern, which are detected by the sensor and converted to rain rate. ORG is a sensitive instrument for measuring precipitation. Precipitation is measured by detecting the optical scintillation induced by drops falling through an infra red optical beam. By detecting the intensity of the scintillations which are characteristics of precipitation the actual rainfall rate can be estimated. This instrument provides rain accuracy of 5% and rain resolution of 0.001 mm .

 

 

 

 

 






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