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tipping-bucket gauge

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Definition

  • An authomatic-electrical device to measure rainfall or other process which involve dripping water. A giving amount of water makes tipping a bucket, each bucket movement record a signal that can be measured by an automatic data logger or, in old models, recorded on paper

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] Expert" , "[controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci , 29/05/2013

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEU_539

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