Precipitation measurement and sampling at a meteorological platform
Detailed Description
The photo shows a Belfort Weighing Bucket, Tipping Bucket, Aerochem, Ott Pluvio , Hubbard Brook, and standard rain gage. Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont.
The Belfort Weighing Bucket, Ott Pluvio and Tipping Bucket (discontinued) precipitation gauges collect 5 minute data. The standard gage is measured once a week manually. Hubbard Brook sampler collects bulk precipitation analyzed weekly for DOC, major ions and isotopes. The Aerochem sampler collects wet precipitation and is currently being used only for event sampling.
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The Sleepers River Research Watershed in Danville, Vermont has been the site of active hydrologic research since 1959, when the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established a research program in the watershed. The Sleepers River site is now operated by the USGS, in cooperation with several other Federal agencies and universities.