[Weather] dual drains -- was Re: conversion help

[Mark J]

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          claude felizardo <cafelizardo at usa.net> wrote:

> Mark J wrote:
> 
> [snip]
[snip]
> > It needs fresh thought, and no; I haven't any sensible suggestion
> > either :-)
> >   
> 
> So what about two separate sets of rain gauges?    One designed for 
> light rainfall, the other for down pours.  Then possibly subtract the 
> light rainfall measurements from the downpours?  I suppose you'll still 
> have the unknown amount sitting in each bucket...
> 
> claude
> 

- I can't see how that would work, since either would be accumulating
inaccurate readings when they were out of design range. You might
switch between them and reset their individual counters at
appropriate moments, but you'd need a third gauge to be an
administrator to decide which gauge was the most suitable for the
prevailing conditions, and that gauge would presumably have to be
accurate throughout the range, which would make the other two
redundant :-)

I've a sneaky feeling that if the bucket could be bested it would
already of been done so. Ultrasonic, flow, weight... but add leaves,
insects, wind vibration, temperature extremes, inaccessability...

  [snip]

-- 
E.Mark Jolliffe
www.poppy-land.co.uk