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Discuss the two principal rain-gauges used in rainfall measurement.

Discuss the two principal rain-gauges used in rainfall measurement.

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Jim
a)Non-recording rain-gauge:
-Also termed as non-automatic rain-gauge.
-Essentially consists of a collector to intercept the sample of rainfall to be measured.
-Also consists of a receiver consisting of a base and a bottle to collect and store the rainfall until
measured.
b)Recording rain-gauges:
-Is an automatic type of rain gauge.
-The rain-gauge usually represents cumulative rainfall.
-Due to this it is called an integrated rain-gauge or continuous rain-gauge.
jim items answered the question on March 5, 2019 at 16:22

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