Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods

Leeper, R. D.; Kochendorfer, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2291-2015

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04 Jun 2015

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| 04 Jun 2015

Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods

R. D. Leeper and J. Kochendorfer

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RC C4591: 'Review of: Leeper, R.D. and J. Kochendorfer: Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Jan 2015
- AC C5263: 'Reviewer 1 Response', Ronald Leeper, 27 Mar 2015
RC C4716: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jan 2015
- AC C5279: 'Reviewer 2 Response', Ronald Leeper, 27 Mar 2015
RC C4796: 'Referee interactive comment on “Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods” by R.D. Leeper and J. Kochendorfer', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Feb 2015
- AC C5288: 'Reviewer 3 Response', Ronald Leeper, 27 Mar 2015
EC C5299: 'revision', Daqing Yang, 31 Mar 2015
- AC C5317: 'Potential Manuscript Overlap', Ronald Leeper, 07 Apr 2015

Short summary

Evaporation from precipitation gauges can bias measurements lower. The use of evaporation suppressants may not always be practical, considering the added cost of maintenance, transport, and disposal of the gauge additive. In this field study, two quality assurance methods used to evaluate depth change for the US Climate Reference Network were compared. Results from this study indicate calculation techniques can reduce the impact of gauge evaporation on precipitation measurements.