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Determination of the Rate of Fall of Rain Drops in Measurements of Their Parameters by an Optical Rain Gauge

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Methods of determining the rate of fall of rain drops are reviewed. A description of an optical rain gauge whose principle of operation is based on the acquisition and analysis of shadowgraphs of particles of precipitation is presented. The error in the determination of the rate of fall of rain drops is estimated and the results of preliminary field measurements of the parameters of drops are presented.

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The present study was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 14.607.21.0030 of June 5, 2014; unique project identifier is RFMEFI160714X0030).

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  1. Institute for the Monitoring of Climate and Ecological Systems, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

    V. V. Kal’chikhin, A. A. Kobzev, V. A. Korol’kov & A. A. Tikhomirov

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 29–32, November, 2016.

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Kal’chikhin, V.V., Kobzev, A.A., Korol’kov, V.A. et al. Determination of the Rate of Fall of Rain Drops in Measurements of Their Parameters by an Optical Rain Gauge. Meas Tech 59, 1175–1180 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-017-1111-9

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