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Pluviometer

Pluviometer ©B. Pospichal
Pluviometer installed at Jülich

Principle

The OTT Pluvio 2 is a precipitation gauge basing on a weighing measurement principle. It detects both liquid and solid precipitation by weighing the bucket content. The following values are recorded:

JOYCE-CF Standard Operation Procedures

Data availability

Data are available on request, please fill the data request sheet and send it to info@joyce.cloud.

Dataset Temporal resolution File size Filename Remarks
All variables (see above) 1 minute 1 file per day (~0.2 MB) pluvio2_jue_YYYYMMDD.nc

Data quicklooks can be found in the JOYCE quicklook browser.

Measurement examples

Rain_rate Parsivel Overview
Example time series of Pluviometer (left: rain rates from Pluviometer (center), compared to Parsivel disdrometer and MRR, right: daily accumulated precipitation from same instruments)

Disdrometer History

Period Place Project
06/2014 - today Research Center Jülich, Germany TR32

Technical Specifications

Parameter Specification
Orifice opening 200 cm²
Recordable precipitation amount 1500 mm
Rain rate Minimal intensity 12 mm/h
Rain rate Maximal intensity 1800 mm/h
Accuracy ±5 %
Rain rate resolution 0.6 mm/h
Prod. Temporal Resolution 60 s
Dimensions (diameter x H) 450mm x 670mm
Weigth (empty) approx 15kg
Power supply 9 … 28V DC, reverse polarity protection
Current drawn Electronics 15 mA at 12 V DC / Heating 2.2 A; 24 V DC
Manufacturer OTT