Download or read book Radar-computed Rainfall Compared with Observations from a Dense Network of Rain Gauges written by Martin Ross and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Wilson's Rainfall Rate - Echo Intensity (RR-EI) chart, based on the average relationship, radar data collected for 36 hours, using the US Weather Bureau's WSR-57 at Atlantic City, New Jersey, are compared with rainfall data from three tipping-bucket rain gauges. These tipping-bucket gauges are located within 60 nm of the radar and cover a 4.8 square-mile area. Comparisons between the radar and tipping-bucket gauges are shown. Radar measurements were within 2% of the total rain gauge average. The correlation coefficient was .91. Use of the US Weather Bureau's RR-EI chart would have underestimated the average areal precipitation. Hourly rainfall amounts of 0.01 inches were detected in 80% of the cases. Hourly amounts of 0.02 inches or more were detected in 100% of the cases. (Author).