Office Hours 24: Precision in Precipitation Measurements
Inches, millimeters or drops, precipitation measurement resolution needs vary from project to project, but the need for accuracy doesn’t. Learn how to choose between methods, sensors, and sites before you place your next rain gauge.
In this episode of Office Hours, METER Product Scientists and Jeff Ritter and Chris Chambers address questions from the field about precipitation measurements and atmospheric monitoring. Watch to learn more about
- Instrument siting
- Managing data from very light or very heavy precipitation events
- Mitigating the effects of wind, solar radiation, dust, and other environmental factors
- Prioritizing accuracy, cost, and maintenance needs in a precipitation measurement system
- And more
Presenters
Jeff Ritter is the Product Scientist for plant, canopy, and atmospheric monitoring instrumentation here at METER. He earned his master’s degree in plant physiology from Washington State University, where his research focused on leaf-level gas exchange, and the impact of plant biochemistry on the measurement of the global carbon cycle. Prior to working at METER, he held a research faculty position at Washington State University in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Chris Chambers is a Product Scientist at METER Group. He draws on over 15 years of experience as a support scientist and his background in ecology and plant physiology to improve METER instruments and help METER’s clients collect the data they need to test hypotheses and make management decisions.
Questions?
Our scientists have decades of experience helping researchers and growers measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
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