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Two general types of rainfall measurements are considered in this chapter: (1) essentially local measurements where observations are restricted to the vicinity of an instrument, which may be mounted on a ship, aircraft, buoy, island, or coast; and (2) widespread measurements made with satellite-borne instruments. The techniques which will be discussed have all been tested, but applications to oceanic regions have been mostly in research or experimental context. Measurements of rain over the oceans are not generally made operationally and knowledge of oceanic precipitation regimes is still meager.
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Austin, P.M., Geotis, S.G. (1980). Precipitation Measurements over the Ocean. In: Dobson, F., Hasse, L., Davis, R. (eds) Air-Sea Interaction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9182-5_29
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