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The Measurement of Rainfall

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Abstract

Over 97% of the water in our world resides in the oceans, and only 0.001% resides in the atmosphere. Indeed, only about 0.005% of the total world water supply is in motion at any one time. However, this very small amount of water is associated with all weather and river flow and has a profound impact upon the activities of man. The measurement of rainfall is of primary importance for hydrological calculations.

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    C. G. Collier

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  1. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Soroosh Sorooshian  & Hoshin V. Gupta  & 

  2. Hydrology and Water Resources Department, World Meteorological Organization, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    John C. Rodda

  3. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK

    John C. Rodda

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Collier, C.G. (1997). The Measurement of Rainfall. In: Sorooshian, S., Gupta, H.V., Rodda, J.C. (eds) Land Surface Processes in Hydrology. NATO ASI Series, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60567-3_6

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