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Weighing-type precipitation gage

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003060

A rain gage that weighs the rain or snow which falls into a bucket set on a platform of a spring or lever balance. The increasing weight of its contents plus the bucket are recorded on a chart. The record thus shows the accumulation of precipitation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003060
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003060",
  "term": "Weighing-type precipitation gage",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "term_source": "Weighing-Type Precipitation Gage",
  "definition": "A rain gage that weighs the rain or snow which falls into a bucket set on a platform of a spring or lever balance. The increasing weight of its contents plus the bucket are recorded on a chart. The record thus shows the accumulation of precipitation.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/weighing-type-precipitation-gage/"
}

Record 10,557 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.