Geonor Precipitation Gauge T-200

Description

The Geonor Precipitation Gauge T-200 is a weighing precipitation gauge used to measure total precipitation accumulation and precipitation rates. The bucket shown above is suspended by three cylinders, each housing a vibrating wire. The vibrating wires are driven by a spectrum of frequencies and vibrate at their resonance frequencies. The resonance frequency of each wire depends upon the tension in the wire, which is directly related to the amount of weight in the bucket. Information is processed by the green signal conditioning boxes shown above and sent to a CR-10X data logger where one-minute average accumulations are stored.

Geonor Precipitation Gauge T-200 Photographs

Norman Mesonet Site Field Photographs
Vibrating Wire Housing and Broken Vibrating Wire
April 8, 2002 Flood Destroys Electronics

Geonor Precipitation Gauge T-200 Precipitation Events

Precipitation Events

Geonor T-200 Maintenance Log

Maintenance Log

More information:

Laboratory Studies of a Vibrating Wire Precipitation Gage
Geonor, Inc.


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Revised: April 9, 2002