BS 7843-4:2012
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Acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data from a raingauge network Guide for the estimation of areal rainfall
Hardcopy , PDF
English
29-02-2012
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General comments on the estimation
of areal rainfall
5 Approaches to the estimation of areal rainfall
6 Normalization and the average annual
rainfall (AAR)
7 Specific techniques for the estimation of
areal rainfall
8 Use of radar data
Bibliography
Describes guidance on the methods commonly used in the UK for the estimation of areal rainfall.
| Committee |
CPI/113
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 7843-2.4(1996). Together with BS 7843-1(2012), it supersedes BS 7843-1.1(1996) and BS 7843-1.2(1996). Supersedes 11/30219647 DC. (02/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
22
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This Part of BS 7843 gives guidance on the methods commonly used in the UK for the estimation of areal rainfall. It is applicable to the use of meteorological precipitation data from a raingauge network.
This Part of BS 7843 highlights factors to be considered during the estimation of areal rainfall and presents an outline of methods (full technical details of the methodologies are not provided).
It does not cover methods using precipitation data collected by weather radars. However, discussion of their relevance is included.
| BS 17898:2014 | Code of practice for the management of observed hydrometric data |
| BS EN ISO 772:2011 | Hydrometry. Vocabulary and symbols |
| BS 7843-3:2012 | Acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data from a gauge network Code of practice for the design and manufacture of storage and automatic collecting raingauges |
| BS 7843-2:2012 | Acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data from a raingauge network Code of practice for operating raingauges and managing precipitation data |
| BS 7843-1:2012 | Acquisition and management of meteorological precipitation data from a raingauge network Guide for the design, development and review of a raingauge network |
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