Mike - the problem is, ultimately, are gauges really representative of the
rain falling over a particular area - is the sampling area of the gauge
sufficient to overcome the spatial variability of the rainfall? Although we
expect rainfall to vary over, for example, a few km, what is the variability
we can expect over a few m?

Chris



"Mike LONGWORTH" wrote in message
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Just wondering.

Is rainfall such a uniform happening that you would really expect to get
exactly the same values in any rain gauges placed close to each other, no
matter how they were sited?

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Mike LONGWORTH, Yateley, Hampshire, UK