HIM- Weighing precipitation gauges to determine the amount of precipitation, duration of precipitation, type of precipitation and intensity of precipitation.
With this measuring method, the precipitation enters a collecting dish that is placed on a sensitive scale. Since 1 ml of water weighs almost exactly 1 g, the amount of precipitation can be read directly from this without calculation. The advantage of the system is that a heating device can be almost
The advantage of the system is that a heating device is virtually unnecessary, since even solid precipitation can be measured immediately and does not have to be melted first.