3.21.1. ARG100

3.21.1.1. Introduction

The ARG100 precipitation sensor is a cost effective yet accurate device. It uses the tipping bucket method. One has been used for weather measurements at SWT. See SWTWXSTATION for the file output definitions for the ARG100 deployed at this site.

3.21.1.2. Manufacturer and Model

Model	Brand	Type
ARG100	Campbell Scientific	Rain Gauge

3.21.1.3. Output definitions

Ouput definition ID	File Identifier	Level Number	QAQC notes	File time resolution
ARG100	ARG100_%SITE	0	No QAQC	15min

3.21.1.4. Variables measured by instrument

Table 3.17 Variables measured - sorted alphabetically

Variable ID	Full Name	Unit	Lower Threshold	Upper Threshold	Files present (Output definition ID,Level No,Time resolution)
rain_acc	Rain accumulation over file interval period	mm	0.0	3.0	ARG100,0,15min

3.21.1.5. Serials

Serial	Suffix
042908	A
SOUTHWARK_ARG100	B

3.21.1.6. Deployments

3.21.1.6.1. Serial number: SOUTHWARK_ARG100

Site ID	Start date	End date
SWT	1999-05-10 00:00	2017-03-17 00:00
SWT	2017-03-18 00:00

3.21.1.6.2. Serial number: 042908

Site ID	Start date	End date
KSS45W	2009-12-17 00:00	2016-04-14 00:00
KSSW	2016-07-14 00:00	2017-06-13 00:00

3.21.1.7. Photos

Fig. 3.54 ARG100 (foreground) at SWT 23/07/2020

Fig. 3.55 ARG100 (middle of image) at KSS45W 31/08/2010

Fig. 3.56 At KSSW 2016 - 2017

3.21.1.8. Supplementary information

Link	Title	Description
ARG100 manual	ARG100 manual	Manual from Campbell Scientific

3.21.1.9. Data acquisition

Data can be requested from Prof. Sue Grimmond (c.s.grimmond@reading.ac.uk).

3.21.1.10. References

1. Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2014) Energy exchange in a dense urban environment – part I: temporal variability of long-term observations in central London. Urban Climate, 10 (2). pp. 261-280. ISSN 2212-0955 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.002

2. Magliulo, V., Toscano, P., Grimmond, C. S. B., Kotthaus, S., J�rvi, L., Set�l�, H., Lindberg, F., Vogt, R., Staszewski, T., Bubak, A., Synnefa, A. and Santamouris, M. (2014) Environmental measurements in BRIDGE case studies. In: Chrysoulakis, N., de Castro, E. A. and Moors, E. J. (eds.) Understanding Urban Metabolism. Routledge, pp. 45-57. ISBN 9780415835114

3. Wood, C. R., Pauscher, L., Ward, H. C., Kotthaus, S., Barlow, J., Gouvea, M., Lane, S. E. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2013) Wind observations above an urban river using a new lidar technique, scintillometry and anemometry. Science of the Total Environment, 442. pp. 527-533. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.061

4. Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2012) Identification of micro-scale anthropogenic CO2, heat and moisture sources – processing eddy covariance fluxes for a dense urban environment. Atmospheric Environment, 57. pp. 301-316. ISSN 1352-2310 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.024

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