Special Issue:
"Rain sensors"
Guest Editors:
Prof. Filippo Giannetti
Prof. Luca G. Lanza
Deadline for manuscript submissions:
30 September 2021
Special Issue:
"Precipitation Measurement Instruments: Calibration, Accuracy and Performance"
Guest Editor:
Prof. Luca G. Lanza
Deadline for manuscript submissions:
30 September 2020
New publication:
Cauteruccio et al. (2020)
The role of free-stream turbulence in attenuating the wind updraft above the collector of precipitation gauges.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Thechnology, 37, pages 103-113.
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The first european standard on the accuracy of precipitation measurements instruments has been published as EN 17277:2019 "Hydrometry. Measurement requirements and classification of rainfall intensity measuring instruments"
kick-off meeting of the new EURAMET/EMPIR project INCIPIT "calibration and accuracy of non-catching instruments to measure liquid/solid atmospheric precipitation" hosted by the Lead Centre in Vigna di Valle.
The Lead Centre partecipated to the WMO/CIMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instrument and Methods of Observation in Amsterdam
The Lead Centre partecipated to the JMA/WMO Workshop on Quality Management of Surface Observations- RA II WIGOS Project in Tokyo
The Lead Centre partecipated to the Metoemet final meeting in Moncalieri (Tourin), presentig the results performed in the Research Excellence Grant (REG3) of the Meteomet2 project.
The Lead Centre partecipated to the EGU 2017 conference with poster presentations on wind tunnel experiments and precipitation measurements issues.
The Lead Centre will participate to the WMO TECO 2016 conference and the International Conference on Metrology for Meteorology and Climate with poster presentations on the more recent research developments and ongoing collaborations.
Wind tunnel experiments are currently under execution at the DICCA laboratories to provide information on rain gauges performance under turbulent winds and validation of CFD numerical analysis.
Oral presentation at the AMS annual meeting in New Orleans. Download the presentation.
Oral and poster presentations at the UrbanRain workshop (Pontresina). Download the short paper on the jointed CFD activity with EML.
The Lead Centre has recently signed a new research agreement with LSI LASTEM to study an improved rainfall intensity sensor compliant with UNI 11452:2012.
Presentation at the Arctic Metrology breakout session of the Arctic Circle 2015 Assembly.
New publications about the Lead Centre CFD studies available on AMS journals.
Installation and set-up of aerodynamic gauges and a laser disdrometer at the Vigna di Valle field site.
Starting from the experience achieved during the previous JRP ENV07 MeteoMet on the traceability to SI of some Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and the evaluation of calibration uncertainties, JRP ENV58 MeteoMet2 aims to extend the investigations to other variables and at evaluating further aspects and contributions to the uncertainty. The aim is to make a further step towards the final goal: the evaluation of the overall measurements uncertainties for the quantities involved in the meteorological observations and climate change evaluations. The improvement of quality of ECVs recorded data through the inclusion of measurement uncertainty budget will bring to possible strategies for the reduction of the uncertainty. This JRP, which aims to develop metrological traceability for the measurement of main ECVs defined by GCOS1 , is structured in 3 work packages each covering a different area of observation: Air, Sea and Land. The ECVs considered are: water vapour in upper-air and surface atmosphere, surface and deep sea temperature, salinity, air temperature, precipitation, albedo, permafrost temperature and soil moisture.
The LC-PrIn will contribute to the definition of a fully traceable calibration procedure for catching and non-catching type precipitation gauges. In addition, the laboratory testing and the CFD activity will foster the development of correction algorithms for precipitation measurements obtained from catching-type precipitation gauges. Suggestions for the improvement of existing standards about precipitation intensity measurements (e.g. CEN TC318, UNI 11452:2012 and BS 7843–3:2011) will be provided.
| Authors | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Merlone (INRiM) | Overview of MeteoMet2 project | |
| Carmen Garcìa Izquierdo (CEM) | MeteoMet2.WP3, Land | |
| Morten Karstoft Rasmussen (DTI) | MeteoMet2 activities related to atmospheric precipitation | |
| Luca Lanza | Contribution of the MeteoMet2 REG3 to the project | |
| Luca Lanza | Accuracy of precipitation gauges | |
| Matteo Colli | Wind effects on precipitation measurements | |
| Matteo Colli and Mattia Stagnaro | Rainfall simulators for colibration purposes | |
| Martino Fantato (Vaisala) | Calibration of non-catching rain sensors at Vaisala |
