High Grade Snow Water Equivalent Sensor

SWE sensors measure the amount of water contained within a collector. The 206 mm diameter collector meets statistical accuracy. SWE Sensor consists of a heated funnel that melts snow, collects and channels the precipitation into a small measurement bucket. After a pre-set amount of precipitation falls, the lever tips, dumping the collected water and sending an electrical signal. The advantage of the SWE Sensor is that the character of the precipitation (light, medium, or heavy) may be easily obtained. precipitation character is decided by the total amount of water that has fallen in a set period (usually 1 hour) and by counting the number of 'clicks' in a 10 minute period the observer can decide the character of the rain. Correction algorithms can be applied to the data as an accepted method of correcting the data for high level rainfall intensity amounts. This SWE Sensor can easily use with Data logger which can use pulse input.