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  2. Rain gauge - Wikipedia

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    Standard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rain gauge. A rain gauge which is also known as udometer, pluviometer, ombrometer, and hyetometer, is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation in a predefined area, over a set period of time. [1]

  3. List of weather instruments - Wikipedia

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    Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time; Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction; Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction; Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation; Disdrometer for measuring drop ...

  4. 2009 Kentuckiana flash flood - Wikipedia

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    August 2009 Flood Collection - A selection of digital images of the August 4, 2009 flood, documented and donated by community members to the University of Louisville (Louisville, Ky.) "Courier Journal". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. "Kentuckiana Flooded". WHAS.com. "Heavy rains causing widespread flooding". WAVE3 News.

  5. Weather station - Wikipedia

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    Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time. Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction; Wind vane, also called a weather vane or a weathercock: it shows which way the wind is blowing. Evaporation pan for measuring evaporation.

  6. Floyds Fork protections passed in chaotic council meeting ...

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    The Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, which maintains local regulatory floodplain maps and designates the conveyance zone, works to account for climate change in its estimations, according ...

  7. Meteorological instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    Rain gauges are used to measure the precipitation which falls at any point on the Earth's landmass. Remote sensing, as used in meteorology, is the concept of collecting data from remote weather events and subsequently producing weather information.

  8. Louisville MSD installing new lines at site of large cave-in ...

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    A 15-foot hole damaged sewer lines in Phoenix Hill, prompting Louisville MSD to send crews out to make repairs. A section of Campbell Street will be closed for at least a few days.

  9. Precipitation gauge - Wikipedia

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    The term "Precipitation gauge" may refer to: Disdrometer, an instrument used to measure the drop size distribution and velocity of falling hydrometeors; Rain gauge, also known as an udometer, a pluviometer, an ombrometer or a cup is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time