The function and significance of rain sensor in monitoring urban waterlogging

Rain sensor background

The rain sensor can observe the instantaneous and total amount of rainfall. In the study of meteorological elements. Rainfall is an important part of it. Rainfall observation is an important project for studying the hydrological cycle system of a river basin or region, and an important part of water resources. One of the basic data of the city has a great effect on industrial and agricultural production, water conservancy development, river flood control and project management. The amount of precipitation will affect various fields such as human production and life.

Rainfall Judgment Criteria

Rainfall is the depth of rain falling on a horizontal surface within a certain period of time. Measured with a rain gauge, usually using 24 hours as the time unit and millimeters as the rain depth unit. The rain is divided into light rain, moderate rain, heavy rain, heavy rain, heavy rain and extra heavy rain.

That is to say, the rainfall in the range of 0.1 mm to 9.9 mm in 24 hours is light rain. It is moderate rain if the rainfall is between 10.0 mm and 24.9 mm in 24 hours. Heavy rain refers to the rainfall between 25.0 mm and 49.9 mm in 24 hours. Heavy rain refers to rainfall ranging from 50.0 mm to 99.9 mm in 24 hours. Rainfall between 100.0 mm and 249.9 mm within 24 hours is called a heavy rainstorm. Rainfall of 250.0 mm or more within 24 hours becomes an extremely heavy rainstorm. So how does the rain gauge monitor rainfall?

Rain gauge application

Before the Internet of Things technology was popularized, the monitoring and management of water regimes in domestic cities was relatively simple. Basically, it is mainly based on manual reading of data. During periods of heavy rainfall, it is difficult to obtain real-time and up-to-date water level information. The rain sensor is used to judge the rainfall, and the rainfall detection is reliable. Various rainfall information can be measured and recorded. It has the characteristics of strong anti-interference ability, all-outdoor design, accurate measurement, long transmission distance, small size, high precision, fully automatic unattended operation, and stable operation. It can be widely used in fields such as smart irrigation, weather station, hydrological station, field observation station and so on.