Research Article

Measuring Hydrometeors with a Precipitation Microphysical Characteristics Sensor: Calibration and Field Measurements

Table 4

Variances of rain intensity obtained from the PMCS, OTT, and Gauge represents the correlation coefficients.

Rain rate (mmh−1)OTT-PMCSPMCS-GaugeOTT-Gauge

0 < < 50.9018.3%26.3%0.694.5%54.3%0.7622.8%50.5%
5 ≤ < 100.7414.9%19.6%0.30−4.4%24.1%0.3710.5%21.3%
10 ≤ < 200.8910.2%16.0%0.67−0.2%22.5%0.8210.0%16.1%
20 ≤ 0.939.4%15.3%0.896.9%17.8%0.9616.2%17.4%
Total0.9811.7%17.7%0.963.3%25.0%0.9915.0%22.7%