Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5263-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5263-2017
Research article
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19 Oct 2017
Research article |  | 19 Oct 2017

Measuring precipitation with a geolysimeter

Craig D. Smith, Garth van der Kamp, Lauren Arnold, and Randy Schmidt

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This research provides an example of how groundwater pressures measured in deep observation wells can be used as a reliable estimate, and perhaps as a reference, for event-based precipitation. Changes in loading at the surface due to the weight of precipitation are transferred to the groundwater formation and can be measured in the observation well. Correlations in precipitation measurements made with the geolysimeter and the co-located sheltered precipitation gauge are high.