Articles | Volume 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-22-97-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-22-97-2025
24 Nov 2025
 | 24 Nov 2025

Intercomparison of measurements at climate reference stations in Germany on the influence of funnel heating of a precipitation device

Isabel Knerr, Karsten Friedrich, and Florian Imbery

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Long-term series of precipitation data are important for e.g. the precise quantification of climate change.

Such time series should be consistent, but changes in the measurement conditions can't always be avoided. Parallel measurements are carried out at German climate reference stations in order to analyse the effects of changes in the measuring systems, e.g. when switching the device to another.

In this study, the influence of funnel heating on precipitation measurement  was analysed.

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