Geonor's automatic and proprietary precipitation gauges provide accurate and reliable measurements of the amount and intensity of precipitation in any form. They contain no moving parts and require minimal maintenance.
Geonor's precipitation sensors have gained a large international market, and are particularly popular in cold regions. More than 3,000 systems and more than 5,000 OEM sensors have been delivered worldwide. The precipitation gauges can be equipped with a logger that can transmit data wirelessly and continuously to a head office.
Our precipitation meters were developed in the 1980s in collaboration with NGI and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The measurement technique is based on the oscillating string principle. The first precipitation meter of this type was installed in 1984, and was the first precipitation meter in the world based on the weighing principle. This has become the industry standard for measuring solid precipitation. We are still working on further development of the gauges, and it can now be delivered in different versions (600mm, 1000mm and 1500mm), with both analog and digital (SDI 12) output that provides access to both raw and processed data.
Geonor T-200B is the reference gauge for the WMO's global test of all the world's snow precipitation gauges - SPICE (Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment) 2012-2015.
Geonor has delivered precipitation gauges to national meteorological and climate networks in the USA, Canada, China, Spain and Scandinavia.
More exotic installations include research stations at Mount Everest Base Camp (7000 m above sea level), in the Andes (5000 m above sea level) and in the Atlas Mountains.
Geonor has delivered precipitation gauges and other equipment that monitors avalanche-prone mountainsides, such as Åkneset and Mannen in Møre og Romsdal.
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