This research validated the feasibility of measuring the preserved annual snow accumulation cycles, like measuring frozen precipitation in a rain gauge.
An old housing for measuring equipment and a rain gauge can be seen to the east of the lighthouse.
The rain gauge was mounted on top of a 72-m meteorological tower to avoid i nterference f rom t rees and t he tower itself.
Daily rainfall was measured from a rain gauge adjacent to the experiment.
Loggers recorded data, time and voltage from capacitance probes and tips from a tipping bucket rain gauge.
Rainfall was measured each trapping day with a standard rain gauge.
A manual rain gauge was installed at the site before the commencement of the trial in 1999.
Precipitation was measured with a standard rain gauge adjacent to the plots.
