ABSTRACT:
A portable rainfall simulator has been developed for use in field infiltration experiments. The rainfall simulator is built using readily available components, is easily transportable, and requires a setup time of approximately 10 minutes. Field testing results have shown that the rainfall simulator gives comparable runoff and loss rates to those of similar sized plots monitored under natural rainfall conditions.
Footnotes
Bruce W. Byars is a graduate research hydrologist and Peter M. Allen is a professor of Engineering Geology and Hydrology, Department of Geology, Baylor University, P.O. Box 97354, Waco, Texas 76798; Norman L. Bingham is a hydrologist, National Weather Service, Arkansas Red-Basin River Forecast Center, 10159 East 11th Street, Tulsa, Oklaboma 74128.
- Copyright 1996 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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