Measuring Hydrometeors Using a Precipitation Microphysical Characteristics Sensor: Sampling Effect of Different Bin Sizes on Drop Size Distribution Parameters

Table 5

Discrepancies of rain-rate between three instruments in different rain-rate categories.

Rain-rate category (mm/h)	OTT-PMCS			PMCS-Gauge			OTT-Gauge
		Bias	ab_bias		Bias	ab_bias		Bias	ab_bias
	0.90	18.3%	26.3%	0.69	4.5%	54.3%	0.76	22.8%	50.5%
	0.74	14.9%	19.6%	0.30	−4.4%	24.1%	0.37	10.5%	21.3%
	0.89	10.2%	16.0%	0.67	−0.2%	22.5%	0.82	10.0%	16.1%
	0.93	9.4%	15.3%	0.89	6.9%	17.8%	0.96	16.2%	17.4%
All	0.98	11.7%	17.7%	0.96	3.3%	25.0%	0.99	15.0%	22.7%