Rain Gauge 2 : The general name for instruments designed to measure the amount of rain that has fallen. Both recording and non-recording types are commonly used at fire weather stations
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), Glossary of Forest Fire Management Terms, Manitoba, Canada 2003. http://bcwildfire.ca/mediaroom/Backgrounders/2003_ Fire_Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Canad) {474}