Version 2 of the Rainfall Intensity software is now available! It corrects many of the "bugs" reported in the previous version.

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USER'S MANUAL

REQUIRED DATABASES

Create a "rainfall" database

Create a "rainfall_stats" database

Set each database as a System DSN to allow connection to the RAIN software

RAINSTART

Open the RAIN software

Log On to RAIN software programs

RAINDIGITIZER

Getting Started - Things to Do Before You Begin Digitizing

Log On

Link to your "rainfall" database

Digitize a strip chart and save as an x,y ascii file on your hard drive

QC the digitized strip charts

Load digitized ascii file(s) to your "rainfall" database

Convert digitized ascii file(s) to meaningful rainfall data (time-depth series) and store in your "rainfall" database

RAINPLOT

Select a dataset (select data to analyze)

Quality control the selected data (view raw rainfall data)

Analyze the selected data using predictive statistical curve fits (includes IDF analysis)

Create a report (automated reports showing various results)

Show monthly and seasonal summaries

Display data on map using RAINMAP

Edit hydrologic default settings (customize program settings such as "months that comprise a water year" and others)

RAINSHARE

Log On

Edit, add, or delete data in your "rainfall" database

Export or import your "rainfall" database

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Instructions for RAINDIGITIZER

RAINDIGITIZER is a program that allows you to digitize paper strip charts using a digitizer tablet and to save these data as time-depth values in a database. Follow these instructions, section by section and step by step, to obtain digitized time-depth values from your paper strip charts.

Getting started - things to do before you begin digitizing -- This section describes what you must do to prepare your charts and the software for digitizing.

Log On -- This section describes how to log on to RAINDIGITIZER.

Link to your "rainfall" database -- This section describes how to connect to your chosen "rainfall" database in order to store the digitized chart data.

Digitize a strip chart and save as an x,y ascii file on your hard drive -- This section describes how to digitize a chart using your digitizer tablet and how to store the digitized ascii data files on your hard drive.

Load digitized ascii file(s) to "rainfall" database -- This section describes how to load your digitized ascii files from your hard drive to your "rainfall" database.

Convert digitized (raw, x,y ascii) files to time-depths -- This section describes how to convert your ascii files in your "rainfall" database to meaningful time-depth values.

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