Rainout Simulator

Image of 2 researchers under a tent-like structure with equipment in a dry grassland

Photo By/Credit

Justin Johnson/USDA ARS

Date Shot/Created

06/25/2018

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

The rainfall simulator sprays a known amount of water onto each plot. At the bottom of the plot, water samples are collected to measure runoff and erosion. Tarps are used to control for the effects of wind on the rainfall rate.