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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Edit or Add Data to Your "Rainfall" Database

RAINDIGITIZER has an option that allows you to directly add, modify, or delete rows in any table within the database. (RAINSHARE also allows a user to edit the database.) You can access this option using the 'Edit Database Records' button on the main window in RAINDIGITIZER. This will bring up a window allowing you to select the database table you wish to edit.

Select a table and click 'Edit Table' to open the table editor.

Use the 'Add', 'Edit', and 'Delete' buttons at the bottom of the window to make any necessary edits. Clicking 'Add' will open a blank dialog allowing you to enter a new record. Clicking 'Edit' will open the current record and allow changes to be made to individual fields; clicking 'Update' will save the changes. Clicking 'Delete' will delete the current record. You can move through all of the records in the table by clicking on the forward (lower right) or backward (lower left) arrow buttons at the bottom of the window.

The database also may be edited by the software that was used to create the database (SQL Server, Oracle, or others).

Return to the main RAINDIGITIZER instructions page.