OREANDA-NEWS. December 13, 2011. Komatsu Factory Co., Ltd. (Head office: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Daiichiro Komatsu), a manufacturer of meteorological equipment, and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. have jointly commercialized an optical fiber rain gauge, obtained the Japan Meteorological Agency's verification(Figure 1) and launched sales.

Using a disaster-resistant optical fiber sensor, the optical fiber rain gauge comes in handy when undertaking measures against flooding and inundation caused by the recent pluvial climate and local heavy rains, disaster measures such as evacuation orders issued to residents and support for traffic control, etc.