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Subject: [OM] Re: OT - weather station - and barometric pressure
From: Frank van Lindert <Frank.van@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:40:42 +0100
Hi Ian.

I am a list member for a very long time (ten years?) but I have been
recovering from some personal sufferings, and lately I have moved
house too. I have been too busy to actively participate in the list
discussions, but I will in the near future.

Airports have very precise instruments, because air pressure (and its
tendency) are very important parameters for flying. The instruments
are being calibrated on a regular basis against high grade
meteorological instruments of the national weather centres. Often the
airports employ instruments owned by those weather centres too. Most
airfields do have more than one barometer, so a suspicious reading
would be noticed immediately. You can really trust them!

BTW, I think that the reading from Kloten will be fine for you to
calibrate against on a day with little pressure gradient (little
wind).
http://pro.meteo24.com/ch/41X2660.html


Frank.
 

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:20:03 +0100, you wrote:

>Hello Frank,
>
>always good to encourage someone out of lurk mode ;-)  welcome to the list
>
>The model I have is "diva II" wireless weatherstation from 
>http://www.tfa-dostmann.de
>( a present from my wife)
>
>I am living in Oberrohrdorf and the nearest town is Baden,
>what puzzles me is how do the airports etc know the exact pressure, 
>surely their calibration could also be off so how do they calibrate it?
>
>Thanks Ian
>
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