[wxqc] Barometer Accuracy and Standard Deviation of ASOS Stations?

Geoffrey Dick wa4ikq at nevets.oau.org
Sun Nov 12 06:01:41 CST 2006


Does anybody on this list know the targeted, or expected accuracy
for Barometric Pressure of ASOS calibrated stations?  Once calibrated,
how much standard deviation is tolerated?

For several months, I have been tracking barometric pressure of 3 
airports that are within 12 miles of my location.  The stations
are within a few meters in elevation of one another.
Using the daily Gladstone summary, I see them wandering slowly,
over several days, +/-0.8 millibars many times in opposite 
directions from one another.  Could temperature, weather station
power supplies, or some other environmental component be a factor? 

Geoffrey Dick
WA4IKQ, AS140


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