RIC Argentina

RIC at Buenos Aires, Argentina (Region III)

(Information on this webpage is based on the latest report from the RIC.
Please refer to the RIC's website for the latest information.)
General Site Information
Address: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Dorrego 4019, C1425 GBE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website: http://www.smn.gov.ar/
Contact persons: Elián Wolfram; Paola SAYAGO (for contacts in Spanish only)
Email: ewolfram@smn.gob.ar; psayago@smn.gov.ar
Tel: 54 11 54138163 / 541 151 676 767 ext. 18796
Fax: 541 147 737 291
Calibration capabilities: Temperature, Relative Humidity, Atmospheric Pressure, Wind, Radiation
Specific Information on instrument calibration capabilities
Temperature
Instrument Undergoing Calibration
Calibration Range
Reference standard, Equipment
Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC)*
Traceability of Reference equipment
Last standard calibration date
Calibration body

Thermohygrometer

-40 to 60 °C

Vaisala HMT333

+/- 0.4°C

Jul 2022

INTI

 TLV

-22 to 55 °C FUESS 9120    Dec 2023 CISE
Status of accreditation (date of the latest accreditation): 
Link to the accreditation certificate
Accreditation body:
Relative Humidity
Instrument Undergoing Calibration
Calibration Range
Reference standard, Equipment
Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC)*
Traceability of Reference equipment
Last standard calibration date
Calibration body

Hygrometer

5 to 100 % RH

Vaisala HMT333

+/- 5%

Jul 2022

INTI

Status of accreditation (date of the latest accreditation): 
Link to the accreditation certificate
Accreditation body:
Atmospheric Pressure
Instrument Undergoing Calibration
Calibration Range
Reference standard, Equipment
Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC)*
Traceability of Reference equipment
Last standard calibration date
Calibration body

Digital barometer

500 to 1100 hPa

   Vaisala PTB 330

+/- 0.5 hPa

October 2023

INTI

Digital barometer

 500 to 1100 hPa  Vaisala PTB 330 +/- 0.5 hPa October 2023 INTI
Status of accreditation (date of the latest accreditation): 
Link to the accreditation certificate
Accreditation body:
Wind
Instrument Undergoing Calibration
Calibration Range
Reference standard, Equipment
Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC)*
Traceability of Reference equipment
Last standard calibration date
Calibration body

Ultrasonic sensor

0.8 to 20 m/s

Vaisala WD30

0.5 m/s, for < 5 m/s;

10 %, for > 5 m/s

Nov 2022

La Plata University Lab

Status of accreditation (date of the latest accreditation): 
Link to the accreditation certificate
Accreditation body:
Radiation
Instrument Undergoing Calibration
Calibration Range
Reference standard, Equipment
Calibration and Measurement Capability (CMC)*
Traceability of Reference equipment
Last standard calibration date
Calibration body

Absolute Cavity Pyrheliometer (TMI)

DNI < 1500 Wm-2

AHF28968, AHF29220, AHF30713, TMI68018

 

7 October 2022

NREL, US

Absolute Cavity Pyrheliometer (PMO8)

DNI < 1500 Wm-2 PM02   24 Sep 2021 PMOD/WRC

UV Radiometer (SL501)

0.5 to 8.6 UVI T68522, T68523   9 Aug 2022 PMOD/WRC

UV Radiometer (K&Z UV-S A-T)

10.7 to 57.7 UVA Dose T68522, T68523   9 Aug 2022 PMOD/WRC

UV Radiometer (K&Z UV-S A-T)

0.5 to 8.9 UVI T68522, T68523   9 Aug 2022 PMOD/WRC
Pyranometer (CMP 22) 600 to 1200 Wm-2 Cavity pyrheliometer PMO8 serial number F201-009
1.5 %
October 2023 SMN, Argentina
Status of accreditation (date of the latest accreditation): 
Link to the accreditation certificate
Accreditation body:

* A CMC (calibration and measurement capability) is the smallest uncertainty (k=2) of measurement that can be expected to be achieved by the RIC during a calibration under normal conditions. This CMC is evaluated by the RIC itself and described in the scope of accreditation of the RIC, if available.

Further Information

Report of the RIC (May 2024)

Report of the RIC (February 2023)

Report of the RIC (May 2022)

Report of the RIC (February 2021)

Report of the RIC (March 2020)