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 9 1154138163 |
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| 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 | Digital Thermohygrometer Analog thermometer | -30 to 50 °C | Vaisala HMT333,
Climatic Chamber ARALAB | +/- 0.4°C | August 2024 | SICE SRL | Liquid-filling Thermometer Platinum resistive thermometers | -10 to 50 °C | FUESS 9120,
Thermal Bath BOEPPLE & CO.KG. GIESSEN | +/- 0.5°C | December 2023 | SICE SRL |
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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 | Digital Thermohygrometer | 15 to 100 % RH | Vaisala HMT333,
Climatic Chamber ARALAB | +/- 5% | August 2024 | SICE SRL |
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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,
Volumen Controller ASHCROFT,
Barometric Chamber Negretti & Zambra | +/- 0.3 hPa | October 2023 | INTI | Piezoresistive Barometer Aneroid barometer | 500 to 1100 hPa | Vaisala PTB 330,
Barometric Chamber Negretti & Zambra | +/- 0.5 hPa | October 2023 | INTI |
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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 Anemometer Electromechanical Anemometer Mechanical wind turbines | 0.8 to 20 m/s | Vaisala WS425, closed-type wind tunnel Santos Zaghi | +/- 0.5 m/s than 5m/s more than 5m/s: 10% | October 2022 | LaCLyFA | Ultrasonic Anemometer Electromechanical Anemometer | 0.5 to 75 m/s | Pitot static tube BS3605-321S18, thermoelectrical anemometer 8455-300-1
TSI-Instruments, eiffel-type wind tunnel 860075-E
Westenberg | +/- 0.5 m/s than 5m/s more than 5m/s: 10% | August 2024 | Westenberg,
Alemany |
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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) | DNI<1500 Wm-2 | PMO8 | | October 7-9,
2023 | SMN, Argentina |
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