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 |
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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 | Hygrometer | 5 to 100 % RH | Vaisala HMT333 | +/- 5% | Jul 2022 | INTI |
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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 | +/- 0.5 hPa | October 2023 | INTI | Digital barometer | 500 to 1100 hPa | Vaisala PTB 330 | +/- 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 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 |
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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) | 600 to 1200 Wm-2 | Cavity pyrheliometer PMO8 serial number F201-009 |
1.5 % | October 2023 | SMN, Argentina |
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