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AIDJEX Bulletin #40 - Polar Science Center - University of Washington

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DAY, 1977<br />

Fig. 5. Twenty-day averages <strong>of</strong> pressure differences between<br />

NWS ("Barrowtt) data and the two buoys (NWS - buoy). The<br />

figure shows that the barometers were free from drift for<br />

the four-month test period.<br />

Sensor Temperature Coefficients<br />

Knowing how sensitive a barometric pressure sensor is to temperature is<br />

critical to achieving good pressure measurements from ADRAMS. The temperature<br />

dependence <strong>of</strong> sensors used in this test (Paroscientific Digiquartz Model<br />

215A) is a complex function <strong>of</strong> temperature effects on several <strong>of</strong> the sensor<br />

components, principally the bellows and quartz beam. Coefficients are<br />

generally within a factor <strong>of</strong> 3 <strong>of</strong> 0.04 mb per degree Celsius, as measured<br />

at the factory over a wide range <strong>of</strong> temperatures and pressures. Barometer<br />

calibration coefficients were calculated at (and temperature corrections<br />

therefore normalized about) -26OC, or -15'F, to minimize pressure-dependent<br />

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