Barometer corrections

A barometer located at an elevation above sea level will show a reading lower than a barometer at sea level by an amount approximately 2.5 mm (0.1 in) for each 30.5 m (100 ft) of elevation. A closer approximation can be made by reference to the following tables, which take into account (1) the effect of altitude of the station at which the barometer is read, (2) the mean temperature of the air column extending from the station down to sea level, (3) the latitude of the station at which the barometer is read, and (4) the reading of the barometer corrected for its temperature, a correction which is applied only to mercurial barometers since the aneroid barometers are compensated for temperature effects. 

Barn, definition, 1-23 to 26 Barometer corrections, 15-30 Barriers to internal rotation, 9-59 to 63 Baryons, summary of properties, 11-1 to 55 Bases... 

Barometer Correction—After applying the corrections for thermometer error, correct each reading for deviation of the barometric pressure from normal by adding algebraically the correction calculated as follows ... 

Table 2.9 Barometer Temperature Correction—Metric Units 2.72...

The corrections above do not appiy to aneroid barometers. These instruments shouid be caiibrated at reguiar intervais by checking them against a corrected mercuriai barometer. 

For records on weather maps, meteoroiogists customariiy correct barometer readings to sea ievei, and some barometers may be caiibrated accordingiy. Such instruments are not suitabie for iaboratory use where true pressure under standard conditions is required. Scaie corrections shouid be specified in the maker s instructions with the instrument, and are aiso indicated by the iack of correspondence between a gauge mark usuaiiy piaced exactiy 76.2 cm from the zero point and the 76.2-cm scaie graduation. 

The values in the table below are to be subtracted from the readings taken on a mercurial barometer to correct for the decrease in gravity with increase in altitude. 

Example. A barometer which has been corrected for its temperature reads 650 mm at a station whose altitude is 1350 m above sea level and at a latitude of 30°. The mean temperature (outdoor temperature) at the station is 20°C. 

The mercury barometer (Fig. 10-11) indicates directly the absolute pressure of the atmosphere in terms of height of the mercuiy column. Normal (standard) barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa by definition. Equivalents of this pressure in other units are 760 mm mercury (at 0°C), 29.921 iuHg (at 0°C), 14.696 IbFin, and 1 atm. For cases in which barometer readings, when expressed by the height of a mercuiy column, must be corrected to standard temperature (usually 0°C), appropriate temperature correction factors are given in ASME PTC, op. cit., pp. 23-26 and Weast, Handbook of Chemistty and Physics, 59th ed., Chemical Rubber, Cleveland, 1978-1979, pp. E39-E41. 

TABLE 12-2 Additive Corrections for Hf h, and v When Barometric Pressure Differs from Standard Barometer... 

AH = moisture-content correction of air saturated at wet-bulb temperature when barometric pressure differs from standard barometer, gr/lb dry air NOTE To obtain AH reduce value of AH by 1 percent where t — t, = 24 F and correct proportionally when t — is not 24 F h = enthalpy of moist air, Btu/lb dry air... 

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