Not exact matches
For these
instruments, no single source of instrumental
error is expected to set the overall
measurement floor.
The facility has enabled the different
instrument teams to calibrate their
instruments, and check for uncorrected
errors, like excessive scattering and diffusive light contamination in the
measurement chambers.
Measurement error can be either be due to
instrument error or artifacts due to poor siting («the asphalt effect»).
The
error of individual total ozone
measurements for a well maintained Brewer
instrument is about 1 % (e.g. Kerr, 1988).
We hoped to eliminate the mechanical devices that required more personal attention (taking
measurements, changing charts, etc.) At one point the electronic
instruments showed a step change that was not reflected by the mechanical recorders and the electronic equipment designer asserted that the mechanical devices must be in
error because they did not show the step change.
One assumes that nobody waved a magic wand and decreed «let there be MMTS» there must have been an adoption R&R process where the new sensors were validated against the old across the full range of temperatures, seasons and sub-climates; in the presence of a calibrated third
instrument more precise than both candidates; with data collected to estimate the
error in the
instrument, the
error in the
measurement process, drift rates and recalibration intervals.
Yes, I understand and agree that the local environment is a part of the issue, but having seen other
measurements made by dissimilar and differently maintained systems of
instruments — yes, even within federally - funded agencies — it's easy to suspect that the number of
errors can begin to accumulate.
The
measurements had an offset
error related to the infrared radiation flux (a net loss, as the
instruments involved emitted more IR than they received from clear skies).
There were
measurements in 1958 that found large ozone loss in the Antarctic, but these
measurement have been found to be false, due to
instrument error.
The model of the final
instrument along with the factor loadings, the between - factor correlation and the
measurement errors obtained in the Bonn sample are shown in Figure 1.