turkey republic ministry of environment and forestry turkish state meteorological service

TURKEY REPUBLICMINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRYTURKISH STATE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE

DIRECTORY OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND CALIBRATION

CALIBRATIONCENTER

Calibration Center - Ankara 2010

KALMER

At the Calibration Center: Automated

Weather Observing System's sensors that

is installed to all around the Türkiye are

calibrated by applying the 17025

standards.

Calibration Center is accredited for the

calibrations of tempetature, relative

humuidity, air pressure and wind speed

sensors.

Calibration Center


CALIBRASTION CENTER ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Director of Meteorological Instruments and Calibration BranchQuality Manager

Documentation Unit Senior Chief of Calibration Laboratories

Temperature & Humidity Calibration Lab.

Wind Speed Calibration Lab.

Pressure Calibration Lab.

Radiation Calibration Lab.

Precipitation Calibration Lab.

Instrument Acceptance, Registration , and Archive


Calibration Center operates under

Meteorological Instruments and

Calibration Division.

DIRECTORY OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS and CALIBRATION


PRECIPITATION WIND

TEMP&HUM

SOLAR RADIATION

PRESSUREMr. Nur DOĞAN

Director of Meteorological Instrumentsand Calibration Division

QUALITY MANAGER

On behalf of the management:

Responsible for the operation of the

Calibration Center in accordance

with the rules of the 17025

standards.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

NAME & SURNAME POSITION CADRE GRADUATION

YUSUF ÖZCAN CANDEMİR QUALITY MANAGER ENGINEER ELECTRONICS

AHMET APAYDIN QUALITY MANAGER ASSISTANT ENGINEER MECHANICAL


Mr. Yusuf Ö. CANDEMİR

CALIBRATION CENTER UNITS

- Instrument Acceptance, Registration

and Archive,

- Temperature & Humidity Calibration

Laboratory,

- Pressure Calibration Laboratory,

- Wind Speed Calibration Laboratory,

- Radiation Calibration Laboratory,

- Precipitation Calibration Laboratory.


Mr. Tekin SOYLUSenior chief of the Laboratories

CALIBRATION CENTERPERSONNEL CHART

NO NAME & SURNAME POSITION CADRE GRADUATION

1 TEKİN SOYLU MANAGER FOR THE LABORATORIES ENGINEER ELECTRONICS

2 ZAFER TURGAY DAĞ CHIEF OF RADIATION LAB. ENGINEER ELECTRONICS

3 AŞIR YASDUR RADIATION LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRONICS

4 Y. ÖZCAN CANDEMİR CHIEF OF WIND SPEED LAB. ENGINEER ELECTRONICS

5 TUĞRUL ÇUKURLUOĞLU WIND SPEED LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRICAL

6 HAMZA AYDIN CESSUR CHIEF OF TEMP&HUMİDİTY LAB. ENGINEER INDUSTRY

7 YUSUF KARAÇOR TEMPERATURE&HUMİDİTY LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRONICS

8 AYDIN ÜREN TEMPERATURE&HUMİDİTY LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRONICS

9 İBRAHİM ARPA CHIEF OF PRESSURE LAB. ENGINEER MECHANICAL

10 İRFAN KAYAPINAR PRESSURE LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRICAL

11 MUSA YER ALTI PRESSURE LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN METAL

12 SERPİL SAYAR CHIEF OF PRECIPITATION LAB. ENGINEER METEOROLOGY

13 MELEK DOĞAN PRECIPITATION LAB. PER. TECHNICIAN ELECTRICAL

14 NURTEKİN ULUCAN INSTRUMENT ACCEPTANCE&REGISTRATION AND ARCHIVE

STAFF HIGH SCHOOL

15 MELTEM ŞEN INSTRUMENT ACCEPTANCE&REGISTRATION AND ARCHIVE

TECHNICIAN ELECTRICAL


INSTRUMENT ACCEPTANCE & REGISTRATION AND ARCHİVE

Instruments accepted to the

Calibration Center are registered

and related documents are

archived in accordance with the

rules of 17025 standards.


CALIBRATION CENTERENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE LABRATORIES

LABORATORY TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY PRESSURE

Pressure 23 °C ± 1 °C 45%RH ± 10%RH Atmospheric pressure

Temperature & Humidity 23 °C ± 2 °C 45%RH ± 15%RH ---

Wind Speed 23 °C ± 10 °C 50%RH ± 30%RH ---

Radiation 23 °C ± 2 °C 45%RH ± 10%RH ---

Precipitation 23 °C ± 2 °C 45%RH ± 10%RH ---

Environmental conditions of the Laboratories are controlled by using

precision air-conditioner. The measured data of temperature and

humuidity are automatically displayed and stored.


Devices to control the laboratory environmental conditions:

Liebert Hiross HPM

Precision Air conditioner

Fluke Hart Scientific 1620A

Measuring, displaying and recording.


CALIBRATION CENTERENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE LABRATORIES

The thermometer types to be

calibrated:

1. Liquid glass thermometers,

2. Resistance thermometers,

3. Analog output thermometers,

4. Thermometers with display.

TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY LABORATORY


All types of relative humidity

sensors are calibrated.

Scope of Accreditation

Quantity, Instrument to be calibrated Measurement Range

Best Measurement

Capability(k=2) (±)

Remarks

TEMPERATUREResistance Thermometers

Water Triple Point 0,01 0C 0,014 °C Using Triple Point

-40 0C ile +50 0C 0,04 0C Using Liquid Bath

-40 0C ile +50 0C 0,13 0C Using Climate ChamberLiquid Glass Thermometer

-40 0C ile +50 0C 0,06 0C Using Liquid Bath

Analog Output Thermometer -40 0C ile +50 0C

0,05 °C Using Liquid Bath

0,13 °C Using Cabin air-conditioningThermometers with display

-40 0C ile +50 0C 0,05 °C Using Liquid Bath

0,13 0C Using Climate ChamberRELATIVE HUMIDITYRelative Humidity Sensors %10 - %80 % 1,2 Using Humidity Generator

%20 - %80 % 2,5 Using Climate Chamber



Reference devices for relative humidity calibration:

Thunder Scientific 2500 Humidity Generator.

Operation range: -10˚C / +70˚C

10%RH / 90%RH

Vaisala HMP76



Climate provider for Relative Humidity Calibration:

Weiss SB22 500

Climate Chamber.

Operation Range:

-50˚C / +50˚C

10%RH / 90%RH



Isotech 909Q Standard Platinum

Resistance Thermometer

Hart Scientific 5615 Platinum

Resistance Thermometer



Reference devices for Temperature Calibration:

Fluke 7381 Liquid bath.

Operation range:

-80˚C /+110˚C



Climate provider for Temperature Calibration:

Weiss SB22 500

Climate Chamber.

Operation Range: -50˚C / +50˚C

10%RH / 90%RH

Fluke PRT measuring unit, Zeno 3200 Data Logger and Fluke 8846A

6 ½ digit multimeter are used to measure the data.



Secondary devices for Temperature & Humidity Laboratory:

Calibration at The Triple Point of Water (TPW)and

Ice Point Calibration :



PRESSURE CALIBRATION LABORATORY

Pressure sensors types to be

calibrated:

1. Frequency output barometers,

2. Digital output barometers,

3. Barometers with digital display,

4. Mechanical barometers.


Quantity, Instrument

to be calibrated

Measurement Range

Measurement Conditions

Best Measurement


Remarks

PressureAbsolute PressureBarometers 750 mbar –

1050mbar

Pressure Cabin (Gas)

0,12 mbar Procedures are prepared with DKD R-

6.1 , EURAMET/cg-17/v.01

and OIML R 97 Calibrator

(Gas)0,08 mbar




Parosceintific 785 digiquartz barometer



Reference device for Pressure Calibration:

Pressure Chamber

Fluke PPC4-ui A100K Calibrator.

Dry air are used (Azoth gas).



Climate providers for Pressure Calibration:

Druck DPI 145

Measurement device for frequency

output barometer.

Measurement device

for digital output

barometer.



Secondary devices of Pressure Laboratory:

Paroscientific 765

digiquartz barometer.

Ruska 6200 barometer.



Secondary devices of the Pressure Laboratory:

WIND SPEED CALIBRATION LABORATORY

Wind Speed sensor types to

be calibrated (Cup, hotwire,

ultrasonic, pitot, propeller):

1. Electronics wind speed

sensors,

2. Mechanical wind speed

sensors.


Quantity, Instrument to be

calibrated

Measurement Range


Best Measurement


Remarks

WIND SPEED SENSORS (REFERENCE IS ULTRASONICS)

2,5 m/s - 30 m/s ±(0,11+%0,4xV) m/s

COMPARISON METHOD

WIND SPEED SENSORS (REFERENCE IS PITOT

TUBE MICROMANOMETER)

3 m/s - 34 m/s ± (0,05 + %0,7xV) m/s

COMPARISON METHOD




Furness Control FCO510

Micromanometer and Pitot tube.Thies 2D 4.3810.00.340

Ultrasonic wind speed sensor



Reference devices for Wind Speed Calibration:

Wind Speed Tunnel is the Göttinger type,

closed loop and open test area ( 0 – 40 m/s).



Medium provider for Wind Speed Calibration:

Hotwire Testo 435

Wind Speed Sensor.

Druck PTX7517-1 Pressure (600–1100mbar)

PR 5333A Temperature (0-40ºC) sensors.



Devices of the Wind Speed Calibration Laboratory:

Vaisala WMS302M and WAA151, Thies Clima 4.3303.22.007,

Qualimetrics ECN4738, Siap handel type, Vector İnst.

A100M/HE-1 and Lastem DN002 Wind Speed sensors are used.



Devices of the Wind Speed Calibration Laboratory:

RADIATION CALIBRATION LABORATORY

Pyranometers are calibrated

at the Radiation Calibration

Laboratory under the

constant irradiance and new

sensitivity coefficients for the

calibrated sensors are

calculated.



to be calibrated

Measurement Range


Best Measurement


Remarks

Pyranometer 500W/m²– 700W/m²

Comparison with CPM22 (used as a reference) by using constant light irradiance

indoor calibration

±2W/m²COMPARISON

METHOD



Scope of the Calibration

Kipp&zonen CMP22 Pyranometer



Reference device for Pyranometer Calibration:

Kipp&Zonen Calibration Facility for Pyranometers.

Indoor Pyranometer Calibration System under constant irradiance light

(500W/m² - 700W/m²).Calibration Center - Ankara 2010


Medium provider for Pyranometers Calibration:

Keithley 2000 6 ½

digit multimeter

Kipp&Zonen CMP21

Pyranometer



Devices of the Pyranometers Calibration Laboratory:

PRECIPITATION CALIBRATION LABORATORY

Precipitation (Rain Gauge)

sensors types to be calibrated:

1. Tipping bucket rain gauges,

2. Weighing type rain gauges.




Scope of calibration


to be calibrated

Measurement Range


Best Measurement


Remarks

Precipitation (Rain Gauge)

1– 4000 gr

Precision Electronic Balances

And peristaltic pump

%1COMPARISON

METHOD

Mettler Toledo XP4002S

Precision Electronic Balances

800 gr. / 4100 gr.

Baykon F1 Class Weigths

1 gr / 2 kg



Reference devices for Rain Gauges Calibration:

Precipitation simulation is

prepared by using the Watson

Marlow 520Du peristaltic

pump which calculates the

necessary amount of water

for the desired amount of

Rain İntensity.



Medium provider for Rain Gauges Calibration:

Zeno 3200 Data LoggerCaps and tubes with

different type and

dimensions.



Secondary devices of the Precipitation Laboratory:

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