TAMDAR Instrument Accuracy
|
Parameter |
Range |
Accuracy |
Resolution |
Latency (See |
Comments |
|
Pressure |
10 -101
kPa |
2 hPa |
0.05 hPa |
10 sec |
See
Note2. |
|
Temperature |
-70 to
+65 C |
+/- 1 C |
0.1 C |
10 sec |
|
|
Humidity |
0 to
100%RH |
+/- 5%
(typical) +/- 10% (typical) |
1% (RH
> 10%) 0.1% (RH
< 10%) |
10 sec |
Below Mach 0.4 Mach 0.4 - 0.6 (RH from 2 separate |
|
Heading |
0-360 deg |
+/- 1 deg |
0.1 deg |
10 sec |
@ < 30 deg pitch
& roll |
|
Ice
Detection |
|
0.020
inch |
|
|
|
|
Range |
Accuracy |
Resolution |
Latency |
Comments |
|
|
Pressure Altitude |
0 – 25,000 ft. |
+/- 150 feet |
10 feet |
10 sec |
See Note 2 |
|
Pressure Altitude |
25,000 –
50,000 ft. |
+/- 250 feet |
10 feet |
10 sec |
See Note 2 |
|
Indicated Airspeed |
70-270 knots |
+/- 3 knots |
1 knot |
10 sec |
See Note 2 |
|
True Airspeed |
70-450 knots |
+/- 4 knots |
1 knot |
10 sec |
See Note 2 |
|
Turbulence (eddy dissipation rate); Peak and Median |
0-1 m2/3 sec-1 |
|
|
3 sec |
See Note 3. Reported as single encoded character (see TAMDAR Downlink
Data Format). |
|
Winds Aloft |
|
+/- 6 knots vector magnitude error |
1 knot, 1 deg |
10 sec |
See Note 4. Accuracy depends on relative magnitude and direction of
vectors. |
