Get Barometer Comparison Check Request Form

Version 2008 The Form for Barometer Comparison Check through Facsimile Japan Meteorological Agency Please use this form to make a request to check your barometer. 4. Reading of the barometer should be made just on the hour. 5. Fill in the following blanks. Name of ship Port of call Call sign Gross tonnage tons Registry Name of the person in charge Ship s telephone No. Facsimile No. of Ship INMARSAT-B 010-870 INMARSAT-M F other if available 010-870 marine TEL. 090-302Name of Your Shipping Agent in Japan if available Telephone No. - Barometer reading on the hour. without correction to sea level or for instrumental error Outboard air temperature Time of reading Year Month or 20 Latitude Day N Longitude hPa 0. 1hPa unit 0. 1 unit Hour Minute just h 00 min UTC h 00 min JST E About Barometer Placement in your ship Height of barometer above sea level at present and other conditions At present m At full load m In ballast Manufacturer Serial number Date of manufacture Date of official calibration Recent value of total correction if you have hPa at full load hPa in ballast Place and date of the last barometer check m Send the form to Tick the nearest observatory only Kobe Marine Observatory Nagoya Local Meteorological Observatory Yokohama Local Meteorological Observatory Hakodate Marine Observatory Nagasaki Marine Observatory Maizuru Marine Observatory FAX 078-222-8946 052-762-1242 045-622-3520 0138-47-7682 095-823-8220 0773-76-4114 TEL 052-752-6364 045-621-1991 0138-46-2213 095-811-4867. The request is acceptable when your ship stays in a port of Japan* After completing the following procedure transmit this form through facsimile to the nearest observatory listed below. The observatory will return the correction value for your barometer. Business hours are 09-16 JST from Monday to Friday except public holidays in Japan 1. Read your barometer when you anchor in a Japanese port. 2. Make sure that the wind is not so strong. Strong wind may disturb the barometer reading. 3. Open the window or door of the house to measure outboard air pressure. 4. Reading of the barometer should be made just on the hour. 5. Fill in the following blanks. Name of ship Port of call Call sign Gross tonnage tons Registry Name of the person in charge Ship s telephone No* Facsimile No* of Ship INMARSAT-B 010-870 INMARSAT-M F other if available 010-870 marine TEL* 090-302Name of Your Shipping Agent in Japan if available Telephone No* - Barometer reading on the hour. without correction to sea level or for instrumental error Outboard air temperature Time of reading Year Month or 20 Latitude Day N Longitude hPa 0. 1hPa unit 0. 1 unit Hour Minute just h 00 min UTC h 00 min JST E About Barometer Placement in your ship Height of barometer above sea level at present and other conditions At present m At full load m In ballast Manufacturer Serial number Date of manufacture Date of official calibration Recent value of total correction if you have hPa at full load hPa in ballast Place and date of the last barometer check m Send the form to Tick the nearest observatory only Kobe Marine Observatory Nagoya Local Meteorological Observatory Yokohama Local Meteorological Observatory Hakodate Marine Observatory Nagasaki Marine Observatory Maizuru Marine Observatory FAX 078-222-8946 052-762-1242 045-622-3520 0138-47-7682 095-823-8220 0773-76-4114 TEL 052-752-6364 045-621-1991 0138-46-2213 095-811-4867.