Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Annex 2: Results of Intercomparison

Laboratory and Location Date of
Measurement
Cylinder No. CPB13002 Cylinder No. CPB13003 Scale Measu-
rement
Info
Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N
1. Intercomparison for Asia
    JMA: Japan Meteorological Agency
    CMA: China Meteorological Administration, CGAWBO: China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory
    KMA: Korea Meteorological Administration, KGAWO: Korea Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory
    NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.A.
    AES: Atmospheric Environment Service (presently Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC))
    CMDL: Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (presently Global Monitoring Division (NOAA/ESRL)), U.S.A.
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Apr. 24-25, 2001 1809.8 *, ** 1.1 10 1960.1 *, ** 0.9 10 NOAA04 PDF
CMA
CGAWBO at Mt. Waliguan
Jul. 21-24, 2001 1822.9 11.7 99 1980.5 9.8 99 AES PDF
KMA
KGAWO at Anmyeon-do
Sep. 3-5, 2001 1786.4 1.1 45 1935.7 1.4 45 CMDL PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Nov. 5-6, 2001 1810.5 *, ** 2.2 10 1960.5 *, ** 1.0 10 NOAA04 PDF
2. Intercomparison for the South-West Pacific
    CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    NIWA: National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.
    NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S.A.
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Apr. 15-16, 2002 1810.3 *, ** 1.3 10 1959.8 *, ** 1.1 10 NOAA04 PDF
CSIRO
Aspendale, Australia
Mar. 2003 1787.38 2.0 67 1937.33 2.1 72 CSIRO1994 PDF
NIWA
Wellington, New Zealand
Jul. 2003 1817.84 1.79 10 1968.95 2.23 10 NIST PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Dec. 15-16, 2003 1810.6 *, ** 0.8 10 1959.3 *, ** 1.7 10 NOAA04 PDF
3. Intercomparison for Japan
    TU: Tohoku University
    NIES: National Institute for Environmental Studies
TU, Sendai Sep. 28, 2004 1810.5 1.7 11 1961.2 1.6 11 TU Gravimetric Scale PDF
NIES, Tsukuba Dec. 20, 2004-
Feb. 14, 2005
1812.1 1.4 84 1963.4 1.0 82 NIES94 PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Mar. 3-8, 2005 1809.8 ** 1.9 10 1960.3 ** 1.7 10 NOAA04 PDF
Laboratory and Location Date of
Measurement
Cylinder No. CPB31289 Cylinder No. CPB31288 Scale Measu-
rement
Info
Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N
4. Intercomparison for Asia
    KRISS: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Jul. 6-7, 2005 1695.4 ** 1.6 10 1874.3 ** 1.8 10 NOAA04 PDF
CMA
CGAWBO at Mt. Waliguan
Feb. 2006 1670.1 1.9 103 1845.4 2.3 167 AES PDF
KMA
KGAWO at Anmyeon-do
Apr. 18-27, 2006 1695.8 1.5 70 1872.7 1.4 80 KRISS PDF
KRISS, Taejeon Jun. 26-30, 2006 1698.3 1.2 9 1877.1 0.9 8 KRISS PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Aug. 21-22, 2006 1696.0 ** 0.7 10 1875.0 ** 1.1 9 NOAA04 PDF
5. Intercomparison for the South-West Pacific
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Dec. 25-26, 2006 1695.7 1.0 10 1875.5 1.2 10 NOAA04 PDF
CSIRO
Aspendale, Australia
Jan. 31-Mar. 28,
2007
1695.0 0.8 68 1875.7 0.8 80 NOAA04 PDF
NIWA
Wellington, New Zealand
Mar. 12, 2008 1692.54 1.88 10 1874.31 1.87 10 NOAA04 PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Aug. 18-19, 2008 1696.2 1.6 10 1875.4 1.8 10 NOAA04 PDF
Laboratory and Location Date of
Measurement
Cylinder No. CPB13002 Cylinder No. CPB13003 Scale Measu-
rement
Info
Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N Concent-
ration (ppb)
SD
(ppb)
N
6. Intercomparison for Asia
    CAMS: Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
May. 1, 2008 1664.4 1.2 10 1848.4 1.8 10 NOAA04 PDF
KRISS, Taejeon Sep. -Nov., 2008 1665.1 0.2 5 1851.2 0.2 5 KRISS PDF
KMA
KGAWO at Anmyeon-do
Oct. -Nov., 2008 1665.6 1.2 12 1851.3 1.4 12 KRISS PDF
CMA
CGAWBO at Mt. Waliguan
Apr. 3-5, 2009 1661.1 0.9 14 1847.0 0.8 14 NOAA04 PDF
Apr. 13-14, 2009 1662.3 0.2 9 1847.2 0.3 9 NOAA04 PDF
Apr. 14-16, 2009 1659.3 5.2 10 1846.1 1.9 10 NOAA04 PDF
CMA
CAMS, CMA, Beijing
Apr. 28-29, 2009 1661.9 2.0 10 1847.5 0.6 10 NOAA04 PDF
Apr. 29, 2009 1662.5 0.2 9 1847.3 0.1 9 NOAA04 PDF
Apr. 30, 2009 1662.2 1.6 12 1847.2 1.8 12 NOAA04 PDF
JMA
Headquarters, Tokyo
Jul. 1, 2009 1664.3 1.1 10 1846.8 1.7 10 NOAA04 PDF
SD: Standard deviation; N: Number of measurements  
 Note:  * means that JMA made a recalculation for the drift in JMA's ex-primary standards in November 2005.
** means that JMA made a recalculation for the adoption of the NOAA04 CH4 scale in October 2006.

Information on Participants and their Contact
Participant (WEB Site) Country Information
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Japan Contact
China Meteorological Administration (CMA) China Contact
Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Rep. of Korea Contact
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) Rep. of Korea Contact
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia Contact
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) New Zealand Contact
Tohoku University (TU) Japan Contact
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan Contact


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