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Instrument error
An error that is a function of the instrument design and the ambient conditions under which it must operate. For example, the mercury barometer for surface (not mean sea level) pressure measurements has an expected instrument error of about 0.25 mb for a single reading due to ambient temperature and wind effects.
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