Question: You are in the office processing some survey data from a control survey for monitoring of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, and you are finding

You are in the office processing some survey data from a control survey for monitoring of the Snowy
Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, and you are finding that the field measurements are consistently
long by 58 ppm when compared to existing survey marks in the area.
You suspect the pressure was not entered correctly in the field, so you decide to check the
instrument-calculated ppm value used for the field observations. The survey was completed using a
Sokkia X 1001 Robotic total station, and the atmospheric conditions entered at the time of
observations were:
Temperature =-3.5C;
Pressure =1011.4hPa (tobe confirmed or corrected);
Humidity =96%
Calculated ppm=-11.4ppm
The formula used by the instrument to calculate the ppm value is:
282.324-0.294280p1-0.003661t+0.04126e1+0.003661t
Where
p is field pressure
t is field temperature
e is water vapour pressure
Water vapour pressure is calculated by:
e=h1006.1110j
Where
h is field humidity
jis7.5t(t+237.3)
t is field temperature
Calculate the pressure that should have been entered into the instrument at the time of the field
survey, based on your office calculated ppm value and the entered instrument ppm value.
You are in the office processing some survey data

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