Gw1000 produces 2 pressure readings:
As defined by Ecowitt Calibration of barometric pressure settings 
<http://www.ecowitt.com/news/102.html>
*Absolute Pressure*
"Absolute barometric pressure, can be calibrated at manufacturing time by 
comparing with a precise instrument that measures pressure at the same 
location. In practice, sometimes small adjustments of a few hPa may be 
needed"
*Relative Pressure*
"The relative pressure represents what the air pressure would indicate if 
your station was at sea level and depends on the altitude of your console 
and cannot be known in advance. This is why it needs an adjustment"

If you work your way thru there cal procedure you will see that you use 
the  WS View app to set 2 offsets:
Abs Offset
Rel Offset
To set Rel Offset they have you determine station elevation and direct you 
to a site that produces a offset based solely on elevation. So *Rel Offset* is 
a *STATIC *offset applied against your Absolute Pressure. It never changes 
if we set a Rel Offset of 6.0 hPa then 
Relative Pressure will always read 6.0 hPa higher than Absolute Pressure.
As we see in WeeWX Wiki

Station or Gauge Pressure (key *pressure*): This is the absolute, raw 
pressure as measured by your instrument. It is not corrected for altitude 
or pressure. Pilots call this QFE

Sea-level Pressure (*barometer*): This is the pressure corrected for 
altitude, temperature, and (frequently) humidity. Pilots call this QFF. 
This is the value displayed by the standard skin.

Altimeter Pressure (*altimeter*) : This is the pressure corrected for 
altitude, using a standard temperature profile. Pilots call this QNH.

Because we are on a very limited device which does not attempt in any way 
to apply a temperature compensation I believe that mapping   'altimeter': 
'relbarometer' may be more  appropriate. StdWXCalculate will calculate 
barometer for us when it appears in a template. 



Thanks
Paul'




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