Abstract:The authors describes the structure , working principle and routine maintenance method of DNQ1visibility me- ter . According to the requirements of“ on-site calibration method of forward scattering visibility meter”(Trial draft) is- sued by the comprehensive observation Department of china Meteorological Administration , the on-site calibration of visi- bility meters of 10national observation stations is carried out. The calibration methods of different models of new auto- matic stations with the same model of visibility meter and different hanging methods of the same model of visibility meter in the new automatic stations are described in detail , which provides reference for improving the quality It provides an ef- fective technical reference for the calibration of visibility meter at basic stations .