Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 375mb
Ambient temperature: -18C
Ambient RH: 26%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 5.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.1
RH equilibration at time: 26.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220830_152330.1 221030236 TC-91, 20220830H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 0
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 0
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
2581 raw data records
30 ( 1.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
109 ( 4.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
10 ( 0.4%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1270 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1232 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 47.7%
tdry : input file reported 1270 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1232 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 47.7%
RH : input file reported 1262 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 1189 ( 94.2%), overall rate: 46.1%
winds: input file reported 2500 ( 96.9%) values, QC retained 2402 ( 96.1%), overall rate: 93.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8095.6m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Position
Points which failed the latitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the longitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 6
Points which failed the latitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the longitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the latitude Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for VV Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Winds
Points which failed the wind speed limit check: 0
Points which failed the wind direction limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the wind error check: 29
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 644.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 645.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1012.0mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 75.4%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 10.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)