Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 13C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.8
RH equilibration at time: -7.6s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220908_104411.7 220840761 AL-91, 20220908H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 10:44:11.0
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 25
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 4
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 10:44:11.0
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1085 raw data records
6 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
20 ( 1.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 539 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 528 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.7%
tdry : input file reported 540 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 528 ( 97.8%), overall rate: 48.7%
RH : input file reported 538 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 534 ( 99.3%), overall rate: 49.2%
winds: input file reported 803 ( 74.0%) values, QC retained 1 ( 0.1%), overall rate: 0.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2937.2m
QC Processing Errors
- Filter check failed for GPS Altitude
- Final smoothing failed for U winds
- Unable to dynamically adjust winds
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 389
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: 528
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: 2
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: 785
Points which failed the wind error check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Unable to dynamically adjust winds (usually due to spline fit failure)
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 270.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 271.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 8.0m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 979.1mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.9%
Surface Wind Determination
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)