Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 750mb
Ambient temperature: 13C
Ambient RH: 94%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.8
RH equilibration at time: -7.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220918_135028_P.3 211440771 TS-FIONA, 20220918H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-18 13:50:27.50
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 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-18 13:50:27.50
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
935 raw data records
6 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
36 ( 3.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 452 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 441 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 47.2%
tdry : input file reported 459 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 440 ( 95.9%), overall rate: 47.1%
RH : input file reported 450 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 445 ( 98.9%), overall rate: 47.6%
winds: input file reported 910 ( 97.3%) values, QC retained 834 ( 91.6%), overall rate: 89.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2570.5m
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: 3
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: 2
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: 11
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 0
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 227.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 228.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1009.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 81.1%
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)