Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 750mb
Ambient temperature: 17C
Ambient RH: 64%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.0s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.4
RH equilibration at time: -15.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.7
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220920_125444_P.8 212430885 TS-FIONA, 20220920H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 12:54:43.75
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 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 12:54:43.75
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
929 raw data records
6 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
32 ( 3.4%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 458 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 447 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 48.1%
tdry : input file reported 457 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 446 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 48.0%
RH : input file reported 455 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 450 ( 98.9%), overall rate: 48.4%
winds: input file reported 870 ( 93.6%) values, QC retained 831 ( 95.5%), overall rate: 89.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2405.3m
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: 17
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: 75
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 14
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: 5
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 7
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 231.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 232.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.5m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 989.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.2C
Extrapolated surface rh: 89.4%
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)