Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 10C
Ambient RH: 95%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.5s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.0
RH equilibration at time: -3.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.1
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220925_114904_P.2 213530443 TROPICAL STORM IAN, 20220925H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-25 11:49:04.25
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 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-25 11:49:04.25
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
7 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
17 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 539 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 527 ( 97.8%), overall rate: 48.6%
tdry : input file reported 541 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 526 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 48.5%
RH : input file reported 540 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 532 ( 98.5%), overall rate: 49.0%
winds: input file reported 1076 ( 99.2%) values, QC retained 1019 ( 94.7%), overall rate: 93.9%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3170.5m
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: 0
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: 1
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: 8
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): 270.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 271.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1006.0mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.9C
Extrapolated surface rh: 84.0%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.1m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)