Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 751mb
Ambient temperature: 14C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.7
RH equilibration at time: -9.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220926_123703_P.2 211450499 TROPICAL STORM IAN, 20220926H1 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: 2022-09-26 12:37:02.75
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 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-26 12:37:02.75
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
821 raw data records
5 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
15 ( 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 409 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 398 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 408 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 397 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 48.4%
RH : input file reported 408 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 403 ( 98.8%), overall rate: 49.1%
winds: input file reported 815 ( 99.3%) values, QC retained 761 ( 93.4%), overall rate: 92.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2438.3m
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: 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: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 9
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 7
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: 1
Points which failed the wind error check: 4
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): 204.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 205.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 995.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.9C
Extrapolated surface rh: 91.4%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)