Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 751mb
Ambient temperature: 15C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.6
RH equilibration at time: -10.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220926_123822_P.4 211450609 TROPICAL STORM IAN, 20220926H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-26 12:38:21.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 9
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 2
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-26 12:38:21.75
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
815 raw data records
5 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
18 ( 2.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 407 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 396 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 48.6%
tdry : input file reported 406 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 395 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 48.5%
RH : input file reported 404 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 401 ( 99.3%), overall rate: 49.2%
winds: input file reported 753 ( 92.4%) values, QC retained 688 ( 91.4%), overall rate: 84.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2421.8m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 9
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: 41
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: 113
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 50
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: 22
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): 203.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 203.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 993.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.2%
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)