Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 694mb
Ambient temperature: 16C
Ambient RH: 79%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.1s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.5
RH equilibration at time: -13.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220926_220339_P.3 213451287 Hurricane IAN, 20220926I1 WP-3D, N43RF
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: 2022-09-26 22:03:39.25
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 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-26 22:03:39.25
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
1033 raw data records
8 ( 0.8%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
67 ( 6.5%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 491 ( 47.5%) values, QC retained 477 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 46.2%
tdry : input file reported 492 ( 47.6%) values, QC retained 476 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 46.1%
RH : input file reported 489 ( 47.3%) values, QC retained 481 ( 98.4%), overall rate: 46.6%
winds: input file reported 980 ( 94.9%) values, QC retained 925 ( 94.4%), overall rate: 89.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2890.5m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
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: 1
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: 0
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: 0
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): 249.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 250.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 966.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.2C
Extrapolated surface rh: 89.5%
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)