Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 694mb
Ambient temperature: 19C
Ambient RH: 72%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 2.8s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.1
RH equilibration at time: -19.2s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220927_220128_P.6 213740171 Hurricane IAN, 20220927I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-27 22:01:27.75
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 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-27 22:01:27.75
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
975 raw data records
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
6 ( 0.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 487 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 481 ( 98.8%), overall rate: 49.3%
tdry : input file reported 487 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 480 ( 98.6%), overall rate: 49.2%
RH : input file reported 486 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 484 ( 99.6%), overall rate: 49.6%
winds: input file reported 971 ( 99.6%) values, QC retained 923 ( 95.1%), overall rate: 94.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2746.7m
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 were forced to 0% or 100%: 0
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: 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: 5
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): 243.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 243.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 949.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 88.1%
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)