Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 753mb
Ambient temperature: 22C
Ambient RH: 68%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 2.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 3.2
RH equilibration at time: -28.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -1.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20230909_014556_P.1 221920009 Lee - St Croix, 20230908H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
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 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
807 raw data records
3 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
17 ( 2.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 399 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 391 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 399 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 390 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.3%
RH : input file reported 399 ( 49.4%) values, QC retained 396 ( 99.2%), overall rate: 49.1%
winds: input file reported 797 ( 98.8%) values, QC retained 749 ( 94.0%), overall rate: 92.8%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2307.9m
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: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for RawSats
Points which failed the limit check: 0
QC for RawWe
Points which failed the limit 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: 1
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: 1
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): 201.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 201.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 973.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.2%
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)