Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 527mb
Ambient temperature: -3C
Ambient RH: 19%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 4.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.6
RH equilibration at time: 11.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210810_120301.2 202640019 PTC #6, 20210810I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
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 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1899 raw data records
27 ( 1.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
79 ( 4.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
5 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 930 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 897 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 47.2%
tdry : input file reported 931 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 896 ( 96.2%), overall rate: 47.2%
RH : input file reported 926 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 879 ( 94.9%), overall rate: 46.3%
winds: input file reported 1852 ( 97.5%) values, QC retained 1778 ( 96.0%), overall rate: 93.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 5445.7m
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 failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 3
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: 1
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): 474.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 474.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1014.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.9C
Extrapolated surface rh: 69.6%
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)