Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 445mb
Ambient temperature: -10C
Ambient RH: 25%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 4.8s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.9
RH equilibration at time: 18.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.7
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210811_214834.6 203520172 TS Fred, 20210811H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
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 6
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
2329 raw data records
15 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
66 ( 2.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1149 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1125 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.3%
tdry : input file reported 1148 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1124 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.3%
RH : input file reported 1146 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1083 ( 94.5%), overall rate: 46.5%
winds: input file reported 2286 ( 98.2%) values, QC retained 2222 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 95.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 6819.9m
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: 3
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: 13
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): 581.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 582.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.0m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1012.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 82.8%
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)