Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 444mb
Ambient temperature: -11C
Ambient RH: 51%
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: 19.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.7
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210811_220109.7 203451432 TS Fred, 20210811H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
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 7
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
2369 raw data records
20 ( 0.8%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
92 ( 3.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
5 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1173 ( 49.5%) values, QC retained 1144 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 48.3%
tdry : input file reported 1172 ( 49.5%) values, QC retained 1143 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 48.2%
RH : input file reported 1169 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1107 ( 94.7%), overall rate: 46.7%
winds: input file reported 2325 ( 98.1%) values, QC retained 2235 ( 96.1%), overall rate: 94.3%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 6820.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
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: 7
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: 1
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): 591.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 592.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1012.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 75.6%
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)