Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 156mb
Ambient temperature: -68C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 8.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.8
RH equilibration at time: 69.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 2.0
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210814_203916_P.2 204031015 TS Grace, 20210814N1 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-14 20:39:15.50
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 2
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
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-14 20:39:15.50
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
3769 raw data records
50 ( 1.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
158 ( 4.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
11 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1854 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1792 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 47.5%
tdry : input file reported 1856 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1791 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 47.5%
RH : input file reported 1846 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 1668 ( 90.4%), overall rate: 44.3%
winds: input file reported 3685 ( 97.8%) values, QC retained 3570 ( 96.9%), overall rate: 94.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14083.2m
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: 1
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: 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: 173
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 68
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): 941.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 942.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.9m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1013.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.3C
Extrapolated surface rh: 84.7%
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)