Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 840mb
Ambient temperature: 19C
Ambient RH: 13%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 2.7s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.1
RH equilibration at time: -18.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210815_170837.1 202721624 TS Grace, 20210815I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-15 17:08:37.0
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
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-15 17:08:37.0
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
661 raw data records
1 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
37 ( 5.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 318 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 295 ( 92.8%), overall rate: 44.6%
tdry : input file reported 318 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 294 ( 92.5%), overall rate: 44.5%
RH : input file reported 300 ( 45.4%) values, QC retained 300 (100.0%), overall rate: 45.4%
winds: input file reported 603 ( 91.2%) values, QC retained 549 ( 91.0%), overall rate: 83.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1654.0m
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: 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: 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): 150.00s
Extrapolated surface time: 150.54s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1011.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 83.8%
Surface Wind Determination
Adjusted altitude of last wind is 13.5m, surface wind was not coded
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)