Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 11C
Ambient RH: 99%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.5s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -5.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210819_220616.4 204330609 Hurricane Grace, 20210819H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-19 22:06:15.75
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 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-19 22:06:15.75
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
1171 raw data records
5 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
23 ( 2.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 584 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 573 ( 98.1%), overall rate: 48.9%
tdry : input file reported 583 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 571 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.8%
RH : input file reported 583 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 579 ( 99.3%), overall rate: 49.4%
winds: input file reported 1161 ( 99.1%) values, QC retained 1093 ( 94.1%), overall rate: 93.3%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3097.5m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 4
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: 6
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: 174
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 71
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 1
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: 12
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 292.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 292.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.2m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 995.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 93.4%
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)