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: 3.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -5.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210819_225536.1 204270034 Hurricane Grace, 20210819H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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: 2021-08-19 22:55:36.50
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: 2021-08-19 22:55:36.50
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
1159 raw data records
8 ( 0.7%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
17 ( 1.5%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 576 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 562 ( 97.6%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 577 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 561 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 48.4%
RH : input file reported 576 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 568 ( 98.6%), overall rate: 49.0%
winds: input file reported 1149 ( 99.1%) values, QC retained 1030 ( 89.6%), overall rate: 88.9%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3085.6m
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: 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: 115
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 54
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: 64
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 5
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 289.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 289.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 995.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.8%
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)