Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 12C
Ambient RH: 81%
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: -6.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210819_230402.2 204521387 Hurricane Grace, 20210819H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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: 2021-08-19 23:04:02.0
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 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-19 23:04:02.0
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
1117 raw data records
5 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
20 ( 1.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 557 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 546 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.9%
tdry : input file reported 557 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 545 ( 97.8%), overall rate: 48.8%
RH : input file reported 554 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 552 ( 99.6%), overall rate: 49.4%
winds: input file reported 1111 ( 99.5%) values, QC retained 1057 ( 95.1%), overall rate: 94.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3127.7m
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: 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: 4
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: 69
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 7
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): 278.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 279.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.2m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1000.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 87.2%
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)