Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 149mb
Ambient temperature: -67C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 8.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.8
RH equilibration at time: 68.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 2.0
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210820_230748_P.1 203830676 TS Henri, 20210820N2 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
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: 2021-08-20 23:07:47.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 5
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: 2021-08-20 23:07:47.75
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
3685 raw data records
50 ( 1.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
195 ( 5.3%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
16 ( 0.4%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1796 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1731 ( 96.4%), overall rate: 47.0%
tdry : input file reported 1802 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 1735 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 47.1%
RH : input file reported 1787 ( 48.5%) values, QC retained 1607 ( 89.9%), overall rate: 43.6%
winds: input file reported 3573 ( 97.0%) values, QC retained 3441 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 93.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14343.8m
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: 8
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: 5
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 3
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: 5
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 9
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: 5
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: 2
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): 916.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 916.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1009.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 73.0%
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)